Five reasons a catechumen gives for converting to Orthodoxy
What the video says
The speaker explains that he is converting to Orthodoxy, not returning to it, since he was never Orthodox before. He gives five reasons: reading the Bible brought him back to Christianity, conversations with new-age Christians showed him their denominations are too young to be the church established by Christ, research showed Orthodoxy is essentially unchanged since the Apostles were alive, he found Orthodoxy to be a warm community rather than a cold sect-like institution, and he concluded Orthodoxy is the truth. He asks viewers to share their own reasons in the comments.
Key moments
- The speaker is converting to Orthodoxy rather than returning to it, because he was never Orthodox before.
- Reading the Bible brought him back to Christianity.
- Speaking with new-age Christians whose denominations are less than 50 years old showed him these cannot be the church established by Christ.
- Research showed him Orthodoxy is essentially the same since the Apostles were alive.
- He found Orthodoxy is a warm community, not a cold, sect-like institution.
- He concluded that Orthodoxy is the truth.
- He asks viewers to share their own reasons in the comments.
Tim, a catechumen of the Greek Orthodox Church, explains why he is converting to Orthodoxy. He notes that he is converting rather than returning, since he was never Orthodox before. His first reason is that reading the Bible brought him back to Christianity.
The second came from conversations with new-age Christians: seeing that their denominations are less than 50 years old convinced him they cannot be the church established by Christ. Third, his research showed him that Orthodoxy is essentially the same as it was when the Apostles were alive. Fourth, he found Orthodoxy to be a warm community rather than a cold, sect-like institution.
His fifth reason is his conclusion that Orthodoxy is the truth. He closes by asking viewers to share their own reasons in the comments. In the accompanying text he introduces himself as a catechumen who shares his learnings and obstacles on the way to Orthodoxy, and mentions that he has been involved in fitness for almost two decades, partly at a competitive level, and has built his own successful business.
He invites readers to follow his account, where he covers Orthodoxy together with fitness and business, and ends with a doxology: all praise to the Lord, amen.
Main points
- Tim is a catechumen of the Greek Orthodox Church and is converting to Orthodoxy, not returning to it, since he was never Orthodox before.
- Reading the Bible brought him back to Christianity.
- Conversations with new-age Christians showed him their denominations, less than 50 years old, cannot be the church established by Christ.
- His research showed Orthodoxy is essentially unchanged since the Apostles were alive, and he found it a warm community rather than a cold, sect-like institution.
- He concluded Orthodoxy is the truth and asks viewers to share their own reasons in the comments.