Author: jaygresh

Relevance and a Need for Real Faith: Reflections from the First Symposium of the VA Chapter of the Brotherhood

September 15, 2014

What is the relevance of this ancient African Christianity?   What is the relevance of Orthodox Christianity?  I tell you the relevance is the future of our community and nothing short … Subdeacon Paul Abernathy Broken souls need a home to come to.  Those souls are not finding a suitable home in the poor theologies … More Relevance and a Need for Real Faith: Reflections from the First Symposium of the VA Chapter of the Brotherhood

Transition: A New Metropolitan, Building, and Six Months In Orthodoxy

July 8, 2014

Originally posted on The Modern Monastic Order Of Saint Simon of Cyrene:
Not only have I made a major change from being Baptist to Orthodox.  Other major changes are under way now.  The change that affects all of us Antiochians is that of our new Metropolitan Joseph.  Metropolitan Philip (Memory Eternal) has left a tremendous…

A Case for Orthodoxy in the African American Church

June 3, 2014

The following is a collection of notes I wrote to present to my former congregation and colleagues concerning my desire to form a bridge between African American Baptist and Orthodox Christians.  I still believe strongly that such a bridge is very necessary for the sake of black Christians to grow deeper in the faith.  Now, … More A Case for Orthodoxy in the African American Church