Confirmed that's definitely Russian-style village or rural living! I'll mention this comment to some Russian friends and maybe we'll toast you. :-) I know they'll appreciate this.
I like Team Orthodox. I can be on that team here. I’m assuming it’s as intended. If God wants me in Siberia there won’t be much I can do about it, but I’m hoping I’m useful enough in situ not to warrant a transfer.
I was Team Orthodox in America, then went to the local Russian Orthodox church and realized I was getting along better with the Russians than I did with Americans…and wound up moving to Russia!
God Bless You, and your family. It’s hard enough to be a convert, compounded with being a stranger in a strange land with brutal winters would be too much for me. Add in standing for assembly I’d be crying.
It’s ascetic as all get out, so your prayer life will be intense. Lord Have Mercy (9)
Pray for me, brother. I’m a sinner. I’ll put you, and yours on my list Anosha.
Interesting comment. Our experience was of being strangers in America, with winters that were cold but where the snow kept melting, and we attended a Russian Orthodox church where we stood during the liturgy. And the winters aren’t crazy severe here in the Moscow region. The language barrier is definitely ascetic though, I’ll give you that. But it’s a very good struggle, thank God. And He helps us a lot.
Let’s exchange baptism names in DM. I can write you down at our parish and at the monastery.
Христос Воскресе! Воистину Воскресе! Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen!
Confirmed that's definitely Russian-style village or rural living! I'll mention this comment to some Russian friends and maybe we'll toast you. :-) I know they'll appreciate this.
I like Team Orthodox. I can be on that team here. I’m assuming it’s as intended. If God wants me in Siberia there won’t be much I can do about it, but I’m hoping I’m useful enough in situ not to warrant a transfer.
I was Team Orthodox in America, then went to the local Russian Orthodox church and realized I was getting along better with the Russians than I did with Americans…and wound up moving to Russia!
God Bless You, and your family. It’s hard enough to be a convert, compounded with being a stranger in a strange land with brutal winters would be too much for me. Add in standing for assembly I’d be crying.
It’s ascetic as all get out, so your prayer life will be intense. Lord Have Mercy (9) Pray for me, brother. I’m a sinner. I’ll put you, and yours on my list Anosha.
Interesting comment. Our experience was of being strangers in America, with winters that were cold but where the snow kept melting, and we attended a Russian Orthodox church where we stood during the liturgy. And the winters aren’t crazy severe here in the Moscow region. The language barrier is definitely ascetic though, I’ll give you that. But it’s a very good struggle, thank God. And He helps us a lot.
Let’s exchange baptism names in DM. I can write you down at our parish and at the monastery.
Христос Воскресе! Воистину Воскресе! Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen!
Well I moved my American family here and my children are getting to enjoy their childhoods, so...counterpoint.