There are lots of things to like about being Eastern Orthodox - incense, liturgies, all the baklava you can eat - but you know what I like best? None of that stupid 'women's ministry' stuff.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I haven't had an orthodox career.
What's really neat about the Orthodox church is that it's like walking back in time 2,000 years to the time of the Apostles, when they created these services. You walk into that and it's really like... living it. They have maintained the truth ever since the beginning.
I came from the most orthodox background you could ask for.
I haven't had an orthodox career, and I've wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first time I didn't feel it, but this time I feel it, and I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!
I see everything I do as an extension of the ministry. It's all about service.
I now attend non-orthodox synagogues, and study little during the secular week.
It's amazing how many introverts go into the ministry. It's amazing how many people go into the ministry who don't really like to be with people.
I don't like traditions, I am very personal, very independent, I don't like intimate ladies, I mean in German lieder there's a lot of copy, a lot of imitation, a lot of tradition, and this I have put it aside.
The historical orthodox Christian faith is extremely wide and diverse.
One I've been passionately committed to, of course, is women's ministry; I believe solidly in it as a Gospel issue and we've found our way through that.