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**soyclocky** · 10-29-2008, 07:16 AM

I am a convert to Orthodoxy, and chose to do so in a Greek Orthodox Parish. I would estimate that at least 40% of those who attend Liturgy on Sunday in our parish are converts. At Vespers, it it not unusaul for 100% of those in attendance to be converts, including our priest. Our cradle brethren come join us in great numbers on Feast Days, and we have quite the mixture of native Greeks, Arabs, Russians, Romanians and Serbs. Such is our experience in the American West.

One unexpected pleasure of my conversion was the snatching of Easter away from a mythical bunny. My children have adapted quite well to having Pascha at a time uniquely our own. The first years seemed odd, but now, it is of no consequence.

10-29-2008, 07:16 AM	#12
soyclocky Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 371 Senior Member	I am a convert to Orthodoxy, and chose to do so in a Greek Orthodox Parish. I would estimate that at least 40% of those who attend Liturgy on Sunday in our parish are converts. At Vespers, it it not unusaul for 100% of those in attendance to be converts, including our priest. Our cradle brethren come join us in great numbers on Feast Days, and we have quite the mixture of native Greeks, Arabs, Russians, Romanians and Serbs. Such is our experience in the American West. One unexpected pleasure of my conversion was the snatching of Easter away from a mythical bunny. My children have adapted quite well to having Pascha at a time uniquely our own. The first years seemed odd, but now, it is of no consequence.
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