email to orthodox churches

[fschmidt]

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[Peter]

Should reverse the second and first part. Start with "I am not Christian"

On Wednesday, December 23, 2015, fschmidt [via Mikraite] <[hidden email]> wrote:

I want to send an email to orthodox churches to see how they are organized.  This is what I plan to send:

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subject: Service arrangement?

I would like to know how your Sunday service is organized.  Are there pews where people sit, or do people stand in the traditional style?  Are men on one side and women on the other side, or are the sexes mixed?  I am looking for a church that is not "conformed to this age" (Romans 12:2) so I prefer standing with the sexes separated.  There seems to be some support for this in Orthodox Christianity.

http://orthodoxinfo.com/praxis/pews.aspx
https://johnbelovedhabib.wordpress.com/2014/12/03/the-early-church-tradition-of-separate-seating-ancient-practice-not-a-cultural-anomaly/

Also please note that I am not Christian.  But I very much like the style of Orthodox churches and I like the Orthodox liturgy.  I find the Orthodox church to be an island of spiritual sanity in our spiritually insane world of modern culture.  But of course I do not want to go where I am not welcome.  So my other question is do you tolerate non-Christians in your church?
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[qwerty]

Have you considered looking into other sects of Judaism as well as Christianity? Since you regard Karaite Judaism as the closest to your own set of beliefs, perhaps it would be a good idea to find other Karaite Jews. Unfortunately, it looks like there is only one Karaite Jewish Synagogue in Daly City, California (http://www.karaites.org/synagogue.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregation_B%27nai_Israel_(Daly_City,_California). Maybe you could check it out during the Bay Area meetup in a few weeks?

[Iscah]

I follow the Orthodox tradition. I've never known a gender split church, in any country I've been in. However, many churches I've been in have encouraged modest dress for women.

Would a Mikraite community prohibit the use of television and other media outlets? I personally don't watch much television, but I think there is value in some old films, older children's shows that can help visual learning, historic footage, etc.

[fschmidt]

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[Iscah]

Well, whenever I go to a new country, I will go and find an Orthodox church, or if I can't find one, an R.C. church, in order to fulfil Sunday obligation.  

Out of the countries I have been to, I think Greece and Bosnia and Herzegovina would qualify as 'Orthodox' countries in terms of it being the dominant religion. That doesn't mean everyone practices it though. But there are significant cultural resonances from it regardless. Both of those countries put an emphasis on traditionally masculine qualities for men, and feminine qualities for women, for example. And there is a strong attachment to preserving the family and home. I currently live in the UK, which is predominantly secular, so I can notice the differences fairly easily.

[fschmidt]

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[Iscah]

I actually didn't notice if it was in place. I was attending with a family I knew, so I was standing with the parents and children. In Bosnia it was mixed seating.

[Iscah]

It's a shame Mexican churches no longer have that practice. I doubt that it is a reversible trend.

[fschmidt]

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[Iscah]

I like the Mennonite style of living very much, they seem to have a good balance on being 'in the world but not of it'.