Hey everyone! :D

I'm definitely glad I found this site. I hope I can connect with some more Orthodox Christians asI want to grow my faith and grow closer to our Lord. I'm new here. So bare with me lol. It would be a pleasure getting to know you all really! May God protect and be with you all always! Xoxoxo

Hi OrthodoxGirl, I'm happy to meet you , just a quick question is it orthodox as of the orthodox denominations (such as Greek Orthodox) or orthodox as an orthodox Christian (affirming the truth of the orthodox creeds etc), not for any particularly reason, I'm just curious and please don't feel like you have to answer this at all, you just stirred my curiosity that's all, so if you don't wish to say anything, that's perfectly fine as well .

Anyway, on the main thing, Hi lol, and I do hope you find your time here to be a blessed one, and the fellowship you find on this site to be loving and affirming, one which builds you up in your faith and leads to many true and loving friendships, and leads you into contact with many loving Orthodox Christians . And don't worry, you'll be a forum and chat pro in no time short ;,

God bless you, protect and keep you, Welcome

Hello and welcome, delighted to have you here, there are many wonderful followers of our Lord and Saviour Christ Jesus here to fellowship and grow with; also, may your stay always be filled with the love of Christ. God Bless.

Welcome to the site! It's wonderful to have to you here

Welcome to CC! Hope you make many new friends and have fun getting to know everyone! Oh, and don't be a stranger, we are all family under one God

Hello OrthodoxGirl
Welcome to Christian Chat
I'm glad you joined God Bless,

Hello OrthodoxGirl and welcome to Christian Chat. It's a pleasure to have you here. I am sure you will meet many people here and make many new friend. God Bless.

You are so kind! God bless you! May the Lord be with you and protect you always! Yes, I am indeed Antiochian Orthodox. My family is orthodox however I wasn't really serious about my faith. I really got serious at 18. However I looked into Catholicism and the Evangelical churches, but ended up coming back to orthodoxy last year. And I've been there ever since. I'm obviously not where I need to be spiritually, but I'm growing closer to God as I'm learning. Feel free to ask me anything!

Thanks so much for your response! Peace be with you!

You are too kind! May God bless you and protect you with His Most Righteous Hand!

Its wonderful to be here and see you here!

Aw... Amen! God bless you!

God willing! God bless you!

I am very glad that you re-discovered the treasures of the Orthodox Church (in which you have been born)!
Welcome on this forum and may God bless you!

Hi, can you explain orthodox? I always hear these "label" groups for lack of a better term, and I really don't understand the explanations that I find elsewhere. I sort of understand charismatic/pentecostal, to a degree, but even then people's beliefs about what they mean vary, so I get confused.

The church was one until the schism (split) in 1054. The eastern church took the name orthodox (greek 'orthos' means correct, right and 'doxa' means dogma, faith, teaching; orthodox literally means the right teaching) in order to differentiate itself of the western church; the western church took the name 'catholic', which means universal.

In my country, Romania, orthodox is used to designate the church above mentioned (my church) and the christians of that church; yet, it is very possible that people (occidental people) use orthodox also for other christians. Which is why, I always say that I am eastern orthodox christian, so that I don`t create confusion.

Thank you for the kind words, Simona. I truly appreciate it! Peace be with you, my sister. God bless you and be with you, always!

Hey, good to see you here. There are a few of us lurking around I think.

This should help explain it...

This is a SIX YEAR OLD thread..