Greek Orthodoxy has always been a bit of a mystery to me, and I wanted to get a clearer sense of what it's all about so I drove down to the Assumption Cathedral in Denver, Colorado and spent the morning getting answers straight from the source.
Huge thanks to Father Chris Margaritis for taking the time to hang out!
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Archbishop Demetrios, head of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, outlines the basic tenets of his faith, which has some 300 million adherents around the world, 5 million of them in the U.S.

Why did a Baptist such as myself become an Orthodox Christian? In this episode, I walk you through my conversion process. In it, I go step-by-step, addressing each doctrine of Protestantism that I came to reject and why, as well as the issues I had that prevented me from becoming Catholic, finally to the point of accepting Orthodoxy as the fullness of the faith.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Video Intro
0:19 Introduction
4:39 Protestant Upbringing
8:02 Introduction to Orthodoxy
12:55 My First Visit to an Orthodox Church
15:13 Sola-Fide
30:39 Sola-Scriptura
38:32 Ecclesiology
49:12 Sacraments
55:32 Mary & The Saints
1:01:47 Liturgy, Priesthood, & Icons
1:11:01 Filioque & The Great Schism
1:16:37 The Papacy. Uniates, & Papal Infallibility
1:22:06 Purgatory & Indulgences
1:24:54 Immaculate Conception
1:30:07 Dogmatic Contradictions, Liturgical Innovations, & Ecumenism
1:36:22 The RCC Cannot Be Taken Seriously
1:39:13 Why I Love Orthodoxy
1:47:45 Conclusion
1:52:24 Where to Learn More
1:56:34 Video Outro

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REFERENCES:

Find An Orthodox Church Near You
https://orthodoxyinamerica.org/

Books
“Orthodoxy & Heterodoxy: Finding the Way to Christ in a Complicated Religious Landscape” by Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick
“Rock and Sand: An Orthodox Appraisal of the Protestant Reformers and Their Teachings” by Fr. Josiah Trenham
“Arise, O God: The Gospel of Christ’s Defeat of Demons, Sin, and Death” by Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick
“The Orthodox Veneration of the Mother of God” by St. John Maximovitch
“Orthodox Worship: A Living Continuity with the Synagogue, the Temple, and the Early Church” by Benjamin Williams & Harold Anstall
“Thinking Orthodox” by Dr. Eugenia Constantinou
“The Didache” by The Twelve Apostles
“The Letters of St. Ignatius” by St. Ignatius
“On The Incarnation” by St. Athanasius

Podcasts/YouTube Channels
“The Whole Counsel of God” by Fr. Stephen De Young
“The Royal Path” by Fr. Turbo
“Patristic Nectar” by Fr. Josiah Trenham
Fr. Spyridon Bailey
Patristix

Playlists
Orthodox Inquirers (Intro): https://www.youtube.com/playli....st?list=PLIp-1OgEHtd
Orthodox Inquirers (Longform): https://www.youtube.com/playli....st?list=PLIp-1OgEHtd

Armenian Orthodox Church in London

A previously unreleased interview with the late Fr. Peter Gillquist, recorded in April, 2010. The interview was filmed at Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in State College, PA by Robert Duncan.

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So many people have questioned why I should belong to the Orthodox Church, Ihoped this might help.