Economic Eth

I became Orthodox because as a Protestant I decided to prove Orthodoxy wrong.

@Orthodox_Alfred @Orthodox_cross Doxa to Theo! Glory to God! ☦️

26 catechumens at my parish including my wife were baptized today!

Orthodox Christianity feels like coming home. worshipping the Lord with my entire mind, body, soul, and heart. experiencing the love and grace and mercy of Christ, and the joy of the Heavens which is outside of time. more than this, i have learned to forgive and love my enemies, to carry my disdain for evil whilst not being overtaken by it, to suffer without despair, and to fall without shame. when i first entered a year ago, i had already began getting attacked by getting into two car accidents and having surgery. i lost my car, my job, my version of worldly success, and everyone in my life turned against me. i was in bed for months on bed only able to turn to God and cry out—“Lord, have mercy.” He has been faithful to carry me through this trouble, and has gifted me with more than i can imagine. eyes to see, ears to hear, a heart that is often hardened but continually is cracked open by His love and the Body and Blood He so freely offers. from someone who had spent 24 years wanting to die, i can say now… i am glad to be alive. with Him, i can experience Heaven even in this fallen world. and though i am unworthy, with boldness, i draw near over and over like the prodigal daughter i am, trusting in His infinite compassion and love.

11 were added to the Body of Christ, the Holy Orthodox Church ☦️ Blessed Lazarus Saturday!

@bbysoulambs @NickHintonn Doxa to Theo! Glory to God! ☦️

today i am getting baptized as an orthodox christian. glory to Christ forever

Real Christianity

☦️ Why aren’t Protestants taught about Christ’s conquest of Hades? Because the Reformation cut them off from Holy Tradition. In the Orthodox Church we don’t just say “He rose.” We proclaim: **Christ is Risen, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life!** He didn’t merely die and pop back up. The Lord of Glory descended into Hades — the place of the dead — shattered its bronze gates, crushed the serpent’s head, and led Adam, Eve, and every captive soul out in glorious triumph. This is the Resurrection we celebrate. This is why icons show Christ standing on the broken gates, grabbing Adam and Eve by the wrists, pulling them from the darkness. The Apostles’ Creed still says “He descended into hell,” but without the Church Fathers, the liturgy, and the living apostolic faith, that line gets ignored or explained away. Sola scriptura left them the verses but robbed them of the fullness. So many Protestants get a beautiful but incomplete gospel: “Jesus died for your sins and rose again.” We get the whole story: **Death is dead. Hades is conquered. The prisoners are free.** Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen! Come and see what the ancient Church has always known.

@espekadaengrish @JayDyer @GmorganJr @artaxAF Why do you reject that there is one Church that has one faith?

This mentality is a big part of the reason I don't think I could ever consider orthodoxy. The superiority complex is nauseating. Jesus didn't "found a church" in the sense that you imagine. There has only ever been one people of God and as is made clear in scripture it includes all who put their faith in Christ. The organizations that developed later have no bearing on who belongs to Christ. I know this because if it had been that important for all true believers to be part of one hierarchical system Jesus would have been explicit about it. He would have laid it out in detail, how it should be organized etc. It would be a matter of eternal life and death. But it's not. You just come across as pretentious with this stuff.

Just sat down with @JayDyer to talk about this. They are trying to divide Christians and it must not happen.

Another beautiful video on the True Israel from Father Josiah Trenham:

The key to understanding this is synergy. In the same way that Paul writes in 1 Cor 3:9 that we are God’s coworkers (Synergoi Theou) in the Greek. As we abide in Him, then He abides in us. By ourselves we do nothing, any good work that we do in the Spirit is God’s, any evil work that we do for ourselves is ours. God does not take away our free will. And our free will never means that we save ourselves. Synergy is how this all makes sense. 100% us and 100% God… He is always there for us, but will we always be there for Him? This is also why God spits out the lukewarm who are not 100%… woe to him who on that day hears “I never knew you”

@ByJimbob @deplorable2025 @sola_chad I literally did. Just Socratic posting makes you cowardly, not intelligent. You ask questions and take no positions. It is a joke. Come close to actually refuting that a man came come to repentance without the Spirit.

Mel Gibson explains the first canonized saint: the Thief on the Cross. No baptism, no works. That man was saved by faith alone.

@RealBrysonGray This is Orthodoxy ☦️

Pascha means Passover, not Easter.

@noneyahbs Where do you get this video? I can’t download it lol

I’m stealing this.

@noneyahbs @pilgrimapu @MrWHOsecond2 This is great

@economic_eth @pilgrimapu @MrWHOsecond2 x.com/amlivemon/stat…

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@pilgrimapu @MrWHOsecond2 Yeah I’m not gonna argue about what is American to someone who doesn’t even claim to be American

@economic_eth @MrWHOsecond2 Ok, the customs of showing respect for Americans and Japanese are different but that doesn't mean Americans don't have a culture of respect at all, merely Americans show respect differently according to their own country's particular customs and practices.

@pilgrimapu @MrWHOsecond2 I’m American… this is engrained into our culture It’s called a stereotype It’s why people shake the Presidents hand instead of bowing to the President

@economic_eth @MrWHOsecond2 I don't know how you can start a sentence, as you can probably tell, Americans don't have a culture that understands respect...and expect to not be called out for such an outrageous and asinine statement and characterization of a huge swath of people.

@pilgrimapu @MrWHOsecond2 Bro…

@economic_eth @MrWHOsecond2 You know all Americans, all 300+ million of them don't think alike, nor convienently think in the exact way that is in agreement with your statement. It's asinine to suggest people in any large group all think alike, that they as a class of people don't understand respect, etc.

Lord have mercy

@UOJ_America @KingMic92357513 Doxa to Theo!

SAN TAN VALLEY, AZ — A new Orthodox Christian parish has been established in San Tan Valley, Arizona, with the blessing of Metr. Nicolae of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of the United States. The mission will also serve nearby communities, including Queen Creek and Coolidge, reflecting growing interest in Orthodox Christianity in the region.

@NickHintonn Makes sense

Ecumenism was created by Freemasons