Everyday Orthodox

Meet Joshua Gibbs, who teaches online classes at GibbsClassical.com. He is the author of How to Be Unlucky, Something They Will Not Forget, and The 25th: New and Selected Christmas Essays. He is an Alcuin Fellow, a frequent blogger for The Circe Institute, and the creator of the Proverbial podcast.

it's the return of Roberta Sardell! Last time she and Elissa had a fascinating conversation, and it's not over yet!

it's the return of Roberta Sardell! Last time she and Elissa had a fascinating conversation, and it's not over yet!

Earl Ryburn, Jr. grew up in San Antonio, Texas, and taught Elissa and her Sunday School how to sing the Christ is Risen Resurrection hymn in ASL! He serves as a senior acolyte at Transfiguration in Austin, Texas, and works as a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA). He awaits ordination to the diaconate, having recently completed the Holy Cross program, and is now studying for a degree in Non-Profit Management at Colorado Christian University.

Earl Ryburn, Jr. grew up in San Antonio, Texas, and taught Elissa and her Sunday School how to sing the Christ is Risen Resurrection hymn in ASL! He serves as a senior acolyte at Transfiguration in Austin, Texas, and works as a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA). He awaits ordination to the diaconate, having recently completed the Holy Cross program, and is now studying for a degree in Non-Profit Management at Colorado Christian University.

We get to know Innocent Green! He and his wife and three children recently converted to Orthodoxy, after a long journey from the Church of Christ via the Reformed Church. After all that seeking, it was the Jesus Prayer that brought them home.

We get to know Innocent Green! He and his wife and three children recently converted to Orthodoxy, after a long journey from the Church of Christ via the Reformed Church. After all that seeking, it was the Jesus Prayer that brought them home.

Live this week on Everyday Orthodox: Michael Elgamal is the driving force behind Creative Orthodox. He is a Canadian Egyptian artist who digs for examples of virtue in the lives of ancient Christian saints and brings them to life in ink and colour. The illustrations he shares online visually hang in an awkward balance between ancient Christian art and childish scribbles. He published two graphic novels: Anastasis: the Harrowing of Hades on Christ's descent to hell and A Forest in the Desert on the life of Saint John the Short

We are live with Fr. Evan Armatas! You hear him answer questions on Orthodoxy Live every Sunday night, but how well do you really know him? We'll get to know Fr. Evan with an hour-long conversation about his youth, his decision to become a priest, his various interesting ministries, and his new book, A Toolkit For Spiritual Growth!

We are live with Fr. Evan Armatas! You hear him answer questions on Orthodoxy Live every Sunday night, but how well do you really know him? We'll get to know Fr. Evan with an hour-long conversation about his youth, his decision to become a priest, his various interesting ministries, and his new book, A Toolkit For Spiritual Growth!

Meet Fr. Theodor Svane! A native Norwegian, he found Orthodoxy and then found his way to St. Vlad's! Now he's back home, at his mission parish, and he is delightful. Join us, and learn a little bit about Vikings and Scandinavia, and get to know a really lovely man.

Meet Fr. Theodor Svane! A native Norwegian, he found Orthodoxy and then found his way to St. Vlad's! Now he's back home, at his mission parish, and he is delightful. Join us, and learn a little bit about Vikings and Scandinavia, and get to know a really lovely man.

Summer is the author of Of Such is the Kingdom: A Practical Theology of Disability (Ancient Faith 2019) and one of the authors of Seven Holy Women: Conversations With Saints and Friends (Ancient Faith 2020). She's also starting her own traditional small press!

Summer is the author of Of Such is the Kingdom: A Practical Theology of Disability (Ancient Faith 2019) and one of the authors of Seven Holy Women: Conversations With Saints and Friends (Ancient Faith 2020). She's also starting her own traditional small press!

Kenny is the Executive Director of FOCUS North America, an Orthodox non-profit that brings Orthodox faithful together to serve the needs of their most vulnerable neighbors across the United States, including food, clothing, occupation, and shelter needs. A native of Charleston, West Virginia, and a social worker by education, Kenny’s career has afforded opportunities to serve on the front lines of homeless outreach/advocacy/services, as well as international Orthodox missions before coming to FOCUS in 2017. He was Chrismated into the Orthodox Church on Holy Saturday, 1997, at Holy Spirit Antiochian Orthodox Church in Huntington, West Virginia.