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!
Yeah-Team!!! I finally surrendered after thoroughly researching the shroud and concluding it was really what they say. I didn’t want it to be true then. So, Surely He Is Risen, and we’ve still got the receipt!
That makes me a Thomas. I had (to my shame) to see it to believe it.
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!
Yeah-Team!!! I finally surrendered after thoroughly researching the shroud and concluding it was really what they say. I didn’t want it to be true then. So, Surely He Is Risen, and we’ve still got the receipt!
That makes me a Thomas. I had (to my shame) to see it to believe it.