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**scoundtrack** · 12-19-2009, 07:52 AM

Because they worship in English.
Because they welcome and encourage converts.
Because the music is beautiful and done well.
They have many beautiful churches using traditional church architecture.
Because they are there. The OCA is also essentially a convert jurisdiction but many of its churches are quite small. In fact, I think the OCA has more convert clergy than Antioch.

I was going to ask this question. But I don't think it is because of any of these reasons--most Greek, Russian, and other parishes in the US use English, I believe, and all likewise welcome new converts--trust my experience! Perhaps also we just don't know exactly what proportion of the faithful the converts make up in each jurisdiction.

12-19-2009, 07:52 AM	#14
scoundtrack Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 469 Senior Member	Because they worship in English. Because they welcome and encourage converts. Because the music is beautiful and done well. They have many beautiful churches using traditional church architecture. Because they are there. The OCA is also essentially a convert jurisdiction but many of its churches are quite small. In fact, I think the OCA has more convert clergy than Antioch. I was going to ask this question. But I don't think it is because of any of these reasons--most Greek, Russian, and other parishes in the US use English, I believe, and all likewise welcome new converts--trust my experience! Perhaps also we just don't know exactly what proportion of the faithful the converts make up in each jurisdiction.
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