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In my Marine Corps experience, Father, the battalion cooks weren't that bad! They did the best they could with what they had!

Here are my two kopeks worth, having been an Episcopal priest, having been asked by the Antiochian Archdiocese if I had a desire for ordination in Orthodoxy, and knowing quite a number of priests, both converts and otherwise.

There is absolutely no point whatsoever in going to a non-Orthodox seminary (may I assume it is Nashotah House, my alma mater?)

There are very, very few who have been ordained without being required to complete an additional year at least at an Orthodox seminary, Fr. Chad Hatfield (a Nashotah grad and the Chancellor of St. Vlad's) being a notable exception, but more importantly for your own benefit you will be absolutely lost without a full Orthodox seminary experience.

The exception to the above is, of course, becoming a monastic, in which case there is always the possibility that your bishop will want you to be ordained at some point, and this is more frequently done without recourse to a seminary education but only after many years of ascetic development.

If I were you, I would call Fr. Chad and I am sure he would be more than glad to offer you his insights, suggestions, etc. Tell him I sent you to him. I wouldn't always recommend that you use my name, since I have alienated my share of people over the years, but in his case, we are old friends from "The House."