[Nikas777]

This was a Christianity I had never encountered before,” said Mr. Oren, 55, a marketing consultant in commercial construction. “I was frozen in my tracks. I felt like I was in the actual presence of God, almost as if I was in heaven. And I’m not the kind of person who gets all woo-hoo.”

The truth as described by Russian pagans over a thousand years ago is echoed by an American today.....

Then we went on to Greece, and the Greeks led us to the edifices where they worship their God, and we knew not whether we were in heaven or on earth. For on earth there is no such splendour or such beauty, and we are at a loss how to describe it. We know only that God dwells there among men, and their service is fairer than the ceremonies of other nations. For we cannot forget that beauty. Every man, after tasting something sweet, is afterward unwilling to accept that which is bitter, and therefore we cannot dwell longer here."- The Russian Primary Chronicle - 988 AD

[Nikas777]

Orthodox ping list request.

[Genoa]

“When is a Baptist not a Baptist?”

[Alex Murphy]

As he entered, a vespers service was under way. Maybe two dozen worshipers stood, chanting psalms and hymns. Incense filled the dark air. Icons of apostles and saints hung on the walls.

And the congregation grew by 4%, with the addition of Mr Oren. How many of the other two dozen worshipers were Protestants?

[wardaddy]

I have been in the big Greek church here on Franklin road and I and my wife were both impressed by the same visual and other environmental sensations..

[redgolum]

Interesting.

Though many Orthodox parishes are very tightly bound to an ethnic identity, I can see this taking off for a while among some Evangelicals