This video highlights Holy Week and Pascha celebrations from Orthodox churches across the United States. I appreciate it because it demonstrates the unity of the Orthodox faith, which remains the same in every parish. It is the faith that has been shared by Orthodox Christians everywhere and throughout the ages.

In this video, Tim and Abigail Rask share their journey into the Orthodox Church. Their testimony hits close to home because they wrestled with many of the same difficulties our family faced, including the pain of leaving a church family that meant so much to them. At one point, they describe it as a kind of death, and I understand exactly what they mean. That part of their story resonated deeply with me.

For years in my studies I was satisfied with being above all traditions, but somehow faithful to them. When I visited an Orthodox Church for the first time, something happened to me that I had not experienced in any Buddhist or Eastern temple. Something in my heart said that I was home, that my search was over. I didn’t really know what this meant. With my exposure to Orthodoxy and to Orthodox people, a new idea began to enter into my awareness: that truth was not just an abstract idea, sought and known by the mind, but was something personal, even a person, sought and loved by the heart. And that is how I met Christ.

Father Seraphim Rose

This stunning video showcases the beauty of the Orthodox Divine Liturgy on the Sunday of Orthodoxy, when the Church commemorates the restoration of the holy icons and the triumph of Orthodox teaching over Iconoclasm. My family and I had the privilege of visiting the church featured in this video, St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania. There is also a full playlist of similar videos available on the Ancient Faith Kids YouTube channel.

A brief video showcasing the Holy Monastery of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk in Pennsylvania, the first Orthodox monastery established in the United States. The monastery has played an important role in the development of American Orthodoxy and remains a center of prayer, worship, and monastic life. The video offers a glimpse into the beauty and tranquility of one of the most historic Orthodox sites in North America.

A simple yet moving recording of New Order Amish youth singing the beloved hymn How Deep the Father’s Love for Us. Performed without instrumental accompaniment, the video highlights the beauty of congregational singing and the hymn’s meditation on Christ’s sacrifice, God’s love, and the believer’s response of gratitude and humility.

Raised in the charismatic tradition, Romy Scates eventually left Christianity for New Age spirituality before finding her way back to Christ. In this testimony, she explains how questions about spiritual discernment, church history, and Protestantism led her into the Orthodox Church.

The creator of Theoria tells the story of his journey from a non-denominational upbringing, through agnosticism, and back to Christianity after he and his wife learned they were expecting a child. Unsatisfied with shallow answers and longing for a deeper faith, he began exploring church history and the practices of ancient Christianity. What he discovered left him wondering why these traditions had never been part of his faith before.