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Keeping this vague on purpose. I was Orthodox for close to 2 years but was only chrismated recently. I left after a few months because I felt like an outsider in my parish and I had many disagreements with the church. I faded away and went to another church that was not Orthodox instead. No one reached out to me for months, only the priest did and that was ok. But when I see the parishioners they try to guilt me into coming back and many people were upset about my absence. I didn’t mean to cause any harm to anyone because of this, it has brought me great anxiety. Towards the end my experience within Orthodoxy turned sour and it was so spiritually draining being there and when I think about it I get spiritually drained again. At least I still have God, and the rosary has been helpful

EDIT: I want to make clear I have nothing against anyone in the church. My parish is full of genuinely kind people and I love them dearly. But I just can’t be Orthodox. I am so sorry for the way I left

I left the Orthodox Church a few months ago after being in it for about a year. I returned to the Catholic faith which I was brought up in and I don’t regret this choice at all, I have not lost sleep over that. God called me home
What I do have regret over is how I left a very warm community behind. I lost a friend, my Orthodox godmother never reached out to me, the only one who did was my priest and I just told him what I did. He was sad but still offered future support, God bless him. I’m feeling very low months after leaving and I don’t know what to do. I’m afraid of getting bombarded with questions about why I left or being judged for it.

Hello, I am someone who was part of the Orthodox Church for about a year and a half and was chrismated recently but left the church due to theological disagreements and other reasons. I was a convert and I have nothing against the people in the church but I have to wonder, is there anyone else like me? I became Catholic again which is the faith I grew up in. I do still go to church and I love Jesus wholeheartedly