Welcome Home. I love Orthodoxy. I am 20 years into the faith. I love that the deeper you go in the life of the Church the more you realize, the need for your own repentance, the depth and beauty of the liturgy, the value of the sacraments and the fact that the more you learn, the more you have to learn beyond that point. There will never be a point in your life when you can say "I've got it, I know everything there is to know about the faith." The cycle and rhythm of the Church feasts and fasts becomes a chance every year to go deeper. This year when i listened to the lamentations hymns on Holy Friday I was so moved by their beauty that I wept. There were no experience i had in my prior life as a Protestant that moved me to tears as the services and hymnography of the Orthodox Church does.
So good! I am currently looking into orthodoxy and I am having a hard time describing thoughts to family/friends and this video (and many others of yours) have truly described my thoughts and been super helpful to me! Thank you so much for your work!
I just read the title and I am just amazed. I followed you a while back on Instagram and then got off. And you just randomly popped up on TH-cam with this on my feed! We have been attending an Orthodox church for one year now and I am so excited to hear you have found the church too!
Very similar to me. Grew up Christian, somehow became a Mormon back when there were rules, but they had slacked in 2011 a bit. Got out of that, (THANK CHRIST!!!!) And came back to Protestantism. Started non-denom. Too far one way. Went back to my Confessional Lutheran upbringing. Stayed there for 10 years. I always thought Orthodoxy was just Roman Catholic and full of legalisms. Slowly, through looking into the ancient Faith, I became an Orthodox Christian. I have found it isn't legalistic at all!! I have even found that Protestantism is more theologically legalistic! I am free! Actually showing progression in Jesus and following the way our ancestors have prayed for 2000 years. It's hard, cause all my Protestant family believe me doomed to hell. But I know Who brought me here. And it was miraculous.
@goatlovefun there is a lot of ways Orthodoxy differs. To make it easy, if you have time you can watch Matt Whitman's channel of "A Protestant Learns about Orthodoxy". It's a 3 part series that goes over Matt's questions about Orthodoxy as he visits an Orthodox Church. Rock and Sand is a great 2 part series on PatristicNectarFilms channel. Father Josiah Trenham was a Presbyterian who became a minister, but eventually became an Orthodox Priest. He is very knowledgeable on the Reformers and goes over both the historical and theological aspects from an Orthodox prospective that sheds light on the differences. There are many others, but here's a quick list: Protestants believe the Holy Bible is the sole authority. Orthodox believe that the Bible, the Church, and the Saints are authorities. Protestants believe in Faith Alone. Orthodox believe you must have a living /working Faith. Protestants don't believe in Sacraments (for the most part, depends on denomination). Protestantism has many many different denominations and churches that all teach different things. Orthodox have different 'churches' but no matter the language or place they all teach the same doctrinal Faith. Protestants dont believe in praying to the saints because they think they're dead. We believe in it because we know they are alive in Christ. Many many many other things, but the videos I sent explain most of it. Much love to you and God bless you!
I’ve never been happier to see a page I follow on IG here in TH-cam!!! Welcome!! I’m a catechumen myself and this church has helped me grow spiritually so much more than any Protestant church has. I found you two or three years ago when I first started head covering full-time (just because I wasn’t yet sure when I was supposed to) and people in my Baptist church definitely made me uncomfortable about it. It’s such a beautiful experience, and ever since going to an Orthodox Church and being a catechumen, I’ve been able to head-cover and the older people are so encouraging, my young girl friends all share this journey with me, and our pastor is amazing about it too. So much love and yet, it’s NOT LEGALISTIC! So much freedom was found for me about head coverings too. *Covering my glory before our Lord and Savior is a blessing that we share with the angels*. Your family is so blessed! I hope for many more blessings as you all go along this journey❤️❤️❤️🥰
Glory to God! Our family recently converted from Roman Catholicism to Orthodoxy a few years ago. It was the best decision of our lives. It is the one true faith, and we have tried many over the years, that we all gravitate to, including our children. The one true church. May God have mercy on you and yours during this journey. ☦️
Interesting you have no scriptural basis for that claim . Early a church before 6th century forbid venerate icons and then the Orthodox decided they were God in 7th Century and said if you don't accepts false icons like pagans you are condemned . This keeps me away from otherodox and they don't care about the needy and ignore Jesus
❤I used to follow you and then stopped following a bunch of accounts when I cleaned out my Instagram. I found you again randomly after I decided to leave Protestantism and convert to Orthodoxy. I’m glad to follow you again and watch you’re journey as you’re a little bit ahead of me. I feel so much freedom in Orthodoxy too!
All women in our family (Romanian Orthodox) use the head cover except when they were working outside in garden or field in the summer time. And they did this naturally no one tells them to do that or not. I never heard any conversations about this subject ever. Men never discussed this issue was just a 100% woman’s business.
That’s precious. My husband gave me a head covering as a wedding gift for me when we got married. He said, “Only if you want to.” And never brought it up again. I was on the fence about it and didn’t wear it for about six months into marriage. He never commented on it. Then, I felt a conviction to try wearing it to church one Sunday. He didn’t comment on it when I did start wearing it, which was actually quite comforting, because it made me feel more “normal” and less self conscious. A few weeks into wearing it for church, he smiled at me and said, “You look lovely when you wear it.” It was a sweet moment and I loved how patient he was. It felt (and still does feel) completely up to me. But I love that he loves it and it’s special that it was a gift from him :) Now I absolutely love covering and I never go to church without it!!!!
The priest and the cigar thing is not Orthodoxy. He would probably justify it saying he is trying to “relate” but as the priesthood represents Christ-can you imagine Jesus getting sidetracked with Cigars and whiskey, Lord have mercy!
Beautiful. My husband and I were confirmed into the Catholic Church this past weekend. I view Orthodoxy and Catholicism as the true church ⛪️ welcome home 🏠
I feel like in Orthodoxy, you do these things because you want to. Yes you are supposed to do some of these as prescribed by the church, but no one will tell you you have to. You fast, you pray, you fight your sins, because you love God and you do what you can. Christ is risen!
I could cry seeing these comments. 😅thank you for sharing your story especially on veiling. Your humility & grace reminds me of mother Mary❤ When I was a kid, I was told by a Christian (Protestant) teacher that it is disrespectful to wear head coverings during prayer. I am a first generation brown girl who always watched my mother veil before prayer, mourning etc. I instantly felt embarrassed and shame. I was so confused about this, especially since she had perfect English & perfect confidence. My mom on the other hand had broken English & wasn’t strongly opinionated since it was normal for her. As a kid, i interpreted this as my mom just not knowing, maybe being dumb or ignorant & I am ashamed I thought that way. Once I grew I realized how different Protestants are from the rest of Christians. They are also the loudest & constantly discouraging apostolic Christians because it’s foreign to them. I started to dislike them because they were arrogant and almost made me lose my faith. I wanted to make any Christian friends but I felt like a complete foreigner with them. I felt more connection with muslim girls. Culturally I & many people like me felt a proximity to islam due to our cultural similarities. I almost changed until I realized I would be denying God by denying the divinity of Christ. So I stopped. I know some that did & their mothers were essentially bullied into being Protestant so their kids chose islam. It’s something evil… I went back to that woman’s comment & found she was Biblically wrong and only imposing her western culture on me. I realized Protestants are a political divide from European politics against Roman Catholics & that they willingly abandoned all of church history to use the Bible alone… except that the Bible is church history😅 & nowhere in the Bible does it teach to use scripture alone.🙄 but if I mention this to them they say I’m possessed? Uhhh… they love to fight😂 it’s hard to forgive them for being that way when there’s so many with that mindset. I saw your IG reel & just knew it would get ugly. You’re brave😅truly. 🎉 I am from an oriental orthodox lineage, I was baptized & confirmed by eastern orthodox, & grew up in the Catholic Church & now attend oriental Orthodox Church❤ I am very grateful for apostolic Christianity & for all those who are finding us❤❤❤merhaba (welcome!🎉)❤❤❤
In the first place, welcome home to the Church that Jesus founded. In the 2nd place, the truth can be offensive to some people, and that unfortunately, is just the way it is. One more thing. The journey to Orthodoxy is not easy, nothing worthwhile ever is. God Bless, and Glory to Jesus, our Risen Saviour.
To me the answer to any of our questions about life/God we'll find when we take it to God & let him answer us personally. In time you'll find humans fail, Jesus never fails. God bless you on your journey of life.
I have been attending mostly Baptist churches since I became a Christian at age 11. I have been in legalistic churches and more liberal denominations. I have found that there are maybe 100 different belief patterns in every church regardless of the name on the front of the building. It took me a while to realize there are Christians in lots of denominations, and there are actors in every religion also. I feel God is directing me where i am currently. I believe Christianity is more of a personal relationship with God, rather than church membership. I feel you are following the convictions of your own heart and you should not be criticized or judged for your personal beliefs. I have conviction that you do not have because the Holy Spirit speaks to me differently than he does to you. We are not the same, we don't have the same background, and God has different plans for our lives. I trust and pray and believe that you know Christ as your Lord and Savior, so we can have fellowship in that spirit, even if we are on different paths. Love and blessings and prayers to you and your family, Alex. 🙏🏻💛✝️
I am interested in reading the book “Because of the Angels” I found 2 different authors, could you please tell me which Author is the correct one? Paul Edgerton or Graeme Carle. Thank you 🙏🏼
I head-cover during prayer even alone, or at home with family, I head-cover if I go to church always, and I recently started wearing it when we go out to show submission, and authority to my husband. 🥰
I know what you mean by the freedom in Orthodoxy. From the outside people think it looks oppressive and rigid. But from the inside it’s very warm and allows people to be authentic. I’ve gotten tipsy with my priest before and had a merry time. Priests need friendship too.
How high does the Orthodox Church hold the teachings of the fathers? Like if a teaching doesn’t line up with the Bible, does that supersede scripture? Thanks!
Check our @rootsoforthodoxy pretty sure they have this answered. And ps there would be no bible in your hand without the Orthodox Church orally teaching it and without them canonizing it
The Catholic Church has the “catechism” which ties in scripture and the magisterums councils. These councils were done in response to heresy- as you can imagine continue for quite some time. And to explain practically all of the Main components in the ancient faith. Which comes in clutch. And father mike Schmitz has “the catechism in a year” where he reads a section of the catechism and explains it further
Okay, so od argue there is some nuance here. Even in the old times the concept of this existed. There is a Jewish tale of a Man who went down to the river knowing the women were bathing down there but he looked away and was respectful. And that was still considered sinning, because he was knowingly tempting himself for no reason.
Likewise the same concept would exist for alcohol, if you know you have alcoholism, puting yourself in situations where you will drink and maybe drink and drive can be considered sinful even if you don't drink. This is where nuance comes into play. If you don't have an alcohol problem then alcohol is fine. If you lust after someone at a gym while married and fantasize about them, going to the gym can be sinful by knowingly tempting yourself. It's all nuanced and circumstantial.
Absolutely and it’s individual. An orthodox priest is not going to tell an alcoholic to drink because he can lol he’s going to say don’t drink because it’s a sin for you. Duh lol
@@growinggoodings Okay then we are in complete agreement then... Ive never been to one of those prohibition super strict rules protestant churches. So I'm not sure how all that plays out. I was/am (in name only now) more non denominational? I think it's mistaking the forest for the trees type of deal trying to obsess over little things while missing the big picture. Try to follow the traditions and how each person follows them or maybe doesn't, can differ. Better to get the big things right and try to work through little things as they come. At least that's kind of what I think.
I feel like you are missing me talking about how there is freedom in orthodoxy because we don’t have to focus on the little things like many Protestant churches do
@@growinggoodings ? Idk my experience is there are a lot of little things in orthodoxy. Moreso than my experience in protestantism. But my experience in protestantism was show up to church once a week, maybe twice a week. And everyone believes their own thing almost. So by comparison it'd be natural for me to perceive orthodoxy as having a lot of little things. I do think it is not good to obsess over those things though and make them into what they are not. It's easy to fall into that trap, especially people looking to convert.
And I am happy with mint chocolate chip ice cream. I thank God for the cows that gave us the cream and the workers that diligently make such delicacies for me. We can sit here and list hundreds of things we enjoy and are thankful for! While there’s not necessarily a problem with that, generally I think that comments try to stay relevant to the video. Does that make sense?
@@McGheeBentle so this person is only allowed to have an opinion and share that opinion if it agrees with this video? I’m not even very far into the video, but if you are orthodox, you aren’t making a very good case for it by your conduct. How about showing some kindness? Does that make sense?
@@courtneyhaas9286 No, you’re absolutely allowed to disagree. The problem is, of course, relevance. I’ve commented on probably hundreds of videos (across the years, about a wide variety of topics) voicing my disagreement. But the difference is that my disagreements were actually about the topic of the videos! It just seems like the original comment here is saying something irrelevant to this video. That’s what I’m trying to politely point out.
@@McGheeBentle I disagree that the original comment is off topic. The video is a woman talking about leaving the Protestant faith for Orthodoxy. The original comment said they were thankful for their Protestant faith. It was just a polite way of saying “I still hold to the Protestant faith that you just left and I’m thankful for my faith”. They were just sharing where they are on their faith journey just like this woman did in her video. And probably politely disagreeing with her take on Protestantism? I don’t know. I just think a comment about Protestant faith under a video about a woman leaving the Protestant faith isn’t off topic and didn’t warrant a rude reply with a condescending “Does that make sense?”.
@@courtneyhaas9286 The problem is that the original comment didn’t really engage with anything that the lady in the video said. It would be one thing to say, “I’m a Protestant and here’s why I disagree with some ways you characterize the Protestant faith in your video,” but instead, the comment was just, “I like Martin Luther,” which doesn’t really engage with the points in this video in any constructive way. This is what lead me to post my first comment here, which was a critique of the pretty thin original statement; prodding to get something more substantive. We can spend all day every day talking about our opinions and preferences and the things we like, but that’s boring. Why do you like it? How and why did you come to those beliefs? Just saying “I like Martin Luther” means nothing. Why??? How??? Give us some support and reasoning!!
What you said about some Christian’s “whacking people on the head” and “if you dont believe what I believe you’re going to hell” that’s what orthodox believe . Maybe they are loving. But they do believe everyone that doesn’t believe what they believe is a heretic and not a part of the true church and therefore aren’t going to heaven
Lol absolutely untrue. Very first question I asked my priest is what the orthodox view was on Christians outside the Orthodox Church. He said there are absolutely Christians outside of the Orthodoxchurch just like there’s people inside the Orthodox Church that are not christians. Only God knows who the real Christian’s are
@@growinggoodings that might be what your priest says. I have been interested in converting to orthodoxy and it is what you find when you research what the official stance of the Orthodox Church is and read church writings. It is actually a logical conclusion of the belief that you have to be baptized by the church to be a Christian.
@@morgans7785 The church indeed has specific views on who is a "christian" because of its ecclesiological definition. Regarding who goes to hell and who not, that's a separate issue of whether you're a part of the body of Christ or not. I found these good videos: th-cam.com/video/hEfI1MBbGnk/w-d-xo.html&pp=ygUaZG8gbm9uIG9ydGhvZG94IGdvIHRvIGhlbGw%3D th-cam.com/video/a2DVOGAEnYI/w-d-xo.html&pp=ygUaZG8gbm9uIG9ydGhvZG94IGdvIHRvIGhlbGw%3D
If I may. Orthodox speak apophatically when it comes to these things you're asking. That is to say, Orthodox will saying something like this, "salvation is found within the Church, and outside of the Church we have no opinion". What that means is, we don't make judgment calls on things we don't know. Who am I to say how God works and how He will judge? So its not a matter of 'believe what we believe or you're "going to Hell"' or whatever. Its 'this is what we believe and the rest is up to God'. Hope that helps.
Why do you ask people/churches and not God with a fearful upright heart and read his word for yourself to find out. Because he will judge you not according to what people think is right and wrong but according to HIS word.
@growinggoodings I figured, just wanted to check as you explained your story and light of the title of the video lol. I've been evangelizing a morman friend of mine for months now. He thinks he is a christian but I've explained to him he worships a Jesus that dkusnt exsist.
@@andygarcia2113 Heterodoxy is Heresy. The distinction is a purely modern one. Essentially the claiming of Christ, which the LDS does whether we like it or not, and then preaching a different Christ to the Apostles is Heresy/Heterodoxy. "Strange Fire" as described in Scripture is what Heresy is in Essence.
The Orthodox Church broke away from the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church is the original church that Jesus founded. I encourage you to look into it. Come home, dear sister. Sending lots of love and prayers ❤️
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Welcome Home. I love Orthodoxy. I am 20 years into the faith. I love that the deeper you go in the life of the Church the more you realize, the need for your own repentance, the depth and beauty of the liturgy, the value of the sacraments and the fact that the more you learn, the more you have to learn beyond that point. There will never be a point in your life when you can say "I've got it, I know everything there is to know about the faith." The cycle and rhythm of the Church feasts and fasts becomes a chance every year to go deeper. This year when i listened to the lamentations hymns on Holy Friday I was so moved by their beauty that I wept. There were no experience i had in my prior life as a Protestant that moved me to tears as the services and hymnography of the Orthodox Church does.
So good! I am currently looking into orthodoxy and I am having a hard time describing thoughts to family/friends and this video (and many others of yours) have truly described my thoughts and been super helpful to me! Thank you so much for your work!
What a beautiful thing. So many people coming into the church. ❤
I just read the title and I am just amazed. I followed you a while back on Instagram and then got off. And you just randomly popped up on TH-cam with this on my feed! We have been attending an Orthodox church for one year now and I am so excited to hear you have found the church too!
Wow that’s so amazing! Are you baptized yet?
@@growinggoodings not yet, Lord willing we will be baptized in a few months.
Very similar to me. Grew up Christian, somehow became a Mormon back when there were rules, but they had slacked in 2011 a bit.
Got out of that, (THANK CHRIST!!!!) And came back to Protestantism. Started non-denom. Too far one way. Went back to my Confessional Lutheran upbringing. Stayed there for 10 years.
I always thought Orthodoxy was just Roman Catholic and full of legalisms. Slowly, through looking into the ancient Faith, I became an Orthodox Christian.
I have found it isn't legalistic at all!! I have even found that Protestantism is more theologically legalistic! I am free! Actually showing progression in Jesus and following the way our ancestors have prayed for 2000 years.
It's hard, cause all my Protestant family believe me doomed to hell. But I know Who brought me here. And it was miraculous.
I relate to your whole comment so much!
@@growinggoodings yeah, I related to your video so much. 😆
Thats crazy! There is no less reason you would go to hell as your family would lol
What is orthodoxy and how does it differ from protestantism?
@goatlovefun there is a lot of ways Orthodoxy differs. To make it easy, if you have time you can watch Matt Whitman's channel of "A Protestant Learns about Orthodoxy". It's a 3 part series that goes over Matt's questions about Orthodoxy as he visits an Orthodox Church.
Rock and Sand is a great 2 part series on PatristicNectarFilms channel. Father Josiah Trenham was a Presbyterian who became a minister, but eventually became an Orthodox Priest. He is very knowledgeable on the Reformers and goes over both the historical and theological aspects from an Orthodox prospective that sheds light on the differences.
There are many others, but here's a quick list:
Protestants believe the Holy Bible is the sole authority. Orthodox believe that the Bible, the Church, and the Saints are authorities.
Protestants believe in Faith Alone. Orthodox believe you must have a living
/working Faith.
Protestants don't believe in Sacraments (for the most part, depends on denomination).
Protestantism has many many different denominations and churches that all teach different things. Orthodox have different 'churches' but no matter the language or place they all teach the same doctrinal Faith.
Protestants dont believe in praying to the saints because they think they're dead. We believe in it because we know they are alive in Christ.
Many many many other things, but the videos I sent explain most of it.
Much love to you and God bless you!
I’ve never been happier to see a page I follow on IG here in TH-cam!!! Welcome!! I’m a catechumen myself and this church has helped me grow spiritually so much more than any Protestant church has. I found you two or three years ago when I first started head covering full-time (just because I wasn’t yet sure when I was supposed to) and people in my Baptist church definitely made me uncomfortable about it. It’s such a beautiful experience, and ever since going to an Orthodox Church and being a catechumen, I’ve been able to head-cover and the older people are so encouraging, my young girl friends all share this journey with me, and our pastor is amazing about it too. So much love and yet, it’s NOT LEGALISTIC! So much freedom was found for me about head coverings too. *Covering my glory before our Lord and Savior is a blessing that we share with the angels*. Your family is so blessed! I hope for many more blessings as you all go along this journey❤️❤️❤️🥰
Glory to God! Our family recently converted from Roman Catholicism to Orthodoxy a few years ago. It was the best decision of our lives. It is the one true faith, and we have tried many over the years, that we all gravitate to, including our children. The one true church. May God have mercy on you and yours during this journey. ☦️
Thank you ❤️
Interesting you have no scriptural basis for that claim . Early a church before 6th century forbid venerate icons and then the Orthodox decided they were God in 7th Century and said if you don't accepts false icons like pagans you are condemned . This keeps me away from otherodox and they don't care about the needy and ignore Jesus
Curious to know what caused you to journey from Catholic to Orthodox? I am Orthodox looking at Catholicism.
I’ve been following you since your insta blew up. I always love what you have to say and I enjoy keeping up with you and your family! ❤
❤I used to follow you and then stopped following a bunch of accounts when I cleaned out my Instagram. I found you again randomly after I decided to leave Protestantism and convert to Orthodoxy. I’m glad to follow you again and watch you’re journey as you’re a little bit ahead of me. I feel so much freedom in Orthodoxy too!
All women in our family (Romanian Orthodox) use the head cover except when they were working outside in garden or field in the summer time. And they did this naturally no one tells them to do that or not. I never heard any conversations about this subject ever. Men never discussed this issue was just a 100% woman’s business.
It was the same at my parish. Entirely a woman's matter. Not the priest, not any of the other men, said a thing about it.
That’s precious. My husband gave me a head covering as a wedding gift for me when we got married. He said, “Only if you want to.” And never brought it up again. I was on the fence about it and didn’t wear it for about six months into marriage. He never commented on it. Then, I felt a conviction to try wearing it to church one Sunday. He didn’t comment on it when I did start wearing it, which was actually quite comforting, because it made me feel more “normal” and less self conscious. A few weeks into wearing it for church, he smiled at me and said, “You look lovely when you wear it.” It was a sweet moment and I loved how patient he was. It felt (and still does feel) completely up to me. But I love that he loves it and it’s special that it was a gift from him :)
Now I absolutely love covering and I never go to church without it!!!!
@@McGheeBentle that is beautiful!❤
The priest and the cigar thing is not Orthodoxy. He would probably justify it saying he is trying to “relate” but as the priesthood represents Christ-can you imagine Jesus getting sidetracked with Cigars and whiskey, Lord have mercy!
Bruh
Let people enjoy a good thing from time to time.
Beautiful. My husband and I were confirmed into the Catholic Church this past weekend. I view Orthodoxy and Catholicism as the true church ⛪️ welcome home 🏠
Wonderful to see new converts. Especially in America where it is not common. I was blessed to be born in an Orthodox kind of place. Welcome Home.
Bravo! Welcome home, sister! Now the struggle will become harder. Continue on your path. God bless you!
That is very accurate right now lol
I feel like in Orthodoxy, you do these things because you want to. Yes you are supposed to do some of these as prescribed by the church, but no one will tell you you have to. You fast, you pray, you fight your sins, because you love God and you do what you can. Christ is risen!
Exactly 👏👏👏
I could cry seeing these comments. 😅thank you for sharing your story especially on veiling. Your humility & grace reminds me of mother Mary❤
When I was a kid, I was told by a Christian (Protestant) teacher that it is disrespectful to wear head coverings during prayer. I am a first generation brown girl who always watched my mother veil before prayer, mourning etc. I instantly felt embarrassed and shame.
I was so confused about this, especially since she had perfect English & perfect confidence. My mom on the other hand had broken English & wasn’t strongly opinionated since it was normal for her. As a kid, i interpreted this as my mom just not knowing, maybe being dumb or ignorant & I am ashamed I thought that way.
Once I grew I realized how different Protestants are from the rest of Christians. They are also the loudest & constantly discouraging apostolic Christians because it’s foreign to them. I started to dislike them because they were arrogant and almost made me lose my faith.
I wanted to make any Christian friends but I felt like a complete foreigner with them. I felt more connection with muslim girls.
Culturally I & many people like me felt a proximity to islam due to our cultural similarities. I almost changed until I realized I would be denying God by denying the divinity of Christ. So I stopped. I know some that did & their mothers were essentially bullied into being Protestant so their kids chose islam. It’s something evil…
I went back to that woman’s comment & found she was Biblically wrong and only imposing her western culture on me. I realized Protestants are a political divide from European politics against Roman Catholics & that they willingly abandoned all of church history to use the Bible alone… except that the Bible is church history😅 & nowhere in the Bible does it teach to use scripture alone.🙄 but if I mention this to them they say I’m possessed? Uhhh… they love to fight😂 it’s hard to forgive them for being that way when there’s so many with that mindset. I saw your IG reel & just knew it would get ugly. You’re brave😅truly. 🎉
I am from an oriental orthodox lineage, I was baptized & confirmed by eastern orthodox, & grew up in the Catholic Church & now attend oriental Orthodox Church❤ I am very grateful for apostolic Christianity & for all those who are finding us❤❤❤merhaba (welcome!🎉)❤❤❤
In the first place, welcome home to the Church that Jesus founded.
In the 2nd place, the truth can be offensive to some people, and that unfortunately, is just the way it is.
One more thing. The journey to Orthodoxy is not easy, nothing worthwhile ever is. God Bless, and Glory to Jesus, our Risen Saviour.
Christ is risen brother!
let me shed you an offensive trurh. slavery is immoral. jesus did not ban slavery. jesus is immoral
To me the answer to any of our questions about life/God we'll find when we take it to God & let him answer us personally. In time you'll find humans fail, Jesus never fails. God bless you on your journey of life.
I do know that. Thanks
I love the idea of head covering. It is so beautiful. I'm a traditional Catholic. Listen to several Orthodox Bishops
I have been attending mostly Baptist churches since I became a Christian at age 11. I have been in legalistic churches and more liberal denominations. I have found that there are maybe 100 different belief patterns in every church regardless of the name on the front of the building. It took me a while to realize there are Christians in lots of denominations, and there are actors in every religion also. I feel God is directing me where i am currently. I believe Christianity is more of a personal relationship with God, rather than church membership. I feel you are following the convictions of your own heart and you should not be criticized or judged for your personal beliefs. I have conviction that you do not have because the Holy Spirit speaks to me differently than he does to you. We are not the same, we don't have the same background, and God has different plans for our lives. I trust and pray and believe that you know Christ as your Lord and Savior, so we can have fellowship in that spirit, even if we are on different paths. Love and blessings and prayers to you and your family, Alex. 🙏🏻💛✝️
I am interested in reading the book “Because of the Angels” I found 2 different authors, could you please tell me which Author is the correct one? Paul Edgerton or Graeme Carle. Thank you 🙏🏼
Thanks for telling your story. I think more women converts need to tell their stories to help other women out there who are searching.
I remember that exact video on my instragram feed. Anyway I used to be a prot now Im going to an Orthodox Church. God is very grace giving.
I head-cover during prayer even alone, or at home with family, I head-cover if I go to church always, and I recently started wearing it when we go out to show submission, and authority to my husband. 🥰
you are describing brainwashed
@@jj-yi1ne really? How? Just following what the Bible says. 😊
Freedom to finally follow the Bible! That’s what I used to say. Scripture lead me to orthodoxy
Many Years! Well done!
If anyone questions whether head coverings are correct just refer them to any image of the Theotokos 😆
I know what you mean by the freedom in Orthodoxy.
From the outside people think it looks oppressive and rigid. But from the inside it’s very warm and allows people to be authentic.
I’ve gotten tipsy with my priest before and had a merry time. Priests need friendship too.
What a sweet lady.
How high does the Orthodox Church hold the teachings of the fathers? Like if a teaching doesn’t line up with the Bible, does that supersede scripture? Thanks!
Check our @rootsoforthodoxy pretty sure they have this answered. And ps there would be no bible in your hand without the Orthodox Church orally teaching it and without them canonizing it
none of the orthodox church's teachings contradict the bible
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@@kajadaw4313 im pretty sure thats what every church says about their teachings..
@@InitialPC yeah most churches dont have beliefs that are contradicted in the biblr
The Catholic Church has the “catechism” which ties in scripture and the magisterums councils. These councils were done in response to heresy- as you can imagine continue for quite some time. And to explain practically all of the Main components in the ancient faith. Which comes in clutch. And father mike Schmitz has “the catechism in a year” where he reads a section of the catechism and explains it further
Man it’s so trendy to leave Protestantism right now. Might have to consider the liturgical faiths
What is orthodoxy and how does it differ from protestantism?
Head coverings may be a small “t” tradition but has big ramifications for the women, the Church and society in general.
Okay, so od argue there is some nuance here. Even in the old times the concept of this existed.
There is a Jewish tale of a Man who went down to the river knowing the women were bathing down there but he looked away and was respectful. And that was still considered sinning, because he was knowingly tempting himself for no reason.
Likewise the same concept would exist for alcohol, if you know you have alcoholism, puting yourself in situations where you will drink and maybe drink and drive can be considered sinful even if you don't drink.
This is where nuance comes into play. If you don't have an alcohol problem then alcohol is fine.
If you lust after someone at a gym while married and fantasize about them, going to the gym can be sinful by knowingly tempting yourself.
It's all nuanced and circumstantial.
Absolutely and it’s individual. An orthodox priest is not going to tell an alcoholic to drink because he can lol he’s going to say don’t drink because it’s a sin for you. Duh lol
@@growinggoodings Okay then we are in complete agreement then...
Ive never been to one of those prohibition super strict rules protestant churches. So I'm not sure how all that plays out.
I was/am (in name only now) more non denominational?
I think it's mistaking the forest for the trees type of deal trying to obsess over little things while missing the big picture.
Try to follow the traditions and how each person follows them or maybe doesn't, can differ. Better to get the big things right and try to work through little things as they come. At least that's kind of what I think.
I feel like you are missing me talking about how there is freedom in orthodoxy because we don’t have to focus on the little things like many Protestant churches do
@@growinggoodings ? Idk my experience is there are a lot of little things in orthodoxy. Moreso than my experience in protestantism. But my experience in protestantism was show up to church once a week, maybe twice a week. And everyone believes their own thing almost.
So by comparison it'd be natural for me to perceive orthodoxy as having a lot of little things.
I do think it is not good to obsess over those things though and make them into what they are not. It's easy to fall into that trap, especially people looking to convert.
why is youtube recommending me, a fourteen year old hindu whos never seen an orthodox christian in my life this much orthodox christian content?
Might be a sign for you to check it out
Umm... Based. 🗿☦️
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im a pretty devout hindu, unwavering faith but sure I am checking it out
I am happy with my protestant faith, and I thank God for men like Martin Luther and the reformation in general.
And I am happy with mint chocolate chip ice cream. I thank God for the cows that gave us the cream and the workers that diligently make such delicacies for me.
We can sit here and list hundreds of things we enjoy and are thankful for! While there’s not necessarily a problem with that, generally I think that comments try to stay relevant to the video. Does that make sense?
@@McGheeBentle so this person is only allowed to have an opinion and share that opinion if it agrees with this video? I’m not even very far into the video, but if you are orthodox, you aren’t making a very good case for it by your conduct. How about showing some kindness? Does that make sense?
@@courtneyhaas9286 No, you’re absolutely allowed to disagree. The problem is, of course, relevance. I’ve commented on probably hundreds of videos (across the years, about a wide variety of topics) voicing my disagreement. But the difference is that my disagreements were actually about the topic of the videos!
It just seems like the original comment here is saying something irrelevant to this video. That’s what I’m trying to politely point out.
@@McGheeBentle I disagree that the original comment is off topic. The video is a woman talking about leaving the Protestant faith for Orthodoxy. The original comment said they were thankful for their Protestant faith. It was just a polite way of saying “I still hold to the Protestant faith that you just left and I’m thankful for my faith”. They were just sharing where they are on their faith journey just like this woman did in her video. And probably politely disagreeing with her take on Protestantism? I don’t know. I just think a comment about Protestant faith under a video about a woman leaving the Protestant faith isn’t off topic and didn’t warrant a rude reply with a condescending “Does that make sense?”.
@@courtneyhaas9286 The problem is that the original comment didn’t really engage with anything that the lady in the video said. It would be one thing to say, “I’m a Protestant and here’s why I disagree with some ways you characterize the Protestant faith in your video,” but instead, the comment was just, “I like Martin Luther,” which doesn’t really engage with the points in this video in any constructive way. This is what lead me to post my first comment here, which was a critique of the pretty thin original statement; prodding to get something more substantive.
We can spend all day every day talking about our opinions and preferences and the things we like, but that’s boring. Why do you like it? How and why did you come to those beliefs?
Just saying “I like Martin Luther” means nothing. Why??? How??? Give us some support and reasoning!!
What you said about some Christian’s “whacking people on the head” and “if you dont believe what I believe you’re going to hell” that’s what orthodox believe . Maybe they are loving. But they do believe everyone that doesn’t believe what they believe is a heretic and not a part of the true church and therefore aren’t going to heaven
Lol absolutely untrue. Very first question I asked my priest is what the orthodox view was on Christians outside the Orthodox Church. He said there are absolutely Christians outside of the Orthodoxchurch just like there’s people inside the Orthodox Church that are not christians. Only God knows who the real Christian’s are
@@growinggoodings that might be what your priest says. I have been interested in converting to orthodoxy and it is what you find when you research what the official stance of the Orthodox Church is and read church writings. It is actually a logical conclusion of the belief that you have to be baptized by the church to be a Christian.
@@morgans7785 The church indeed has specific views on who is a "christian" because of its ecclesiological definition. Regarding who goes to hell and who not, that's a separate issue of whether you're a part of the body of Christ or not. I found these good videos: th-cam.com/video/hEfI1MBbGnk/w-d-xo.html&pp=ygUaZG8gbm9uIG9ydGhvZG94IGdvIHRvIGhlbGw%3D
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@@morgans7785 that is the stance of the church
If I may. Orthodox speak apophatically when it comes to these things you're asking. That is to say, Orthodox will saying something like this, "salvation is found within the Church, and outside of the Church we have no opinion". What that means is, we don't make judgment calls on things we don't know. Who am I to say how God works and how He will judge? So its not a matter of 'believe what we believe or you're "going to Hell"' or whatever. Its 'this is what we believe and the rest is up to God'. Hope that helps.
Fr Josiah Yrenham, Fr Peter Heers, Fr Spyridon Bailey, Fr Ab Tryphon, Fr Mikhail.
The channel roots of Orthodoxy is pretty good. Idr the father's names that they interview on the channel though
@@KillerofGodsThey interview a lot of different priests! Love that channel.
Archimandrite Phillip and Fr Spyridon are good
Why do you ask people/churches and not God with a fearful upright heart and read his word for yourself to find out. Because he will judge you not according to what people think is right and wrong but according to HIS word.
Your not equating the LDS church with protestantism are you lol?
No? They are not even Christians
They are not even heterodox they are the embodiment of heresy forgive me if I sound too harsh but that’s my mind set
@growinggoodings I figured, just wanted to check as you explained your story and light of the title of the video lol. I've been evangelizing a morman friend of mine for months now. He thinks he is a christian but I've explained to him he worships a Jesus that dkusnt exsist.
If you're not Apostlic you're protestant, and as such aren't even a valid Church tbh.
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Heterodoxy is Heresy.
The distinction is a purely modern one.
Essentially the claiming of Christ, which the LDS does whether we like it or not, and then preaching a different Christ to the Apostles is Heresy/Heterodoxy.
"Strange Fire" as described in Scripture is what Heresy is in Essence.
The Orthodox Church broke away from the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church is the original church that Jesus founded. I encourage you to look into it. Come home, dear sister. Sending lots of love and prayers ❤️