The Conversion to Orthodoxy – a Living Testimony of the Authenticity of Orthodox Faith in Contemporary Society Cover Image

Convertirea la ortodoxie – o mărturie vie a autenticităţii credinţei ortodoxe în societatea contemporană
The Conversion to Orthodoxy – a Living Testimony of the Authenticity of Orthodox Faith in Contemporary Society

Author(s): Cristinel Rusu
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Facultatea de Teologie Ortodoxă Alba Iulia
Keywords: Orthodoxy; conversion; crisis; Truth; Divine Liturgy; home

Summary/Abstract: Converting to Orthodoxy requires a return to the Truth, to the beauty of personal communion with God, without which man cannot discover the true meaning of life. Authenticity and spiritual value of the Orthodox faith are lived and described in a sublime way by converted people who now, after meeting the Truth, became models or living testimonies of God's work in the world. The Divine Liturgy, as a place of personal encounter of man with God or a call to continuing conversion, prayer, search of self conscience, tears and inner struggle were defining in discovering the Truth. Ideologies of contemporary society and all pseudo-spiritual trends that suggest a different kind of a ‘new man’, cannot satisfy the man who is in search for Truth, who discovered in Orthodoxy a homecoming and an answer to all fears above.

  • Issue Year: XVIII/2013
  • Issue No: Suppl_3
  • Page Range: 559-570
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Romanian