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Jorge’s Journey from Roman Catholic Spain to Wisconsin Orthodox

Jorge Luque, USA

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JOURNEY TO ORTHODOXY

I was born in a nominally Roman Catholic family, though they did not practice their faith. I was baptised in the RC church, and some years later, about the age of nine, had my first communion. And that was all my Christian formation, those two separate instances without anything in between. My family did not go to church, except for baptisms, weddings, and funerals.

I was more or less like them until I was a teenager, when I converted, or rather came back, to the Roman Catholic faith.

I was 16 years old when, after undergoing a severe and long depression, I turned back to the faith of my “forefathers”. That was my thought back then, that is, to make a turn around, returning to my cultural and religious roots. The love for tradition was very strong in me, and was leading me step by step to the true faith, though not directly, for I had to go first through a period in my life dominated by the Roman Catholic faith.

I was sitting in a public library when, reading the first words of the first chapter of St. John’s Gospel, something, finally, changed in me. That was a turning point for me, the Continue reading “Jorge’s Journey from Roman Catholic Spain to Wisconsin Orthodox – By Jorge Luque, USA”

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Holy Icon of All Saints of Canada & USA

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Orthodox Saints of Canada & USA

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CHURCHES IN NORTH AMERICA – FIND THE PARISH NEAREST YOU

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Churches in North America – Find the parish nearest you

Canonical Orthodox jurisdictions represented in North America

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LINK: ASSEMBLY OF CANONICAL ORTHODOX BISHOPS OF THE USA

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BISHOPS & PARISHES OF THE ASSEMBLY OF CANONICAL ORTHODOX BISHOPS OF THE USA

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Bishops & Parishes of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the USA:

Total Number of Parishes in Each Country (as of February 1, 2015)

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Video – Keith Massey, Wisconsin, USA: An American Protestant was converted to Orthodoxy

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Keith Massey, Wisconsin, USA:

An American Protestant was converted to Orthodoxy

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My name is Keith Andrew (Andrei) Massey. I am an American and a convert to the Orthodox Church, who then married a Romanian. I was once a Protestant. In my case, a study and a deeper knowledge of the Bible, in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek I was led to believe that the Protestant Church was not true. In the video above top one to tell you this story. My wife and I spend all summer every year in Romania. I saw at first, as American Protestants and dissenters come in Romania in order to remove the Orthodox of the true faith. These missionaries cite the Bible say things that prove that Church Orthodox is wrong. And operate under the assumption that the Orthodox do not know the Bible at all, and therefore what they say about the Bible will not be challenged. I do not think I want to say that Protestants are bad people. My brother twin is Lutheran pastor and I love him very much. In fact, we had Orthodox Protestants can admire the conviction they have in their faith. But an Orthodox Christian should know the Bible verses that show that, indeed, the Church has faithfully preserved the same beliefs and practices reflected oldest church that produced the Bible. In these pages you can find collections of Bible verses that appear in Church Orthodox. In fact, we, Orthodox Christians should not use the Bible to “prove” Orthodoxy, as do Protestants and sectarians. Church produced the Bible. Church decided which books should be in the Bible andwhich are not. So the Bible is not an authority over the Church. Therefore, do not quote the Bible to “prove” the Orthodox faith. True faith has been preserved, the apostles received from Jesus and then faithfully received and stored in the Orthodox Church to this day. I do not claim to speak for the Church officially. I present these pages Romanian Orthodox Church authorities for approval and correction.

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Elder Ephraim’s Eastern Orthodox Christian Monasteries in North America

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Elder Ephraim’s Eastern Orthodox Christian Monasteries in North America

Fr. Ephraim of Arizona

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Photos from St Anthony’s Greek Orthodox Monastery, Arizona, USA

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The Spiritual War – Father Efraim of Philotheou and Arizona

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Facebook about Father Ephraim Philotheitis, Arizona, USA

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St Anthony’s Monastery in Arizona

The Monasteries of Fr. Ephraim in North America

1. Holy Monastery of the Nativity of the Theotokos Abbess Theophano 121 St. Elias Lane Saxonburg, PA 16056 USA Tel: (724) 352-3999 Fax: (724) 352-5822	2. Holy Monastery of St. Kosmas Aitolos Abbess Alexia 14155 Caledon King Town Line Rd. South Bolton, Ont. L7E 5R7 CANADA Tel: (905) 859-2474 Fax: (905) 859-2505 Web Site
3. Holy Monastery of Panagia Parigoritissa Abbess Thekla 827 Chemin de la Carriere Brownsburg (Chatham), Quebec, J8G 1K7 CANADA Tel: (450) 533-4313 Fax: (450) 533-1169 Web Site	4. Holy Monastery of St. John Chrysostomos Abbess Melanie 4600 93rd Street Pleasant Prairie, WI 53158 USA Tel: (262) 694-9850 Fax: (262) 697-1581 Web Site
5. Holy Protection Monastery Abbess Olympiada 1 St. Joseph’s Way White Haven, PA 18661 USA Tel: (570) 443-2220 Fax: (570) 443-9167 Web Site	6. Holy Monastery of the Theotokos, the Life-Giving Spring Abbess Markella P.O. Box 549 Dunlap, CA 93621 USA Tel: (559) 338-3110 Fax: (559) 338-3101
7. Holy Monastery of St. John the Forerunner Abbess Efpraxia 5 Timmer Lane Goldendale, WA 98620 USA Tel: (509)-773-7141 Fax: (509) 773-4131 Web Site	8. Holy Monastery of St. Anthony Archimandrite Paisios 4784 N. St. Joseph’s Way Florence, AZ 85132 Tel: 520-868-3188 Fax: 520-868-3088 Web Site
9. Holy Archangels’ Monastery Archimandrite Dositheos P.O. Box 422 Kendalia, TX 78027 USA Tel: (830) 833-2793 Fax: (830) 833-2231 Web Site	10. Holy Monastery of Panagia Vlahernon Monk Modestos 12600 West Hwy. 318 Williston, FL 32696 Tel: (352) 591-1716 Fax: (352) 591-1719 Web Site
11. Annunciation Monastery Abbess Agapia 13486 N.W. Hwy. 225 Reddick, FL 32686 USA Tel: (352) 591-1803 Fax: (352) 591-2083 Web Site	12. Holy Trinity Monastery Hieromonk Joseph 125 Sturdevant Rd. Smith Creek, MI 48061 USA Tel: (810) 367-8134 Fax: (810) 367-6344
13. Holy Monastery of Panagia Prousiotissa Abbess Agne 404 Warner Road Troy, NC 27371 USA Tel: (910) 572-3331 Fax: (910) 572-4176 Web Site	14. Panagia Pammakaristou Hieromonk Nektarios 1631 Creasey Rd. Lawsonville, NC 27032 USA Tel: (336) 593-9760 Fax: (336) 593-9767
15. Holy Monastery of St. Nektarios Hieromonk Joseph 100 Lake Anawanda Rd. Roscoe, NY 12776 USA Tel: (607) 498-5285 Fax: (607) 498-5468 Web Site	16. Holy Transfiguration Monastery Abbot Akakios 17906 Rt. 173 Harvard, IL 60033 USA Tel: (815) 943-3588 Fax: (815) 943-3878 Web Site
17. Holy Monastery of St. Paraskevi Abbess Paraskevi 6855 Little York Lane Washington, TX 77880 USA Tel: (936) 878-2390 Fax: (936) 878-2630 Web Site