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Normally, no. Some bishops insist on rebaptizing though, apparently (or it might be an initiative of the priests themselves, which would be pretty bad). You shouldn't encounter issues though.

>I am in the U.S so should I go GOA, AOCANA, OCA, or ROCOR?

Anywhere you feel at home. It doesn't depend on the jurisdiction, but on the parish itself. Check which parishes are within distance for you to go there, and check them out.

>How do I go about contacting a priest or a church to let them know I want to convert? How long will the process be?

Just show up at the Divine Liturgy, tell the priest that you're a Baptist and are curious to convert, he'll probably tell you to keep coming for a few weeks, then he'll tell you that your catechumenate can start. The length should be about one year, more or less.

>>568081

>>568087

But yeah, I suggest that you first visit every church that you can reach. Also, avoid non-canonical churches. The Oriental Orthodox are schismatics, so are the True Orthodox, Genuine Orthodox, and the Orthodox-Catholic.

>>568081

>>568090

If OP is in America he could use this. I don't know if it's completely exhaustive, but it should have most Orthodox churches

http://www.assemblyofbishops.org/directories/parishes

>>568090

Alright. I hope I don't stand out too much at the Liturgy.

>>568093

It'll be fine if you do, I've been going to an Orthodox church in my town for a month or so now, but the first three weeks I went there the priest made certain to introduce me to the congregation again each week. Also this is a very small parish, so that might have had something to do with it. Be sure to stick around for the coffee hour, I've learned a massive amount about Orthodoxy just from talking with the church members over some very tasty food.

>gets rejected by all of the Baptist girls

>leaves and goes to Turkish church

Many such cases

>>568085

Kyrie eleison, St, Augie.

>>568171

>Turkish church

God I wish that were a thing

>>568178

Wouldn't that be the OO, if you kind of looked historically?

Don't do it OP. They have incense and smell bad.

>>568180

Wat r u getting on, incense smells amazing

>>568203

>By the unity of grace, faith, and works

You see, this is the exact, precise opposite of what Ephesians 2:8-9 says

Do Orthodox reject Evolution?

Also why is the conversion process so long? The bible makes it seem far quicker and simpler, when did things change?

>>568209

>Do Orthodox reject evolution?

This is a predominantly American evangelical issue. It's all theologoumena over here.

>Why is the conversion process so long?

In order to be baptized into the faith, you would have to understand the faith, no?

>>568205

Did you forget to read a single verse more to 2:10? "For we are His Workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them."

>>568211

> It's all theologoumena over here.

Do you/ your priest believe its true?

>In order to be baptized into the faith, you would have to understand the faith, no?

The second part of my question there is the context to this. - "The bible makes it seem far quicker and simpler, when did things change?"

In the bible it seems like most people were converted after a conversation, indeed the man who was possessed by Legion went straight to being a teacher.

Additionally if understanding is the faith is the reason then why is baptising babies permitted?

>>568209

The Eastern Orthodox Church has no official stance either way on evolution.

A year is the average, but it depends on when you came in and factors pertaining to you individually. I already had a lot of prior study and knowledge of the faith going in, showed a lot of fervor and devotion, and there was just one other catechumen at the parish at the time, so my catechumenate period ended up being shorter, around 7 months. Chrismation is typically done at Pascha, so with those factors in mind, they thought it would be better to do mine a bit on the early side rather than have me wait another whole year.

>>568217

No, it's just that it's not relevant. The idea that we must co-operate with God's grace is ruled out when he writes "and that not of yourselves". This is not contradicted in the next verse when he teaches that the new creation is made to do good.

>>568221

>The Eastern Orthodox Church has no official stance either way on evolution.

Do various parishes or administrations?

>A year is the average

Is that something thats biblical or a extrabiblical tradition?

>>568221

>>568178

Technically…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autocephalous_Turkish_Orthodox_Patriarchate

>>568220

>Do you/ your priest believe its true?

I know nobody who believes evolution is a lie.

>In the bible it seems like most people were converted after a conversation, indeed the man who was possessed by Legion went straight to being a teacher.

Conversion could be very quick in the early Church, as the New Testament shows.

However, it became necessary to give more precise instructions later on, because heresies would rise up, and so it was necessary to not only instruct on Jesus Christ, but also instruct on why these heresies are, well, heretical.

Then Christianity became legal, then it became a state religion, and so having proper education before converting (unless one was born into the faith) became even more important.

>Is that something thats biblical or a extrabiblical tradition?

Easter is usually when catechumens get baptized/chrismated, as an extrabiblical tradition (but not a very important one either - myself, I wasn't baptized on Easter but later).

>>568180

What a wanker who looks and talks like a con man >>568224

>Is that something thats biblical or a extrabiblical tradition?

It isn't any kind of tradition, it depends on the person and the priest leading the process it seems like 1 year is just the most common amount of time it takes. some people can be done as quickly as 3 months

>>568244

So it would be correct to say that it developed around the 300s?

>>568249

>It isn't any kind of tradition

Are there any examples of this drawn out period of instruction of 3 months to a year to convert happening in the bible?

>>568254

It's not necessarily a tradition or scriptural. It's just a practical thing.

>>568180

That false teacher is telling outright lies

https://www.goarch.org/-/how-are-we-saved-

>people are trying to stop him

Well, that's rude. Just because he realized protestantism is a meme.

>>568421

Is there really something objectionable to that sentence?

I mean, we Orthodox believe that Roman Catholicism was officially created in the 11th century as well.

>>568269

If you think this shows the video misrepresented Orthodoxy, then you do not understand what they were saying. If anything this proves it was an accurate representation.

>>568180

I am Italian and even I find this guy's mannerism annoying

>>568472

He claims Orthodox don't believe we're saved by grace alone and faith alone, that's an blatant lie.