Icons – A window on the wall. A view to an unseen reality. I love that explanation. I don’t know where I heard it. I am afraid to try to explain too much about icons, for fear of getting it all wrong and leading people astray. I don’t really have a full understanding of what the Icons of [...]
Archive for May, 2008
What’s the holdup?
Posted in Holy places, Orthodox Christianity, Religion, tagged caution, searching, waiting on May 20, 2008 | 6 Comments »
When we decided to “try out” the Orthodox church near us, I thought it would be a few visits. Then somehow my husband got the idea that we had discussed a plan (we probably did) and started telling a few people that we were going to try it out for a year and then make [...]
Orthodox Christianity — Adding quilt pieces
Posted in Holy places, Orthodox Christianity, Religion, Tradition, Weblogs on May 5, 2008 | 7 Comments »
During Pascha or Passover, my husband, children and I were soaking in some OLD Christian Traditions with a local Antiochian Orthodox church. I wanted to know more about this form of Christian Worship, so I went to the internet and started checking blogs that had to do with converting to Orthodoxy and blogs that talked about [...]
Someone else’s Orthodox conversion
Posted in Orthodox Christianity, Religion, Weblogs on May 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Hello it’s me again. I found a blogger who is telling her story of journeying to the Orthodox Christian faith. I liked the part of the story that I have read, (Part 4) you can go to the link here or click on her name in my blogroll. She is Nichole3. I am just fascinated [...]
Agape service
Posted in Orthodox Christianity, Religion, culture, languages on May 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Agape service at the Orthodox church was wonderful. It was yet another service that made me cry! I was not feeling sad or even repentant (those were other times that I cried). I was feeling joyful and blessed to be able to experience the universal aspect of the body of Christ, as several different [...]
