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Expectations for first time visit to Orthodox Church
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Greetings Online Orthodox Community! Blessings to you all!

I am going to vespers tomorrow evening visiting a local Serbian Orthodox Church locally for the first time. Spoiler alert, I am not Serbian but want to seek out an Orthodox Church and that is the closest most active I have seen. I have been wanting to go to an Orthodox Church for some 10 years but I have been somewhat spiritually "lazy" and been going to a local protestant church with my friends. I am glad I found the Lord our God and was baptized, but the more I read the bible, watch orthodox videos online, online theological videos, and online commentary the more I feel called to Orthodoxy. Father Spyridon, Dr. Peterson, Pagaeu, and Father Trenham have been good for my intellectual and spiritual development.

For almost 10 years I have wrestled with my search for the truth and I knew 10 years ago I felt called to Orthodoxy, but I felt it was better to go with my family and friends to a protestant church instead. Honestly, it was very inviting but felt very hollow and shallow. The singing of hymns in the morning fills me with joy and reading the bible is paramount, but the dry theology, rumormongering, and politics has left a bad taste in my mouth year in and year out. So I am taking a leap of faith... again haha.

I am going to a completely foreign church (to me) to find out if I am ready to commit to finding true faith. I feel if I do not try and go... I will regret it, I feel called but I am honestly afraid. I am still going to do it, but it still feels... I dunno... anxious? What do I need to know? What should I expect at vespers and meeting the father at the church?

Thank you in advance for your help. God bless!

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