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Offline choy

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it is a done deal!
« on: January 06, 2013, 09:44:37 PM »
Told the priest today, my family will be received as catechumens next Sunday
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Re: it is a done deal!
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2013, 09:48:10 PM »
May God guide you all! :)
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Re: it is a done deal!
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2013, 09:53:56 PM »
Congratulations!  ;D
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Re: it is a done deal!
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2013, 10:02:41 PM »
Quote from: Asteriktos on January 06, 2013, 09:48:10 PM
May God guide you all! :)

Amen to that. Congratulations!
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Re: it is a done deal!
« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2013, 11:24:53 PM »
That's wonderful. Welcome aboard!
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Re: it is a done deal!
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2013, 01:41:10 AM »
I also met the bishop today.  Very nice man, he even gave me and my family a blessing.  He is also a former Roman Catholic.  I'm glad that not only most of the parish I am joining are converts, even the clergy and hierarch are converts.  We're all hyperdox!  ;D
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Re: it is a done deal!
« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2013, 02:38:12 AM »
Quote from: choy on January 07, 2013, 01:41:10 AM
I also met the bishop today.  Very nice man, he even gave me and my family a blessing.  He is also a former Roman Catholic.  I'm glad that not only most of the parish I am joining are converts, even the clergy and hierarch are converts.  We're all hyperdox!  ;D

I understand that, everyone gets excited when they first join the Church.  Just try to adapt to Orthodoxy as best as you can.. and don't be too hard on yourself when you forget to fast, or eat cheese or something like that.  I'm always too hard on myself for everything.  :-\ :)

Welcome!
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Re: it is a done deal!
« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2013, 02:46:53 AM »
Quote from: Andrew Crook on January 07, 2013, 02:38:12 AM
Quote from: choy on January 07, 2013, 01:41:10 AM
I also met the bishop today.  Very nice man, he even gave me and my family a blessing.  He is also a former Roman Catholic.  I'm glad that not only most of the parish I am joining are converts, even the clergy and hierarch are converts.  We're all hyperdox!  ;D

I understand that, everyone gets excited when they first join the Church.  Just try to adapt to Orthodoxy as best as you can.. and don't be too hard on yourself when you forget to fast, or eat cheese or something like that.  I'm always too hard on myself for everything.  :-\ :)

Welcome!

Thanks!  Two years of being Eastern Catholic, I think I am mostly there.  Father didn't even require me to attend inquirer/catechumen classes.  But I told him that my wife would like to attend, she is not a Church Geek like myself  ;D
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Re: it is a done deal!
« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2013, 09:01:45 AM »
Quote from: Shanghaiski on January 06, 2013, 10:02:41 PM
Quote from: Asteriktos on January 06, 2013, 09:48:10 PM
May God guide you all! :)

Amen to that. Congratulations!

And Amen to that!  Such a wonderful update Choy!  May the Lord keep you all!
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Re: it is a done deal!
« Reply #9 on: January 07, 2013, 09:43:59 AM »
Congratulations, and God bless your family!
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Re: it is a done deal!
« Reply #10 on: January 07, 2013, 10:49:58 AM »
Congratulations!  ;D

As an ex-Greek Catholic, is there a chance you will be receive in close future! Or will you wait for your wife?
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Re: it is a done deal!
« Reply #11 on: January 07, 2013, 11:36:53 AM »
Quote from: Dominika on January 07, 2013, 10:49:58 AM
Congratulations!  ;D

As an ex-Greek Catholic, is there a chance you will be receive in close future! Or will you wait for your wife?

Priest says at Pascha.  My entire family goes to the UGCC with me, but she just needs a bit more instruction. Unfortunately I am not a very good catechist at home.
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Re: it is a done deal!
« Reply #12 on: January 07, 2013, 11:58:55 AM »
Hi choy. Good to hear from you.

Quote from: choy on January 07, 2013, 01:41:10 AM
I also met the bishop today.  Very nice man, he even gave me and my family a blessing.  He is also a former Roman Catholic.  I'm glad that not only most of the parish I am joining are converts, even the clergy and hierarch are converts.  We're all hyperdox!  ;D

Meh, that's getting old. Now if you had said "We're all converdox", well ...
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Re: it is a done deal!
« Reply #13 on: January 07, 2013, 12:11:24 PM »
Quote from: Peter J on January 07, 2013, 11:58:55 AM
Hi choy. Good to hear from you.

Quote from: choy on January 07, 2013, 01:41:10 AM
I also met the bishop today.  Very nice man, he even gave me and my family a blessing.  He is also a former Roman Catholic.  I'm glad that not only most of the parish I am joining are converts, even the clergy and hierarch are converts.  We're all hyperdox!  ;D

Meh, that's getting old. Now if you had said "We're all converdox", well ...

Hahahah!  I think I have to be chrismated first before I am allowed to make up my own words  ;D ;D ;D
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Re: it is a done deal!
« Reply #14 on: January 07, 2013, 12:12:14 PM »
Quote from: choy on January 07, 2013, 11:36:53 AM
Quote from: Dominika on January 07, 2013, 10:49:58 AM
Congratulations!  ;D

As an ex-Greek Catholic, is there a chance you will be receive in close future! Or will you wait for your wife?

Priest says at Pascha.  My entire family goes to the UGCC with me, but she just needs a bit more instruction. Unfortunately I am not a very good catechist at home.

Congratulations!

On a side note, "The Orthodox Church in America Outside America", is just all kinds of ridiculous.
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Re: it is a done deal!
« Reply #15 on: January 07, 2013, 12:14:26 PM »
Quote from: sheenj on January 07, 2013, 12:12:14 PM
Quote from: choy on January 07, 2013, 11:36:53 AM
Quote from: Dominika on January 07, 2013, 10:49:58 AM
Congratulations!  ;D

As an ex-Greek Catholic, is there a chance you will be receive in close future! Or will you wait for your wife?

Priest says at Pascha.  My entire family goes to the UGCC with me, but she just needs a bit more instruction. Unfortunately I am not a very good catechist at home.

Congratulations!

On a side note The Orthodox Church in America Outside America is probably the most ridiculous name I've heard for a Orthodox Jurisdiction.

hahahah!  You know it is not official ;)  Of course I'm going to the OCA. Just making fun of the fact that the Church name is "in America" when I am actually "in Canada".
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Re: it is a done deal!
« Reply #16 on: January 07, 2013, 12:47:36 PM »
So what was the smoking gun for your catechism in the Orthodox Church?
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Re: it is a done deal!
« Reply #17 on: January 07, 2013, 01:16:01 PM »
Quote from: choy on January 07, 2013, 12:14:26 PM
Quote from: sheenj on January 07, 2013, 12:12:14 PM
Quote from: choy on January 07, 2013, 11:36:53 AM
Quote from: Dominika on January 07, 2013, 10:49:58 AM
Congratulations!  ;D

As an ex-Greek Catholic, is there a chance you will be receive in close future! Or will you wait for your wife?

Priest says at Pascha.  My entire family goes to the UGCC with me, but she just needs a bit more instruction. Unfortunately I am not a very good catechist at home.

Congratulations!

On a side note The Orthodox Church in America Outside America is probably the most ridiculous name I've heard for a Orthodox Jurisdiction.

hahahah!  You know it is not official ;)  Of course I'm going to the OCA. Just making fun of the fact that the Church name is "in America" when I am actually "in Canada".

Have you suggested "OCNA"?
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Re: it is a done deal!
« Reply #18 on: January 07, 2013, 01:36:10 PM »
I wonder whether attending EO services instead of Eastern Catholic services feels anyhow different?
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« Reply #19 on: January 07, 2013, 02:14:32 PM »
Quote from: Alpo on January 07, 2013, 01:36:10 PM
I wonder whether attending EO services instead of Eastern Catholic services feels anyhow different?

It does, at least from my EC parish to EO parish.  I know some EC parishes do Liturgy better than some EO parishes. It really is a case-to-case basis.
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Re: it is a done deal!
« Reply #20 on: January 08, 2013, 01:50:53 AM »
Quote from: choy on January 06, 2013, 09:44:37 PM
Told the priest today, my family will be received as catechumens next Sunday

Wahoo! :D Welcome aboard to your and your family choy! ;D
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Re: it is a done deal!
« Reply #21 on: January 13, 2013, 08:21:25 PM »
Today it is official :)

I hoped it would have went better, but my toddler son got impatient during the prayers.
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Re: it is a done deal!
« Reply #22 on: January 13, 2013, 08:40:10 PM »
Yay! Congratulations. Where abouts in Canadia are you? T'under Bay, here :P
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« Reply #23 on: January 13, 2013, 08:45:15 PM »
Quote from: peacenprayer on January 13, 2013, 08:40:10 PM
Yay! Congratulations. Where abouts in Canadia are you? T'under Bay, here :P

Vancouver, BC.
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« Reply #24 on: January 13, 2013, 08:47:46 PM »
Quote from: choy on January 13, 2013, 08:45:15 PM
Quote from: peacenprayer on January 13, 2013, 08:40:10 PM
Yay! Congratulations. Where abouts in Canadia are you? T'under Bay, here :P

Vancouver, BC.

Oooh! Other side of the map :P Grats, again.
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Re: it is a done deal!
« Reply #25 on: January 13, 2013, 09:52:37 PM »
Many Years!!!
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« Reply #26 on: January 14, 2013, 12:47:55 AM »
I wonder how long before my beard grows...  ;D ;D ;D
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Re: it is a done deal!
« Reply #27 on: January 14, 2013, 09:52:22 AM »
In view of the fact that the OCA includes dioceses in Canada, the UNites States of America and the United States of Mexico, I usually think of the "America" part meanng the Americas North, Central, and South (ie continents=== its kind of like the Greek Orthodox Church of of Africa, The Greek Orthodox Church of  Antioch and all the east , etc).
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« Reply #28 on: January 14, 2013, 06:43:19 PM »
Quote from: Thomas on January 14, 2013, 09:52:22 AM
In view of the fact that the OCA includes dioceses in Canada, the UNites States of America and the United States of Mexico, I usually think of the "America" part meanng the Americas North, Central, and South (ie continents=== its kind of like the Greek Orthodox Church of of Africa, The Greek Orthodox Church of  Antioch and all the east , etc).


Who knows, by the time this jurisdiction thing gets sorted out, Canada may be its own separate jurisdiction.  I think there are enough Orthodox here across all jurisdictions that they can form one Church and have their own jurisdiction.
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