Orthodox worship to a Western Rite

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Dear Edward,

Welcome to this forum, and to the British Orthodox Fellowship.

I would be very interested in some of the other folk from Anglican backgrounds experience our worship using the Liturgy of St James in English?

For myself, from an Evangelical background, all liturgy was new and different, and although I understood there was a difference between say, the Prayer Book Eucharist I attended at Bible College at Sopley in Dorset, and the SSF services I attended at Glasshampton and Hilfield, and then the various British Orthodox services I attended and now participate in, I didn't find them as great as say the difference between all of them and my Plymouth Brethren communion service, or some of the hairier charismatic events I went to.

I'd like to hear how Michael as an long term convert looks back and remembers his thoughts, or John as a new catechumen reflects on the differences. Anyone else's comments would be useful of course.

You might wish at some point to visit a British Orthodox community, and many of our clergy are from an Anglican background. They might also have some interesting reflections.

For myself however, I came to Orthodoxy through spirituality rather than liturgics. I became convinced that there was something life changing in what I was discovering, not entirely different to my life as a Plymouth brother, but as has been said elsewhere on this forum, a brighter light.

I am sure it will be interesting and useful to have your own thoughts and reflections posted here over the coming weeks and months. And again, I wish you a warm welcome.

Peter Theodore