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Hello, everyone.

I am in great despair seeing how great my pride is.

Furthermore, when following the guidance of the Church, I find that I commit regularly, if not on a daily basis, all of the 8 great passions ("7 deadly sins").

I am in a situation where I am not really able to follow Catechism or the guidance of a Spiritual Father.

I cannot attend Divine Liturgy either due to what one could call health issues.

Being faced with how sinful I actually am, along with the worst passion I have: pride; I am in great despair and would really appreciate your prayers and/or advice, because this seems to be an impossible mission.

I know all things are possible with God, but I lack faith greatly.

Also I have been in depression for the last 1.5 years, it's been really rough at only 15 years old.

I live in France.

Thank you for anything you will answer for my sake, brothers and sisters in the Faith.

(PS: as you could understand reading this, I am an inquirer)

I won't give you much context, but tbh, I think the context here doesn't really matter that much.

To get into the subject, here is the situation:
I am an inquirer in Holy Orthodoxy, and I've already talked to the priest of my local parish, expressing my desire to become a catechumen and getting chrismated (ex-RC).

Here is the "problem" (I think it is a problem, though as I said I'm only an inquirer, so I try to be humble and acknowlege I actually know nothing):
I have searched my priest's name on the internet - with no bad intentions at first, just wanted to know if he is active on there - but soon I stumbled upon something which seems to be some sort of organized inter-denominational dialogue to which he parcipated some years ago (although he already was a priest at the time) - which is a good thing imo, dialogue is crucial in those hard times.

Here is the part that concerns me: on the website which present this "organized dialogue" - which the website called an "ecumenical synod", the website officially stated (I'm from France, this is the best translation I can give of it):
"This year the theme of the celebration was proposed by the Christians of Jerusalem. It is important to remember that it is from this community that all other Christian communities were born.
The Christians of Jerusalem invited our ecumenical gatherings in 2011 to 'reflect on the importance of our devotion to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer — elements that unite us, despite our number, in the one Body of Christ.' [...]"

So the Body of Christ is all persons who declare the Trinity?
At this "ecumenical synod", there were, to represent each group/denomination:
- A "Reformed pastor"
- An Evangelical Baptist pastor
- A RC priest
- An Anglican "reverend"
and...
You guessed it,
- My Orthodox Priest.

Am I "crazy" for thinking this goes too far?
Please don't be too hard on me, I'm learning.

Also, please note that I am aware Reddit isn't the best place to get advice, but this issue seems to be more than just some "priests aren't infallible, so it's okay" type issue.

I want to discern what is right. Help me.
(Also sorry if my English is sometimes confusing, I'm French)

PS: I already posted this one time on "r/OrthodoxChristianity."
Let's try once again, but this time on that subreddit.

I won't give you much context, but tbh, I think the context here doesn't really matter that much.

To get into the subject, here is the situation:
I am an inquirer in Holy Orthodoxy, and I've already talked to the priest of my local parish, expressing my desire to become a catechumen and getting chrismated (ex-RC).

Here is the "problem" (I think it is a problem, though as I said I'm only an inquirer, so I try to be humble and acknowlege I actually know nothing):
I have searched my priest's name on the internet - with no bad intentions at first, just wanted to know if he is active on there - but soon I stumbled upon something which seems to be some sort of organized inter-denominational dialogue to which he parcipated some years ago (although he already was a priest at the time) - which is a good thing imo, dialogue is crucial in those hard times.

Here is the part that concerns me: on the website which present this "organized dialogue" - which the website called an "ecumenical synod", the website officially stated (I'm from France, this is the best translation I can give of it):
"This year the theme of the celebration was proposed by the Christians of Jerusalem. It is important to remember that it is from this community that all other Christian communities were born.
The Christians of Jerusalem invited our ecumenical gatherings in 2011 to 'reflect on the importance of our devotion to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer — elements that unite us, despite our number, in the one Body of Christ.' [...]"

So the Body of Christ is all persons who declare the Trinity?
At this "ecumenical synod", there were, to represent each group/denomination:
- A "Reformed pastor"
- An Evangelical Baptist pastor
- A RC priest
- An Anglican "reverend"
and...
You guessed it,
- My Orthodox Priest.

Am I "crazy" for thinking this goes too far?
Please don't be too hard on me, I'm learning.

Also, please note that I am aware Reddit isn't the best place to get advice, but this issue seems to be more than just some "priests aren't infallible, so it's okay" type issue.

I want to discern what is right. Help me.
(Also sorry if my English is sometimes confusing, I'm French)