Do you have a name we can address you by, dear? I'm afraid I am struggling to call you by your rather presumptuous username.
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Originally Posted by God's_favorite
I was raised over seas and come from a military family. We are Americans in the U. S. military. I grew up in a combination of churches across Europe as parents served their country in a number of European cities, primarily in the U. S. Army some in the Intelligence Services so I also joined and served. I am a U. S. citizen and retired U. S. military but have known no other home than Europe primarily.
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What a very difficult upbringing you must have had. Had I known, I would have prayed for you - though as you are retired, I probably wasn't born in time to do that.
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Originally Posted by God's_favorite
Many countries and major cities have Orthodox churches and in many cases that is the only Christian church in that city or region.
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Really!!??!! One of my cousins - rather the black sheep of the family - married a British military man and she tells us that all British military bases abroad have their own churches (plural) - Roman Catholic, Church of England (i.e. Roman Catholic but pretending otherwise) and Baptist (Welsh Baptist, but beggars can't be choosers). They sometimes even have Methodists too. I am appalled to learn that the US military does not provide similar spiritual facilities!
However, you say in your opening post:
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I was born and raised Orthodox
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so presumably the absence of any other church would not have been a problem, as if you were born Orthodox then your parents must have been Orthodox? Where are their roots?
YiC
JL-V