Thinking About Orthodoxy?

 

Are you interested in Orthodoxy?

You are not alone. Each year the number of Western Christians finding a secure, stable and transforming life in Orthodoxy is growing. The British Orthodox Church is made up almost entirely of converts from a wide range of Christian backgrounds, other religions and no faith at all. We have all come together to find the fulness of the Christian life in Orthodoxy.

We are very glad that you have taken the time to visit our website and we hope that these resources will help you understand a little more of what Orthodoxy is all about, experience something of our spiritual life, and even discover how you can be a part of real Christianity for yourself.

Orthodoxy has so much to offer the modern world. It has a stability of faith and doctrine that rejects our preoccupation with the immediate. Orthodoxy does not change its moral base to reflect the mores of those around us, rather it demands that we ourselves be transformed day by day. So the practice of any form of homosexuality, or indeed the practice of heterosexuality outside marriage, is not condoned. There is no agitation for the ordination of women. The Bible remains the central pillar of Church teaching, and the traditional doctrines about Christ are vigorously defended. Our life in the Church has the aim of transforming us, we do not seek to make the Church merely reflect our own spiritual mediocrity.

If you have any questions then please make sure you ask them. We will do our very best to support your spiritual pilgrimage as best we can.

 

You are not alone! Each year many Christians and those of other faiths and none, make the journey from a wide variety of backgrounds into the Orthodox Church. In the British Orthodox Church there are folk from Anglican, Evangelical, and Roman Catholic backgrounds, as well as converts from other religions and those who had no faith at all. We have all found a fulfilling and deeply satisfying home in Orthodoxy.

There are many reasons why people start thinking about the Orthodox option. It could be that one or two of these reasons apply to you.

i. The Christian group you are a member of keeps changing what it believes and doesn't seem to value the core Christian doctrines about the uniqueness of Christ and salvation..

ii. The Christian group you are a member of seems to have become like the world and has accepted the non-traditional view of homosexuality and the ordination of women as normative.

iii. The Christian group you are a member of has brought you to love Christ but doesn't seem to know how to teach you to live the Christian life.

iv. You feel that there must be more to the Christian life and after committing to a variety of Christian groups you still don't feel satisfied.

v. You are looking for a spiritual home that is able to transform you, and a way of life that encompasses every moment of every day.

vi. Maybe you have never found Christianity convincing and you are looking for a Christian tradition that has authority and integrity and reality.

vii. Perhaps you have heard some Orthodox music, or seen some Orthodox art and have found it intriguing.

viii. Of course it might be a friend or family member who has set you thinking, or you may even have been brought up in an Orthodox family and have fallen away from an active faith.

There are countless reasons why people start looking at Orthodoxy. Each of our pilgrimages is unique.

We hope that the materials on this website, many of which have been created especially for you, the seeker, the enquirer, will be useful and will provoke you to thought and prayer.

In any and every case, you are WELCOME! and we hope that you will allow us to describe some of what Orthodoxy means to us in the following pages.

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