In this episode, Father Stephen Freeman offers advice to those who have recently become Orthodox. 📙 FREE eBOOK on Orthodox monastic wisdom: https://social.protectingveil.com/freebook1 ❤️ SUPPORT this channel: https://social.protectingveil.com/support #Orthodox blogger, author, and #Archpriest, Father Stephen Freeman, is founder and Pastor Emeritus of St. Anne Orthodox Church in Oak Ridge, TN. To learn more about Father Stephen’s work, please check out his blog on #Orthodoxy, Glory to God for All Things: https://blogs.ancientfaith.com/glory2godforallthings/ MORE?! 1) 👏 SUPPORT: If you enjoy this channel, please consider supporting it! There are opportunities for financial and non-financial support: https://social.protectingveil.com/support 2) 🔔 SUBSCRIBE! Understand your faith better so you can live it more deeply: https://social.protectingveil.com/youtube 3) 📙 FREE eBOOK ON MONASTIC WISDOM Interested in the lives and counsels of contemporary elders and Saints of Greece? Download a free abridged version of my book on the Greek elders here: https://social.protectingveil.com/freebook1 4) 🖇️ LET'S CONNECT! Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/protectingveil Twitter: http://twitter.com/protectingveil Instagram: http://instagram.com/protectingveil Website: http://protectingveil.com/ 5) 🎹 DO YOU LIKE MUSIC? I’m writing and recording songs retelling the lives of ancient Saints! The music featured at the beginning of this video is from my song for Saint Brendan the Voyager: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwaPqbVhxB4 Music Links: YouTube: null Website: http://newhagiography.com/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/newhagiography Twitter: https://social.protectingveil.com/twitter Instagram: http://instagram.com/newhagiography Bandcamp: https://newhagiography.bandcamp.com/ 6) 🎨 ARE YOU AN ORTHODOX ARTIST OR PATRON? Please check out Zosima Society, where we’re connecting Orthodox non-liturgical artists (writers, musicians, filmmakers, visual artists, etc.) and patrons! https://social.protectingveil.com/zosimasociety