Converts to Eastern Orthodoxy From Catholicism: Alexis Toth

Converts to Eastern Orthodoxy From Catholicism: Alexis Toth





Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Saint Alexis Toth/Tovt (or Alexis of Wilkes-Barre) (18 March 1853, Kobylnice - 7 May 1909, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) was a Russian Orthodox church leader in the American Midwest who, having resigned his position as a priest in the Uniate church, became responsible for the conversions of approximately 20,000 Uniates to the Russian Orthodox faith. This in turn contributed to the growth of Orthodoxy in America and the ultimate establishment of the Orthodox Church in America. He was canonized by that church in 1994. Alexis Georgievich Toth was born to Father George and Cecilia Toth on March 14, 1853, near Preov in Zepes county of Slovakia (then a part of the Austrian Empire) during the reign of Franz Joseph. Having completed his primary schooling, he attended a Roman Catholic seminary for one year, followed by three years in a Greek Catholic seminary and additional time at the University of Prague, where he graduated with a degree in theology. Toth married Rosalie Mihaluk on April 18, 1878, and was ordained to the priesthood in 1878 by Bishop Nicholas Toth, the Greek Catholic bishop of Preov. Following the death of his wife and child a few years later, he served in local parishes, as a diocesian chancellor, and as professor and director at the Greek Catholic seminary of Preov. In 1889, Fr. Alexis' bishop received a petition from the Ruthenian Greek-Catholic church in America, asking that Toth be sent to them as a priest. He arrived on November 15, 1889, and by the 27th of that month was holding services at St. Mary's Greek Catholic Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Finding the church practically barren of furnishings and deeply in debt, he set about rectifying the situation, ultimately bringing the parish to a place of fiscal stability--all wh... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4219956









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Hiking For Jesus





Hiking for Jesus by Preston Fields offers readers intimate reflections of the author’s journey growing up Catholic in the Appalachian Bible Belt. From a young boy, unsure of the world and his place in it, to a young man who finds his true calling and the simple truth of God’s profound wisdom, Fields takes readers on a journey where we discover that God does not speak to us from mountain tops or burning bushes, but rather through fireflies and human laughter. It is in the world and our human experience that His word can be found. In friendship, community, and self-discovery we learn that faith is a journey and that it is okay not to have all the answers. Told in lyrical and masterful prose and written with an eye for young adults and teens, Hiking for Jesus is a rare book on faith that transcends biblical sound bites, creating a narrative that is both personal and spiritually relevant. This is a must-read for everyone in search of their place in the world.









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