About two miles from my house there is a house with a white Christian looking cross on it and in the yard there is a wooden cross with wooden decorative knobs. There are no signs marking it as a church. On some Sundays (nice weather) people go there for services in the yard. The men that live in the house always wear black sometimes with a white shirt. Sometimes they wear long black robes and they all have beards. They look very much like Orthodox Jews but there is a cross on the house and in the yard. I once saw a woman also dressed in black. On her head was a round black boxlike hat with a black habit coming down the back and sides you could not see her hair. Her dress was long and black with white embroidery on it. My neighbors think they are Russian Orthodox or something similar. It seems they are too small of a group to have a church so they just meet at the leader's home. Does this sound familiar to anyone?
2007-04-28 13:15:45 · 9 answers · asked by Kat S 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
they have cars and a dog and junk in the yard. for the most part it looks like a normal house. Until Sunday when they hold a service.
2007-04-28 13:23:38 · update #1
my husband is the local police and he has no idea
2007-04-28 13:24:24 · update #2
Frtom your description they sound like some type of Eastern Orthodox or Oriental Orthodox. Do they have icons or holy pictures in the yard or on or around the building? Does the budded cross have 3 bars? Is the bottom bar tilted? If so, those folks would be Russian Orthodox or some type of Slavic Orthodox Christians?
2007-04-28 13:21:59 · answer #1 · answered by James O 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only thing that comes to mind is one of several House of David religious communities, but I don't know if any of them are confined to black clothing. The men do wear beards and dress is very conservative.
2007-04-28 14:13:12 · answer #2 · answered by Tommy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you knock on their door some Tuesday afternoon and ask them.
From what you describe it does not sound like you will be in much danger, particularly if you bring your husband with you.
Pastor Art
2007-04-28 14:45:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like they could be Mennonites.
2007-04-28 13:21:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
or maybe those crosses are are gravestones and they like to pray to their ancestors?
2007-04-28 13:23:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
KAT,
THIS IS REALLY EASY, JUST STOP BY AND ASK OR ASK THE LOCAL POLICE. THEY WOULD KNOW.
2007-04-28 13:22:52 · answer #6 · answered by Dr. Albert, DDS, (USA) 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
not that I've heard of
2007-04-28 13:19:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hide your pets!!! Hide your pets!!!
2007-04-28 13:22:42 · answer #8 · answered by vox populi 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Amish?
(Why don't you ask them?)
2007-04-28 13:22:05 · answer #9 · answered by Deof Movestofca 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋