Dear forum,

Please allow me to briefly introduce myself.

I currently reside in Edmonton, AB; having moved here about a year ago from Calgary. For the past few months I have been visiting and enjoying the services at St. Barbara's Orthodox Cathedral here. It is a beautiful parish.

I have been studying Orthodoxy for about a year and a half now. My background is Protestant, ranging from Mennonite Evangelical to Reformed Presbyterian.

I look forward to learning from other members of the forum.

Sincerely,

Martin Doell


Here are some of the Books I am presently reading, if anyone would like to discuss them:

Counsels from the Holy Mountain, Selected from the Letters and Homilies of Elder Ephraim

Common Ground, An Introduction to Eastern Christianity for the American Christian - Jordan Bajis

The Ladder of Divine Ascent - John Climacus

The Philokalia

Free Choice in Saint Maximus the Confessor - Joseph Farrell

Beauty of the Infinite - David Bentley Hart

God's Human Face - Christoph Shonborn