Categories: orthodox-life
Date: 08 July 2004 11:42:55
Why Orthodoxy?
Tis a good question. I am not sure I have the complete answer to that question as yet.
I was quite happy in my “moderately” (as my Anglican parish described itself) Anglo-Catholic world when, through contact with several Orthodox persons on the Ship of Fools, I decided to take a look at it -- confident I would find something useful, but that I'd be quite content to return to Anglicanism. Unfortunately, the Orthodox Plot™ was in full swing at Sts Michael and Gabriel.
At the first Bible Study I attended, I think they had me. I was dumbstruck. It was as if I'd found exactly what I was looking for, though I didn't really know I was looking for it until I found it -- if that makes any sense at all. I found a freshness and a whole new world to explore when I was attending the Bible studies [I couldn't get to the Divine Liturgy because of commitments at my church].
After a few months attendance at the Bible studies, I knew I needed to look into it full-time. As a Parish Council member of my Anglican parish, and with a terrible feeling I was two-timing the people there, I returned to my Anglican Parish and decided that in 2004 I would start attending the Orthodox Parish of Sts Michael and Gabriel full-time. My Anglican priest was very understanding, and said rightly and wisely it was “a journey only [I can] make” and “a journey I needed to make”. And so I set off, in my tiny rowboat, across the Bosporus ......