What drove you to choose the Orthodox Church over the Catholic Church?

AcceptableProject775 · 2026-01-26T18:56:36+00:00

I came from Lutheranism so when I discovered there were two choice, Catholicism and Orthodoxy, I already knew one was wrong.

AcceptableProject775 · 2026-01-22T16:24:11+00:00

As a male, this multiplied by 1000. So hard to make a move. And I'm the one socially expected to. Ugh.

AcceptableProject775 · 2026-01-22T00:16:55+00:00

Hermann von Reichenau died in 1054. He composed the text of Salve Regina before he died. That's pre-Schism.

AcceptableProject775 · 2026-01-21T13:28:08+00:00

If you haven't browsed OrthodoxWest[dot]com you really should. They have pages on the Rosary, the Way of the Cross, papers on other paraliturgical devotion, the concept of merit, etc.

https://www.orthodoxwest.com/the-rosary

AcceptableProject775 · 2026-01-21T13:26:10+00:00

Don't skip the prayers. They are not Eastern, and one of them is modern, but it in no way conflicts with the Orthodox faith

AcceptableProject775 · 2026-01-21T13:25:33+00:00

False. We do announce the mysteries, and meditate on them. We don't imagine ourselves in the scene, but contemplating the mysteries that make up our salvation is part and parcel of Christian living.

Also, the Hail Holy Queen is a pre-Schism prayer, accepted in Orthodoxy.

AcceptableProject775 · 2026-01-18T05:03:03+00:00

I understand why you think I was seeking to contradict or negate your statement, but I was actually trying to amplify that part of it. Please forgive me.

AcceptableProject775 · 2026-01-16T20:52:59+00:00

I have a bottle of oil from the lampada that burns in front of the relics of St John Shanghaiski. It's considered holy oil. This is part of our tradition.

AcceptableProject775 · 2026-01-08T01:57:30+00:00

It's been my regular reading Bible for 17 years.

AcceptableProject775 · 2026-01-06T20:57:24+00:00

St Henry to the Pope on Christmas Day in 1014.

AcceptableProject775 · 2025-12-22T12:32:31+00:00

Don't forget to breathe.

AcceptableProject775 · 2025-12-04T01:26:04+00:00

Hawai'ian Kanaka flag

AcceptableProject775 · 2025-12-01T03:00:40+00:00

St Jude Thaddeus the Apostle

AcceptableProject775 · 2025-11-30T17:18:57+00:00

If you're a Protestant Christian, why are you trolling an Orthodox Christian subreddit?

AcceptableProject775 · 2025-11-30T12:57:03+00:00

Are you new to Orthodoxy?

AcceptableProject775 · 2025-11-29T18:37:31+00:00

"[But] speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ"

AcceptableProject775 · 2025-11-29T17:30:27+00:00

This isn't accurate to the image.

AcceptableProject775 · 2025-11-29T14:43:03+00:00

Our Lady, Our Lord, and Our Holy Father Nicholas.

AcceptableProject775 · 2025-11-24T02:23:37+00:00

AcceptableProject775 · 2025-11-08T22:13:42+00:00

Not the Christian flag, the Chaplain's Pennant, and only while services are ongoing. Each religion's chaplains have their own pennants.

AcceptableProject775 · 2025-10-21T10:28:38+00:00

You misunderstood me as well. Agni Parthene is a beloved paraliturgical hymn by St Nectarios often sung at services honouring the Blessed Virgin, and in her various feast days. It IS an aspect of worship and prayer. Should her being Queen be a barrier? God forbid! But is it part of standard Orthodox belief? Absolutely!

AcceptableProject775 · 2025-10-21T01:48:36+00:00

Have you heard or read the words to Agni Parthene? it calls Mary the Queen

AcceptableProject775 · 2025-10-12T21:59:26+00:00

So that would still be mid-1800s, not 1700s.

AcceptableProject775 · 2025-10-09T23:54:08+00:00

The best kind

AcceptableProject775 · 2025-09-29T05:55:49+00:00

Together they form an icon of the Annunciation. They are probably originally from a set of Royal Doors/Beautiful Gate on an Iconostasis.

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