Evangelicals coming to the Orthodox faith

Zoxsasi

Hi
I thought you'd be interested to see this video:


can someone tell me what our relationship is with the Antioch Orthodox Church? Are they EO?

Have you noticed the same conversions in your church in the USA?

Thanks

RamezM

Yes. The Antiochian Orthodox Church is the Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate in Syria. Not to be confused with the Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate, the Oriental Orthodox branch, whose patriarch is Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas and with whom we are in full communion.

www.antiochian.org for more info on the Antiochian Church (EO).

AntoniousNIkolas

Hi, Zoxa.  As Ramez has pointed out, the Antiochian Orthodox Church in question here is the EO branch.  In terms of the subject of the video, stated briefly, this concerns a group of former Evangelical Protestants who had figured out that Orthodoxy was the original and true Church, but instead of seeking out a canonical Orthodox bishop, they at first created their own pseudo-Orthodox group which retained several bizarre Evangelical/Charismatic practices (what is falsely identified as "tongues", etc.).  Eventually, glory to God, they became fully Orthodox and entered a canonical EO group, abandoning their former practices and embracing Orthodoxy.

More info can be found here:

http://www.antiochian.org/content/becoming-orthodox-being-orthodox-again-interviews-fr-peter-gillquist

http://orthodoxbridge.com/fr-peter-gillquist-evangelical-pioneer-for-orthodoxy/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_E._Gillquist