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A Hapless Priest: A Pontic Tale

by Patricia Fann Bouteneff

Translated by Patricia Fann Bouteneff

Patricia Fann Bouteneff

A former academic and corporate chief of staff, is an independent scholar who specializes in folklore and Pontic Greek studies. You can find her translations and studies of folktales at cyberpontos.com. Baptized at a metochi of Simonopetra in Thessaloniki, she has been active in church communities in Greece, England, Switzerland, and the US, and at present sits on the parish council of Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in Yonkers, New York.

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