Taking My Protestant Fiancee to her First Orthodox Divine Liturgy

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Over the past year and a half, many of you have had a front row seat, watching my journey of exploring the Catholic and Orthodox Churches as I try to make sense of church history and navigate questions surrounding the "true church." However, you don't often get to see another huge part of my considerations as I'm investigating these things: my relationship with Eliza, my fiancee and soon-to-be wife. In today's video, you get to see Eliza's reactions as a Protestant going to her first ever Orthodox Divine Liturgy. In doing so, she compares her thoughts on Orthodoxy vs. Catholicism as well as Orthodoxy vs. Protestantism. We talk about icons, reverence, liturgy, and so much more. What I think you'll really enjoy is getting to hear her perspectives on these things which are often different than my nerdy, theological reflections.

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Video Stuff:
Camera: Sony a6300
Lens: Sigma 16mm F1.4 https://amzn.to/2MjssPB
Edited in FCPX

Music:
Bowmans Root - Isaac Joel

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Chapters:
00:00 - Wait, this is recording?
00:26 - Introduction
01:55 - My Journey so Far
02:39 - Eliza's Expectations
03:24 - First Impression
03:49 - Catholic vs. Orthodox Art
06:37 - Orthodox vs. Lutheran
07:04 - Weirdest Parts
07:33 - Favorite part
08:49 - the sermon
09:16 - more worshipful
10:34 - different idea of worship
11:04 - embodied worship
11:47 - Lord have mercy
12:30 - Incense
13:06 - transcendence
14:33 - how lost were you?
16:11 - prayer
17:40 - thanks to Eliza
18:35 - she wants to go back!
20:03 - bonus: idol worship?
20:18 - conclusion
21:10 - ad
24:20 - bloopers


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