Catholicism in search of a historic and liturgically rich church that has not surrendered to the mores of contemporary Western culture. I did not take that direction, however, because on the points of disagreement between Orthodoxy and Catholicism, the East has maintained the original teachings and practices of Christianity. As I joked once to a curious Methodist colleague, “I went all the way to the end of the denominational line and bypassed Rome.” It is worth noting that many of the Orthodox priests