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<blockquote data-quote="Faithwrestler" data-source="post: 1530491" data-attributes="member: 22295">I’ve attended his church a few times and have been counselled by him. He’s a very good priest, lovely family too! Word on the streets of orthodox Colchester is the ROCOR bishop had been abusing his power and meddling in parishes he shouldn’t. But I don’t know who to believe. I’ll be honest, the closer I get to Orthodoxy the more I sense the mystery element is a smokescreen/has allowed for anarchy. Also, an observation I’d made online that once you convert to orthodoxy you don’t convert anywhere else has been proven to be false irl. Perhaps this is only in the Greek church but in my catechumen class I was told l some people are received and then weeks later renounce their membership and return to baptist/Catholicism. I even know a godly former-nun (returned to lay life to care for her parents) who basically just attends Protestant services. For those interested I attend the Antiochian/Greek parish of St Martin’s in Colchester. I feel The Holy Spirit to be more present here than in the Russian church in my town. God bless you all,Tom</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Faithwrestler, post: 1530491, member: 22295"] I’ve attended his church a few times and have been counselled by him. He’s a very good priest, lovely family too! Word on the streets of orthodox Colchester is the ROCOR bishop had been abusing his power and meddling in parishes he shouldn’t. But I don’t know who to believe. I’ll be honest, the closer I get to Orthodoxy the more I sense the mystery element is a smokescreen/has allowed for anarchy. Also, an observation I’d made online that once you convert to orthodoxy you don’t convert anywhere else has been proven to be false irl. Perhaps this is only in the Greek church but in my catechumen class I was told l some people are received and then weeks later renounce their membership and return to baptist/Catholicism. I even know a godly former-nun (returned to lay life to care for her parents) who basically just attends Protestant services. For those interested I attend the Antiochian/Greek parish of St Martin’s in Colchester. I feel The Holy Spirit to be more present here than in the Russian church in my town. God bless you all, Tom [/QUOTE]

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