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Why are you an Orthodox Christian (rather than part of some other tradition)? Father Andrew Stephen Damick joins Steve again as they share 4 basics reasons they're Orthodox Christians.
Oct 25, 2023 · I became an Orthodox Christian because I was drawn to the beauty and depth of the ancient liturgical traditions, the rich spiritual heritage, and the strong sense of community.
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Sam Williams. 7 Years Ago. “Why are you an Orthodox Christian?” Over the years, I’d say I’ve gotten that question asked of me in about every possible way. The person might mean, why are “YOU” Orthodox…since I’m not Greek or Russian. Or they might have wondered why I remain an Orthodox Christian in spite of this or that issue or conflict.
- Orthodoxy Provides The only Valid Reason to Follow Their Authority.
- The Orthodox Do What The Early Church did.
- You Can Have Apostolic Tradition Without Being (Roman) Catholic.
- Sound, Sane Morality Is preserved.
- Orthodox Leaders Have Cool Beards, Like Hipsters.
- Orthodoxy Affirms Art.
- You Get to Join A Traditional Culture, The Land of The Sane.
- Orthodoxy Is Multicultural and International
- Orthodoxy Is peace-loving, Not Militaristic.
- Orthodoxy Majors on The Majors, Like Love.
Here is the issue: you are sitting in church (or you never got there), and the leaders are telling you the following: 1. You should be attending this church regularly. 2. You should be supporting this church financially. But why? Who says? Catholics will say the church authority—the Pope ultimately—says you must, and he is in the line of the Apostl...
In 155 A.D., Justin Martyr provides a description of a baptism service where scripted prayers are recited and everyone says “Amen.” He also talks about regular fasting. The Didache, a late First Century church handbook, confirms the fasting was done by early Christians on Wednesdays and Fridays. It also provides scripted prayers for the main servic...
I always wanted to be part of a Christian tradition that went all the way back to Christ and the Apostles. But I thought to do that you had to be a Roman Catholic. It turns out that’s not the case. The Orthodox call the Pope “the first Prostestant,” because he protested and rebelled against the originalchurch. Let me provide a brief church history,...
My Father, a very conservative pastor with a doctorate in theology, was terrified of the slippery slope. Allow one couple to get a divorce without the reasons being glaringly black and white obvious, and the entire church, all Christians, and the rest of the culture will slide down as well. Allow one gal to preach a sermon and women pastors will be...
Bishops and monastics tend to have long, fluffy beards. Hipsters love this. It sounds like a small thing, and it is. But it makes the point that Christians should be setting the standard, not the culture. On some points, the culture will view ancient Christian practices as weird or offensive. In other ways, Orthodox Christians will be ahead of the ...
Attend your typical Orthodox service and you will see images everywhere. Icons on the walls, patterns on the vestments, Crosses on every neck, and a lot of color. Cool churches these days are trying to get back to having some art and images in the service. Basic human beings, and particularly non-religious ones, are really into art. Let fashion cat...
Any good old farmer back in the day knew that a city boy with too much education can become so smart they become incredibly stupid. That pretty much describes Western culture these days. We don’t know what a man and a woman is anymore. We don’t know that it’s better to follow God than Satan. We don’t know that it’s wrong to kill babies. We have no ...
Everybody these days wants to think globally and with diversity. Orthodoxy has always done so. While somewhat sparse in the West, the historic church is quite strong in Greece, Eastern Europe and Russia, in Arabic countries like Syria and Lebanon, the Caucasus of Georgia and Armenia, in African countries like Egypt and Ethiopia. There is a strong p...
Just a few decades after the Roman Catholic Church left the Orthodox Church in 1054, the Pope announced the First Crusade. This is likely not a coincidence. Eastern Christianity does not have crusades as part of its tradition. But in the West, militarism in the name of Christ has been a blemish on Christianity for a millennium, and its spirit conti...
Left to ourselves, we are so quick to be “blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.” (Eph: 4:14) Protestant Christianity seems to be based on the idea of peddling a certain pet doctrine in order to justify your existence, otherwise why wouldn’t you be worshipping with the...
Sep 1, 2014 · “I am an Orthodox Christian,” is an identity statement. So are, “I am a teacher” and “I am a Chicago Cubs fan.” Each of these says something about who I am. They also point to how complex the question of identity is, especially for people today. Our religious identities are ascribed to us.
Aug 23, 2023 · 11 min read. ·. Aug 23, 2023. -- This essay is part of a series where I look at various faiths and explore where they have inspired me and where I have issues. Although I am a Christian, I...
Mar 6, 2018 · Some of these things were not really on my radar when I became Orthodox in 1998, but they are part of the reason why I genuinely do love belonging to the Orthodox Church (which is why “and/or Remain” is in the title).
