Everyday Orthodox

Jackie is an energetic Orthodox woman in Charleston, South Carolina. She's a published poet, the author of many articles and a new book, and she serves the Church in many different ministries.

Josef and Effie are a young couple serving as missionaries in an unexpected place—Sweden! Find out why.

Pamela Filutowski teaches Adult Spiritual Enrichment at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Orlando and works in the parish gift shop, selecting and ordering Orthodox books for the store. She is the mother of three and has been married for 30 years to her husband Konrad.

Meet the very talented and fascinating Oleksa Lozowchuk! He is a Canadian Academy nominee and an award-winning music composer (and music producer, music director, music supervisor, and multi-instrumentalist!) whose work spans many genres.

A British deacon in the Serbian Orthodox Church, Professor at the Orthodox St. Katherine's University in San Diego, creator of beautiful vestments, father and husband, Fr. Dn. David-John Williams is fascinating and fun!

Patrick and Laura live on an Arkansas farm with their 19-month-old daughter, Elizabeth. They very recently converted to Orthodox Christianity after being lifelong evangelicals. Patrick is a musician and has been in a number of touring punk bands through the years. He recently started a no-dig garden. Laura has a degree in musical theater and is an actor and yoga teacher.

Elissa interviews Ariane Trifunovic Montemuro, a Serbian-American author, podcaster, and artist, with a passion to preserve the faith for future generations. Her paintings (called Orthodox Narratives) are strongly influenced by iconography, and her portrait of Patriarch Pavle hangs in his home museum.

Elissa interviews Ariane Trifunovic Montemuro, a Serbian-American author, podcaster, and artist, with a passion to preserve the faith for future generations. Her paintings (called Orthodox Narratives) are strongly influenced by iconography, and her portrait of Patriarch Pavle hangs in his home museum.

Dr. Tim is the beloved professor of ethics at Holy Cross Orthodox Seminary in Brookline, Massachusetts, as well as a founder of Beauty First Films, which is producing documentaries on Patmos and Holy Week in Jerusalem. He has just published his opus: The Ethics of Beauty.

A lifelong artist, Fr. Paul formally studied drawing, painting, printmaking, and design at Tyler School of Art, Temple University, earning a Bachelor's Degree of Fine Arts. Subsequently, he spent a year-and-a-half studying at Holy Trinity Theological Seminary in Jordanville, NY. During that time, he simultaneously worked under the tutelage of master iconographer Fr. Andrei Erastov and began fulfilling monastery orders almost immediately. Since then, Fr. Paul has fulfilled many commissions for both churches and individuals, and his work can be seen coast to coast. He is also the illustrator of the children's book St. Seraphim's Beatitudes, authored by Fr. Daniel Marshall. Fr. Paul is a protodeacon and serves at the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Alexander Nevsky in Howell, NJ.