Starboard
I'm going to try and visit an Orthodox parish, St. Elias on 11th & Trinity, for Vespers on Saturday; see what it's like and so forth, to complement my reading. I've been really considering 'moving East' actually and finally. I imagine it'd be different if I were already confirmed; I'm not, so I have the leeway to honestly look at the pertinent matters and weigh the claims.
The strangest thing for me would be the married priests; celibacy is 'optional' and in reality it's an option only five to eight percent (?) of Orthodox priests choose. If I were called to enter the priesthood, I'd for sure want to be celibate. Fr Andrew Greeley, generally lib, is very contra doing away with the Western tradition of celibacy, and that's telling. Priests with families, I don't know.
The strangest thing for me would be the married priests; celibacy is 'optional' and in reality it's an option only five to eight percent (?) of Orthodox priests choose. If I were called to enter the priesthood, I'd for sure want to be celibate. Fr Andrew Greeley, generally lib, is very contra doing away with the Western tradition of celibacy, and that's telling. Priests with families, I don't know.