Scotland1960 wrote:
John In what year did you first become aware there was an Orthodox Church?
I don\'t really know when I first became aware that there was an Orthodox Church - probably about the same time I learned the terms \"Protestant\" and \"Catholic\" which means that I was in my elementary school days. When I headed off to Ethiopia, in 1993, I didn\'t think much of Orthodoxy. It was something I associated as \'another denomination\' or a different expression of Christianity - one that I didn\'t think \'fit my style\' or that I could find appealing.
It was Fr Martin who challenged my beliefs and showed me I was merely looking at the tip of the iceberg in how little I had given serious thought to Orthodoxy. It was at a Vespers service with Fr Martin and Abbot Jonah in 2001 that \'legitimized\' Orthodoxy to my heart. I think that was when I awakened to the fact that there could really be the True Church of God on this planet.
