www.byzcath.org Forums General Discussions Town Hall How did you discover this forum?

My dear friend and Forum member Don in Kansas told me about it a few thousand posts ago.
DD

Some years ago I posted for a while on another Byzantine website. They closed down their discussion forum because of problems there. After that I didn't post on any forums for a very long time except on one for pet lovers.

However,...one day in 4/2004 I had a question about the theological eschatology of the East. I decided to see if I could find another Byzantine Catholic website. I googled and to my surprise found byzcath.org. where our administrator and one of the moderators directed me to some good references on that subject. Then I lurked for a while and finally signed on as a member.

So far I have only met two people in person who post on this forum, but I am grateful for the on-line friends I have made here and for what all I have learned about the spirituality of the East.

In Christ,

Mary Jo

I have been invited to join this place by a beloved sister in Christ.

In Christ, Marian +

Growing up I had relatives and friends who were Byzantine Catholic and friends who were Orthodox Christians. So I've always felt an affinity to the Eastern Churches. In my late 20's, early 30's I went through my own discernment process, which to some extent is still going on today. I found this forum from the main page of byzcath.org while browsing Eastern Christian websites and after much lurking decided to join. It remains the only forum I belong to. Why? I'm not so sure myself, but I guess it's because this forum offers a different perspective on the faith than what Latin forums do. Though I'm still a Roman Catholic my deep love and respect for the Eastern Churches probably has something to do with it too.

Bill

It is cool to see how everyone got here. I came across a post on at the time CINEAST that said the byzcath forum was back up, so I checked it out. Like Diak, several thousand posts ago that is, have been hanging about ever since.

Nona here is a link to the frapper map that shows where some of us on the forum are located and our pictures..
https://www.byzcath.org/cgibin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=8;t=002677

Pani Rose

"And, thanks to Anthony Dragani's Q&A section on the Eastern Churches, I took a peek on his "East to West," which directed me to byzcath.org!"

I am surprised so many came here the same way I did. We should all give Mr. Dragani and Mother Angelica a present for helping us know that this forum exists. I had such a similar situation to Angela, Alice and Amado. I read that this was a message board which had much "insider knowledge" regarding orthodox in communion with Rome this appealed to me. I also had many questions I needed to ask and still do, so here I am. I thank you all for answering them so well.

EWTN features eastern orthodox/byzantine programs on a few times a year (minus the excption of the "light of the east" reruns put on at 5 AM) This miniscule quantantity is probably fair considering how small a minority we/you are in this country.

I have wondered if there was any separate network altogether for easterners. the closest I could find is a local access cable station in los angeles. Every Saturday at 10:00am on KSCI, Channel 18
Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego

The future is very bright for eastern orthodoxy/catholicism media.

http://www.octelevision.org/ I forgot to post this link. It is the orthodox version of EWTN in it's infancy, the public access channel I mentioned.

I came across it by accident when I was searching for some Byzantine info online. It was a while though before I signed up.

ICXC
NIKA

I smelled the Onion Domes and came running. Pirohi, just ain't quite Pirohi without butter and onions. Even Orthodox Pirohi.
(Except of course when fasting.)

I googled Byzantine Catholic! I'm sooo happy I did!

In Christ,
Katie g

Thanks for the reminder

IT'S BACK AGAIN

Actually, an angel appeared in my backyard. He was holding golden tablets with archaic inscriptions on them. The script was unfamiliar, but the angel said they were American Indian in origin, and at least a few thousand years old. He deciphered the strange script and it read, "go to byzcath.org." I thought this was surely a supernatural revelation for a new age, so I better do it. By the way, this angel was wearing the most peculiar underwear. How perplexing! Oh, BTW, I think this angel said his name was Pirohi? Anyway, I am glad I did, since I love the people here and have met some wonderful online friends.

Those tablets were for your head ache. I hope you took them with lots of water and then went back to sleep. I also hope you remembered to thank the dear angel.

ICXC
NIKA

Charles - were the gold tablets filled with chocolate ?

Unfortunately, no.