Help! There’s an iconostasis in my living room!

Back when I was an Episcopalian — and “on my way” (as the say) to Orthodoxy — I really weirded out the Missuz. Oh sure, she was ready to move on from where we were, but she was not 100% on fire for Eastern Orthodoxy!

For some reason, Orthodoxy’s funny that way, guys & gals …

I’d had a Prayer Desk — a prie deux — commissioned in seminary, which was downstairs in my study …

Well, one day, while my wife was out shopping, I spirited the Prayer Desk upstairs and placed it in the living room with an icon above it … and some prayer ropes and books around it. It was way too “churchy” for the rest of the furniture … but, I thought: “Boy, will she be surprised!”

Unh-hunh.

Ladies, you can imagine her reaction!

Then, as we moved closer to our jump to Orthodoxy, we used to gather with a couple friends from our current Episcopal church community and -– under closed blinds and behind locked doors — are you ready for this?

We would …

Listen to the Orthodixie Podcast on Ancient Faith Radio (for the rest of the story).