My First Experience with the Orthodox Church
My First Experience with the Orthodox Church
Email me if you are in South Georgia or North Florida and would be interested in attending Orthodox services in Valdosta, GA or another town in north Florida: luke@lukesmith.xyz
I'll be talking about my experience more in livestreams or other videos. TL;DR is not to be "nervous" about visiting an Orthodox church near you since you are decidedly not the focus.
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Greetings from an Orthodox Christian and ROCOR parishioner from East TN! May the Holy Apostle Luke, St Luke of Simferopol, and the Holy Theotokos pray for you all your days!
Hey, Luke. Have you looked at the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod? There are many "high" churches there who have very Christ-centered worship and the LC-MS for all its flaws is not riddled with man-centered liberalism. I recommend taking a look at this interview with Will Weedon "Is Lutheranism The True Catholic Church?":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsY4480JyxI
now it's serious: luke is starting a cult!
Do you have a public key for your e-mail published somewhere?
In 2020 in European country - Montenegro, the government tried to confiscate the shrines(Orthodox churches and monasteries) and make them government's property.
The people rebelled. There were processions for a whole year. Every single day. Even when there was heavy snow:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ENin209W4AMiEMo.jpg
People feared of losing their ancient Orthodox values. At the end they have managed to take down the leader who was in charge for 32 years. There is a common joke over here about the guy. Here:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EgscZJkWAAATftU?format=jpg&name=small
However, there is a great documentary in English about it. I assume you'd like it brother:
https://youtu.be/Kxw7uhukgUA
Welcome to Orthodox Christianity!
The people in Serbia and Montenegro welcome you open-armed. You're always welcome over here and you will always have a place to stay, eat, pray and feel like home.
Welcome brother. Christ has risen!
Refreshing to see a "youtuber" doing real world stuff. I'm in Charleston so kinda far but best of luck!