What do I call myself if I know that Christ died for my sins and I believe in him and want to attend a church and get baptized but there are no Orthodox churches in my city?

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Christanon 06/12/18 (Tue) 08:43:52 7032a0 No.660351

What do I call myself if I know that Christ died for my sins and I believe in him and want to attend a church and get baptized but there are no Orthodox churches in my city?

Christanon 06/12/18 (Tue) 08:56:17 e77a2e No.660355

Well, in my opinion you're still Christian but im not sure im correct. You should get baptized though. Best of luck.

Christanon 06/12/18 (Tue) 11:34:07 e845a5 No.660397

Take a train and go to the nearest church you can find anyway. Go to divine liturgy, tell the priest your situation afterward, and maybe you can get something arranged (like catechesis over e-mail for instance).

Christanon 06/12/18 (Tue) 12:28:48 33e97e No.660408

You call yourself someone who needs to find transportation. Do as >>660397 recommended, but also maybe send an email first and see what the priest recommends for transport there.

Christanon 06/12/18 (Tue) 13:50:06 e1c506 No.660427

>>660351

>>660355

He's not Christian as per definition, because that requires a valid Baptism (i.e., in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit). But there's a thing called baptism of desire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptism_of_desire) a thing that is also accepted in your Eastern churches. So yeah, in principle you're of course a Christian lacking "legality" :P

Christanon 06/12/18 (Tue) 13:59:29 e1c506 No.660429

>>660427

addition: So what I wanted to say is, you're practically part of the invisible Church, because you're baptized by desire, but not part of the visible Church, because you haven't been baptized (and confirmed/chrismated) yet.

Christanon 06/12/18 (Tue) 14:15:04 57b200 No.660431

>>660408

This is a good idea, for all you know there might be some orthos near enough by or kind enough to pick you up. Then you could also get some informal catechizing in on the ride