Timeless Faith: New converts attracted to ancient, God-centered worship
By Diane Reynolds, Times staff writer
Saturday, January 13, 2007

Until the first weekend in January, Mike Judd of Westminster made the long commute to the Holy Cross Orthodox Church in Linthicum, but now he attends the new St. James the Apostle Orthodox Church in downtown Westminster, the first Eastern Orthodox church in the county.

For Judd, the Eastern Orthodox Church offered him what his fundamentalist upbringing didn't: a Way I want to keep the cap in Way for emphasis- or method - for following Jesus.

Eastern Orthodoxy, Judd found, wasn't just about accepting Jesus Christ as his personal savior and going back to the life he was leading."

Orthodoxy practices the discipline of Christianity," he said. "There's a depth."The Orthodox faith emphasizes piety, he said, the concept that Christians should live their faith in love by changing their everyday behavior to conform to God's will. the rest