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I have been investigating Orthodoxy for over a year, mainly through reading and the internet, and I am convinced that this is the way ahead for me. However I have not been able to share these things with my wife. I really need to talk with her but don't know where to start as I feel her reaction will be negative and it will cause a split between us. I desperately want us to share our faith and want her to travel on the same road as myself. She knows of my interest in the Orthodox Church but doesn't really know anything about Orthodoxy.
We attend a Protestant church but there is little spiritual life there and we are struggling. We know we need to move on to somewhere new. I think I have found that place in Orthodoxy even though I have never entered an Orthodox church. I don't feel I can go ahead any further alone. We need to move on together.
Please pray for us in our situation.
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« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2010, 12:28:20 PM » |
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Lord, have mercy! Welcome to the forum!
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« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2010, 01:43:14 PM » |
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Praying for you and your wife.
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Alveus Lacuna
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« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2010, 02:00:48 PM » |
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Lord, have mercy. Welcome to the forum!
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« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2010, 06:53:16 PM » |
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« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2010, 11:02:37 PM » |
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Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy! And many welcomes! |
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"If you leave me free in my religion, I will be very eager to carry out your commands. But if you try to force me to change my faith, I will first surrender my head. I was born a Christian and a Christian I shall die."
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« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2010, 01:01:34 AM » |
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How shall I not weep when I think of death? For I have seen my brother in his coffin, without glory or comeliness. What, then, do I expect? And what do I hope for? Only grant me, O Lord, repentance before the end.
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« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2010, 08:04:36 AM » |
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« Reply #8 on: February 14, 2010, 10:56:10 AM » |
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« Reply #9 on: February 14, 2010, 01:31:58 PM » |
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Lord, have mercy!
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« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2010, 11:22:28 AM » |
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Lord, have mercy.
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« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2010, 11:26:45 AM » |
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Lord, have mercy!
I know your feeling, as my wife shows no concrete signs of joining me, although she does have an interest in Orthodoxy.
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