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I was born Andrew James Hughes in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I was born to a Swedish/English Father and a Greek Mother.
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I was born in Canada to a Swedish/English father and a Greek mother.
  
 
I was not baptized, or raised for that matter in any Faith, until I was baptized in the Orthodox Church at the age of Seventeen.  
 
I was not baptized, or raised for that matter in any Faith, until I was baptized in the Orthodox Church at the age of Seventeen.  
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I spent much of my youth searching through religions and philosophies from all around the world. My search came to an end when I read ''The Orthodox Church by Timothy Ware'' [now Bishop Kallistos (Ware)]. I was moved by the stories of the Saints. And found all the answers to the questions I had been longing for an answer to for so long, in the faith of Orthodoxy.
 
I spent much of my youth searching through religions and philosophies from all around the world. My search came to an end when I read ''The Orthodox Church by Timothy Ware'' [now Bishop Kallistos (Ware)]. I was moved by the stories of the Saints. And found all the answers to the questions I had been longing for an answer to for so long, in the faith of Orthodoxy.
  
I try to keep up with my studying of the scriptures, and reading the lives and writings of the Saints. I am not sure what the future holds for me, I just hope I can serve God in some capacity, as small as that may be for this unworthy sinner.
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I try to keep up with my studying of the scriptures, and reading the lives and writings of the Saints. I also serve in the choir with my beautiful wife at our parish. I am not sure what the future holds for me, I just hope I can serve God in some capacity, as small as that may be for this unworthy sinner.
  
[[Image: Andrew_the_First-Called.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[An Icon of my Patron Saint, St. Andrew the Apostle.]]]]
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[[Image: Andrew_the_First-Called.jpg|right|thumb|200px|An Icon of my Patron Saint, St. Andrew the Apostle.]]
  
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Latest revision as of 03:52, July 25, 2008

I was born in Canada to a Swedish/English father and a Greek mother.

I was not baptized, or raised for that matter in any Faith, until I was baptized in the Orthodox Church at the age of Seventeen.

I spent much of my youth searching through religions and philosophies from all around the world. My search came to an end when I read The Orthodox Church by Timothy Ware [now Bishop Kallistos (Ware)]. I was moved by the stories of the Saints. And found all the answers to the questions I had been longing for an answer to for so long, in the faith of Orthodoxy.

I try to keep up with my studying of the scriptures, and reading the lives and writings of the Saints. I also serve in the choir with my beautiful wife at our parish. I am not sure what the future holds for me, I just hope I can serve God in some capacity, as small as that may be for this unworthy sinner.

An Icon of my Patron Saint, St. Andrew the Apostle.