Hello there, you do great with Lent. You can cook beans chickpeas pizza with vegetables pie with vegetables green beans salads etc, about birthdays we celebrate them after pascha big big party.. i wish you and your family the best love from greece
I’m not sure if you’ve addressed this yet, but are you still in touch with people from your old church, and if so, what have their responses been to you becoming Orthodox? My husband and I became Catechumen two weeks ago(!) and we still have a lot of friends who are Protestant and it’s been interesting to see their reactions. Some are nonchalant (“Oh, that’s cool for you guys”) others are a bit more confused (“Isn’t Orthodoxy like Catholicism?”) and others are somewhat more combative (“Praying for you guys to come back to have a ‘real’ relationship with Jesus”). What kinds of conversations have you been having with other Christians in your life? It always makes me feel a little less alone to hear about how former-Protestants-now-Orthodox are handling these kinds of delicate and sometimes stressful conversations.
I’m a convert to Orthodoxy from Reformed Protestantism. Had we not left our church when we did, they would’ve excommunicated us. For them, Orthodoxy is worse than Catholicism (probably because of icons). When I talk about my conversion, I tell people that I’ve been a Christian all my life, but that I didn’t have a relationship with Jesus Christ until I became more Orthodox. It’s pretty hard for them to argue with that.
I was expecting more of a Bible based response for the shrimp. A little disappointed that it’s more of a cultural tradition being continued now. Thank you for answering that question, though, Alex! It’s been very interesting to learn!
The latin word for meat is cartis. That word does not include fish or shrimp. I am Catholic and fast from meat to remember Jesus' sacrifice for me on Friday. I am not familiar with the orthodox tradition. However, that is why Catholics are still allowed fish or shrimp.
Our priest explained to us that shellfish was historically poor peoples food which made a whole lot of sense to me. It was something that poor people could collect easily mussels, crabs etc.). Of course now it's a luxury but back then not so much. The Church didn't want to deprive the poor of a primary food source so those foods were permitted during the fasts. Those traditions never changed and endure till today. I count it as a blessing because we eat a good amount of shellfish during the fasts. Just my .02$...
Hello there, you do great with Lent. You can cook beans chickpeas pizza with vegetables pie with vegetables green beans salads etc, about birthdays we celebrate them after pascha big big party.. i wish you and your family the best love from greece
I’m not sure if you’ve addressed this yet, but are you still in touch with people from your old church, and if so, what have their responses been to you becoming Orthodox? My husband and I became Catechumen two weeks ago(!) and we still have a lot of friends who are Protestant and it’s been interesting to see their reactions. Some are nonchalant (“Oh, that’s cool for you guys”) others are a bit more confused (“Isn’t Orthodoxy like Catholicism?”) and others are somewhat more combative (“Praying for you guys to come back to have a ‘real’ relationship with Jesus”). What kinds of conversations have you been having with other Christians in your life? It always makes me feel a little less alone to hear about how former-Protestants-now-Orthodox are handling these kinds of delicate and sometimes stressful conversations.
I’m a convert to Orthodoxy from Reformed Protestantism. Had we not left our church when we did, they would’ve excommunicated us. For them, Orthodoxy is worse than Catholicism (probably because of icons). When I talk about my conversion, I tell people that I’ve been a Christian all my life, but that I didn’t have a relationship with Jesus Christ until I became more Orthodox. It’s pretty hard for them to argue with that.
I was expecting more of a Bible based response for the shrimp. A little disappointed that it’s more of a cultural tradition being continued now. Thank you for answering that question, though, Alex! It’s been very interesting to learn!
Apparently part of the reasoning is that shellfish don’t have a backbone or blood
The latin word for meat is cartis. That word does not include fish or shrimp. I am Catholic and fast from meat to remember Jesus' sacrifice for me on Friday. I am not familiar with the orthodox tradition. However, that is why Catholics are still allowed fish or shrimp.
Our priest explained to us that shellfish was historically poor peoples food which made a whole lot of sense to me. It was something that poor people could collect easily mussels, crabs etc.). Of course now it's a luxury but back then not so much. The Church didn't want to deprive the poor of a primary food source so those foods were permitted during the fasts. Those traditions never changed and endure till today. I count it as a blessing because we eat a good amount of shellfish during the fasts. Just my .02$...