Rodney

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Fr. John, Fr. Rodian, Fr. Andrew

This page is all about...me! Or, not really. I guess the links I will provide here will speak for itself. They're the clues as to who I am, and what my thoughts are. This page is sort of a dumping ground for any sites that is even remotely linked to me. Of course, there are things here that are not on my blog, but basically my blog is me, which is to say my thoughts on various issues and stuff. Anything that falls in-between, like those boring stuff about me, yada yada, are here. So, first off, the links that I have mentioned:

My Friendster--of course, my Friendster. That's where you'll find much about me.

My FaceBook--My FaceBook account. 'Nuff said.

Life and Whatnots--basically, my blog. It's where you'll get to know me in-depth. Or not.

Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines--one of the things you will eventually find out about me is that I am Orthodox, and time and again you might find me talking about it here or on my blog.

So, yes, I mentioned I am Orthodox. First off, let me give a little introduction about myself. I am Rodney, all of 39 years (and counting), happily married to a wonderful and loving wife, Raquel. I love to do a lot of things. Right now, my current hobby is "Perfect World", that immense and immersive MMORPG from China. I'll devout some time about it, but feel free to browse my clan's site: The 5^th Legion. Anyway it's one of my interests as of this moment. Another one I recently found is Dream of Mirror Online, or DOMO for short. I play the Aeria version. I have a guild there as well, wherein I'm the guild master. Here is my DOMO guild's site: ~Bayan Ni Juan~. Here are the links for the games I play, if anyone's interested:

Perfect World Philippines
DOMO (Aeria version)

In game, in Perfect World I am "Milliardo" in Serpent server, and in DOMO you can find me as < Athrun > in Sapphire server. I hope to see you in game in those soon!

Mainly though, I would say I have found the true Faith in the Orthodox Church. I was chrismated into the Orthodox Church April 19, 2008, taking on the Orthodox name Rodian, though before that I've been attending Divine Liturgy regularly since August 2007. Unofficially, I was a Reader and chanter at Annunciation Orthodox Church in United Paranaque Subdivision 5 here in Paranaque, Metro Manila, Philippines. I say "unofficially", since a Reader has to be ordained to be recognized as such. We follow the bishop though, His Emminence Metropolitan Nektarios of Hong Kong and all of Southeast Asia, who himself is under His All Holiness, Patriarch Bartholomew I , Patriarch of Constantinople.

On May 2009, I have left Annunciation Orthodox Church together with 1 family and 3 others, which were all members of our study group there. We've maintained contact with His Eminence, Metropolitan Paul of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines, and he has cordially welcomed us into the jurisdiction of Antioch and His Beatitude, Patriarch Ignatius IV. So now we are under Antioch and under the care of His Eminence's Vicar, Fr. Yitzhak. It has been a fruitful journey for us. We of course still maintain our Orthodox Faith, and each day grow in it.

October 25, 2009 in Limay, Bataan, I was elevated to the subdiaconate. With the grace of God, I hope to serve the Lord faithfully and be faithful to our holy Orthodox Church.

February 9, 2010 was my ordination to the diaconate. Now as a member of the clergy, I am thankful to the Lord that He has let me serve His holy and glorious Church. He is indeed just. As He leads me on, I let Him guide me, trusting in Him. May He have mercy on me, that I might serve Him and His Church faithfully.

Comments and suggestions are always welcome, of course: milliardo.rodney@gmail.com or pikarod@yahoo.com

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