Are You An Eastern Convert?

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7_Sorrows said:
yes, i didn’t realize that it was in the eastern catholicism forum. that makes sense then.
you can remove my post if you like since it doesn’t pertain to the topic.
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Same here. When I posted I only saw the original title “Are you a convert?” Please feel free to remove my posts. Thank you Catherine, for pointing this out.
 
I translated from Coptic Orthodoxy to Coptic Catholicism. The main reason was that I found out that every bad thing I had heard about the Catholic Church (from OO and EO) were either lies or misconceptions about what the Catholic Church really teaches. My journey to the Catholic Church was not about rejecting my Coptic heritage, but only about rejecting my misconceptions of Catholicism.

Blessings,
Marduk
 
I am a “cradle” member of a South-West Rus’ Recension of the Constantinopolitan Particular Church that is in union w/Rome, but will be converting to a South-West Rus’ Recension of the Constantinopolitan Particular Church that is not in union w/Rome.

U-C
 
U-C:

Translated, does that mean from Byzantine Catholic Church (Pittsburgh Metropolia) to ACROD? Do you mind saying why you are leaving the Catholic East for the Orthodox East?

Cole
 
Coles_Law said:
U-C:

Translated, does that mean from Byzantine Catholic Church (Pittsburgh Metropolia) to ACROD? Do you mind saying why you are leaving the Catholic East for the Orthodox East?

Cole
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Beacuse I feel like a stranger in my own church. Yet when I attend any ACROD parish, I feel at home, the way I use to feel in my “cradle” South-West Rus’ Recension of the Constantinopolitan Particular Church in union w/Rome parish-]/-].

May God bless Vladyka Nicholas, as he is a great spirtual sheppard, na mnohaja i blahaja l’ita, Vladyka Nikolaj!

U-C
 
About six years in the Mormon church, followed by one year in the Anglican Church, followed by about 24 years in the Orthodox Church. Somewhere in the middle of the 24 years I briefly converted (about one weeks worth) to the Roman Catholic Church.
 
I don’t know if this counts. But I converted from Evangelicalism to Eastern Orthodoxy in 1995 then to Catholicism in 2007.
 
Well earlier this Spring I helped with an Orthodox Sunday. I did some commentary for the sound crew who were unfamilar with the tradition. cable internet services Google Ad Words I being a former Catholic I had some limited knowledge. The experience was moving on a spiritual level. Wanting a church and more spiritual growth I am thinking of converting, but uncertain of how to go about it.
 
Kinghong99 said:
Well earlier this Spring I helped with an Orthodox Sunday. I did some commentary for the sound crew who were unfamilar with the tradition. cable internet services Google Ad Words I being a former Catholic I had some limited knowledge. The experience was moving on a spiritual level. Wanting a church and more spiritual growth I am thinking of converting, but uncertain of how to go about it.
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I can help you if you wish, feel free to message me 🙂
 
I was raised though never baptized in a non denominational christian church. I went there more out of family obligation than because I liked it there. Then i joined the service saw the world and many different faiths along the way. When my tour was done I found a job and was invited to a Maronite service and never felt more at home. So i’m on the road to becoming a Maronite Catholic. Not quite a conversion per se but I did wander until I found them. What struck was the way they worship was unlike any service I’d ever been too. Don’t get me wrong the Roman catholic service I attended in the past were good but the was just something about the Maronite service that made me think I’m home.
 
I see this is an older thread, but since it’s at the top I’ll answer anyway.

I was raised an Anglican, my grandfather (who died before I was born) was an Anglican priest, so I grew up with a lot of the church around me. I went to a rather evangelical school run by born-again’s so for a time that was what I was, while still maintaining my Anglican Communion.

Over time I became disillusioned with different aspects of both movements, went searching and found Orthodoxy. Took me several years to make the transition but I was Chrismated this past Pentecost, and I have no regrets.
 
Grew up Presbyterian, converted to Latin Rite at age 19, stirched to Ruthenian rite at age 21, baptized into ROCOR Greek-usage parish at 23, spiritual wandering until age 40, switched back formally to Latin rite, been Latin rite ever since - 7 years ago 🙂 And quite happy, I might add!
 
Grew up muslim in a predominantly muslim but “secular” country. Stepped into faith through Protestantism but now I am a Greek Orthodox.
 
I know that adopting ANY form of Christianity, much less Orthodoxy, is difficult for a Moslem.

God bless you!
 
Baptized and raised Lutheran; converted (not sure given my age whether that should be an active or passive verb) to Roman Catholicism at age 13; I now attend Divine Liturgy either at a Tridentine Catholic parish, a Maronite parish, or a Ukrainian parish depending on availability where I happen to be that month (college or home). Feel more at home (despite my lack of ethnicity) at Eastern rite churches, but the Maronite Liturgy is too short. Ergo, I am a Byzantine.

I quit going to the Novus Ordo Mass due to my inability to find orthodox preaching, liturgies that obey the rubrics, reverence or a sense of the sacred, or anything that makes me feel like I am practicing religion.
 
I grew up in a mixed, sometimes practicing/sometimes not practicing, Latin Catholic/Protestant household, and decided to become Latin Catholic as a child (had never previously been baptised). I became a fervent Latin Catholic in my late teens. Now married and in my mid-30s I am considering switching to the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, where I often attend Divine Liturgy. There is no question that for me the Divine Liturgy offers a superior subjective experience of the Holy Trinity, inasmuch as we are able to have any experience of God. There are other aspects of the Melkite church that I appreciate, too, such as the community, married priests, and icons. All this said, my wife is very content as a Latin Catholic, and it would be very difficult for her to switch. What I miss most from Latin Catholicism – I am trying out life as an Eastern Catholic in order to discern whether to formally switch – is daily Mass.
 
Cluny said:
I know that adopting ANY form of Christianity, much less Orthodoxy, is difficult for a Moslem.

God bless you!
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Thank you. Since I was a cradle muslim and lived it for 24 some years, it was hard to break some of the concepts I was taught about Christianity. It all boils down to listening with a critical mind. Most muslims nowadays bring up the no-true scotsman fallacy, my secularism, etc, so they can disregard my conversion. My conversion was a complete convicted one, and I was certainly convinced that some key arguments muslims teach you from the cradle such as “Bible being corrupt”, “Christ not being crucified” could not be supported by them. Overall, it took over a year to completely dedicate myself to faith in Christ and shelve Islam. I think with Orthodoxy I went back to my old world roots as I consider Orthodoxy the earliest form of Christianity being practiced.
 
Here is my situation…

I am an Orthodox Christian for 13 years and before that I was Lutheran for 21 years. I am married to a Catholic woman and I am considering conversion to Catholicism. What would be process be? If I could, I would want to be latin rite, not eastern rite. Thanks!

John Patterson
 
rome1453 said:
Here is my situation…

I am an Orthodox Christian for 13 years and before that I was Lutheran for 21 years. I am married to a Catholic woman and I am considering conversion to Catholicism. What would be process be? If I could, I would want to be latin rite, not eastern rite. Thanks!

John Patterson
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Hello John. My wife and I were evangelicals who converted to Orthodoxy. We were Orthodox for over a decade and then converted to latin rite Catholicism. We had to go through RCIA but our daughter was at Boston University and she was told that she didn’t have to do anything. She went through RCIA as well so we had some continuity. But apparently the requirements are quite variegated depending on the sensibilities of your local Diocese and Priest. RCIA was actually pretty cool so we had a good time. Good luck!
 
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