One man speaks the truth and is hated for it by the foolish; another speaks hypocritically and for this reason is loved. But in both cases their reward is not long delayed, for at the appropriate moment the Lord renders to each his due.
- St. Mark the Ascetic
Hello dear friend,
There are many blogs on tumblr where people share their faith, not only Christians, but from other religions too.
As soon as I am an Orthodox Christian, I will propose you some good Christian Orthodox blogs that I find interesting and are updated often:
pavichevich.org (the blog of an Orthodox priest)
thelasttruerebellion.tumblr.com
orthodoxwayoflife.tumblr.com (my other blog)
There are certainly more Orthodox blogs (I can’t remember others this moment, anyone feel free to add any other Orthodox blog), however these are some of those I visit almost daily and enjoy reading them.
Now, after the tumblr maintenance, everything is back to normal. It’s nice to see again my dashboard full of beautiful things :)
I’m sending to all of you all a virtual friendly hug :D
Have a blessed day, and… keep posting!
Hello dear sister in Christ!
I am sorry for the late reply, but I receive so many messages daily so I don’t have the time to reply to all of them at once. Thanks for your kind words and, especially, for your prayers (even if you pray for me with my nickname, God knows for whom you are praying :D).
It could be really nice if you could come off anon and talk in privately. In case you want to message me, my ask box is always open :)
God bless you kind soul!
In case you enjoy my personal blog, you can also follow my secondary blog which is a photography blog! :D
“Simply Orthodox” is and will be always my first priority. I am trying to post daily 7-10 original posts in order to share my faith with all of you! However I am equally excited about “Orthodox Way of life” as well! It’s a complementary blog with many authentic photos, and some reblogs as well. You can also submit some photos here if you want :)
So, if you are searching for a different blog to see in your dash daily, please visit (and maybe follow) Orthodox Way of life as well!
I send you my love and greetings from sunny Greece! ♥
Hello dear friend!
Your message is so beautiful! Thanks for your kind words, they mean a lot to me. :)
Yes, there are many other Christian Orthodox blogs to follow! Just click here. Also, if you want, you can check out my new Orthodox blog. It’s just a photoblog full of Orthodox stuff: monasteries, monks/nuns, churches, icons etc :)
May God be with all of us!
- Simply Orthodox
Dear gentle souls,
It’s my blog’s first birthday today! Has it really been a year since I published my first post? :) Well, I learned a lot on tumblr. I met people that live in every corner of the world with the same interests and same thoughts with me. I laughed, I cried (both from happiness and from sadness), I became tired, then I became ready to continue again… I made many good friends here that I sincerely love, no matter their gender, their skin’s color, their religion, their country..! You are ALL amazing! ♥
I hope all these hours I daily spent in order to find Orthodox Christian texts in English and often to translate them from Greek didn’t go to waste. I hope that via this blog, though many times my passions were acting, you learned more about the Eastern Orthodox Church. My truest hope is to help others love the humble Orthodox Church and realize that it’s a big family for everyone, a large hospital of the souls. There is no end to someones journey in Orthodoxy, even for those of us that were born into the faith. Every single day is a new day and a new experience in ones walk with God.
And, as the blog’s content is about Orthodox Christianity, I’ll post some exerpts from the convertion stories of people I had the blessing to meet on tumblr, that have converted from other Christian confessions to Orthodox Christianity:
John said:
The Orthodox way is Mystical in a certain way, it isn’t just about going to church, it is a way of life, it is about the Holy Spirit working in you and with you, and Just as it had done with the apostle’s and the church fathers.
A friend that wants to remain anonymous said:
The reasons I will convert to Orthodoxy are various, and some seem really important and some seem less important, but somehow they all matter equally. I really want to be at the very start of Christianity, I want to be part of an ancient Christianity where things have not changed, so you are part of a tradition that reaches back to the Church Fathers, to Byzantium, to the Holy Apostles, and to Jesus Christ Himself. This connection is really important to me.
James said:
What made me decide to convert was experiencing a service at an Orthodox Church. I immediately knew I was somewhere holy and I felt the need to join in with the worship even though I did not understand what was happening. After reading the history of the Church, the Orthodox Church could truly support the claim that the Orthodox Church is the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church founded by Christ which has preserved the faith despite suffering for it immensely.
Please, all of you that you live in a non-Orthodox country, try to spread the light of our faith to others, not only with your words but mostly with your way of life. Don’t try to impose to your others your faith. If you see others thirsty for the truth, guide them to the Orthodox Church. It’s their choice if they will join or not. Whatever their decisions, respect them, and pray a lot for them.
Though I propably live far far away from your country, I am always here for you to hear your problem, to cry with you and to try to find a solution for it together with you. I love every single of you with all my heart and I hope and pray that even if we don’t meet in this life, to meet in the next, where there is no pain, nor sorrow, nor suffering, but life everlasting!
May God bless you all, may the Most Holy Theotokos protect you and may you all have a blessed and happy life! ♥ ♥ ♥
Pray for me, a sinner,
- Simply Orthodox
Hello my friend,
I am not planning to leave tumblr, at least for now, for your bad luck :D Just pray that God will give me strength to continue!
The truth is that I have noticed that many Orthodox Christians have silently left tumblr, but new members keep coming! Of course Daniel is a great loss for our Orthodox community. I’ll sincerely miss his posts, his comments, everything!
Yes, there are actually many Orthodox Christians on tumblr, you can found the list here. If you want, send me in private your blog’s url to add you there.
Bye :)
Dear friends,
I currently follow more than 1.700 blogs (simply because there are so many awesome people on tumblr!) so I apologize because I can’t visit all the blogs on a daily basis. Also, I am sorry if I don’t reply always in your messages, because I receive more than twenty every day, and some questions are very complicated for me.
However, my ask box is always open if anyone wants to be friends with me, to share your thoughts about anything, your interests, your secrets or problems. In order to discuss with me about anything, not exclusively about religion.
I would love to be good friends with all of you! :)
Many greetings from sunny Greece!
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…Even if I am, with my body, far away, but I am beside you in spirit and in Christian love, embracing you like a lost brother who was found just now; knowing that you have acquired the everlasting prayer from all the Orthodox Church, starting from our Saviour Himself, through all the Saints, Bishops, priests and faithful, until today, but not ending here: all the future Orthodox faithful shall pray for you, for your salvation, and for your together living with God and His Saints, in heaven, because now you are a member, a part of the Body of Christ, the Church.
…I know, I have read your search for truth, and now, I am over joyous that, in the end, you found the true light, the true faith. I am as happy as the father in the parable, who gave his prodigal son the best robe, the best ring and the best shoes, and killed the fattest calf. I am merry, James, because you were (nearly) dead, and now you live; you were lost, but now God has found you and called you to Him. You are now alive, because the true, Orthodox faith is life, love and joy. Therefore, I do not have enough words, either in my English or Romanian vocabulary, to congratulate you, to embrace you and to shout with joy; but what I can do, I do: Happy Birthday, James, and may God offer you the best of His gifts, and, in the end, after you fought the good battle, may He give you the life eternal, and the salvation of your soul – the thing that we all are after, in this life!
- Some excerpts from Andrei’s letter to James, the new member of the Orthodox Church that was Chrismated today
This weekend James, a former Anglo-Catholic will be received in the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, namely the Orthodox Church. All the Orthodox Christian community on tumblr is very happy about this!!!
Please, visit his blog, read more about his journey to Orthodoxy and feel free to send him your wishes!
Congratulations James! May God always bless you and keep you, in order to spread the light of Orthodoxy and inspire others with your life in Christ as you inspired us!
(Photo: Osman Orsal / Reuters)
This will be my first Christmas here. So I will share for you many greek traditions, like “kalada” (traditional greek songs that differ from place to place), greek Christmas hymns, greek decorations (we decorate both Christmas tree and the traditional greek ship)… everything Greek! :)
It’s a Greek Orthodox blog :)
It’s a fact. Crypte is not on tumblr anymore… His comments were always amazing, he always corrected my mistakes and help me. God bless you Crypte always!
We need more Orthodox voices on tumblr…
Orthodox Christians! Please start blogging about Orthodoxy! People have to know about the Orthodox Truth.
Bye Crypte, we will miss you :(
Because some of you ask, yes, you can submit things in my blog, but please try to submit something relevant to Orthodoxy or Christianity in general.
