Photographer Gérard Gascuel who worked with Marcel Marceau and Salvador Dali and now is Hieromonk Gerasimos says he decided to become a monk after hearing an Athonite monk singing. “I was 33 when the editor in chief of an influential Japanese magazine sent me to Greece to make a report about the life of Athonite […]
Herman Tristram Engelhardt: How I Became Orthodox
Dr. Engelhardt was born in Texas to Roman Catholic parents, but became Orthodox in his mature years, taking the name Herman after St. Herman of Alaska. He studied philosophy and medicine and is now a professor at two Universities in Houston, Texas. His research has been done mainly in Bioethics and his most important contribution […]
What’s So Appealing About Orthodoxy?
by Rod Dreher In his 18 years as a professional journalist, including serving as chief film critic for the New York Post and an editor at National Review, Rod Dreher has established himself as one of the most interesting commentators of his generation. His writing about religion, politics, film and culture have appeared in both […]
An Unforgettable Baptism In Taiwan
Read this entire inspirational story. My the Lord richly bless our new brother Tien Hen and our new sister Li Tsin. All I can say is, “And the angels were amazed!” In Tainan Fr. Jonah Mourtos November 18, 2009 Fragrance of Asia This past Friday I went to Tainan, a large city of Taiwan. A […]
The Difficulties A Convert Faces In Approaching Orthodoxy
by Ekaterini I am a convert to Orthodoxy and live in regional Australia. I came to my local Greek Orthodox Church from the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch whose Patriarch is based in Syria. In Australia, this Church is known as the Antiochian Orthodox Church. There are five traditions of World Orthodoxy represented in my […]
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