Discussion between Shorena Shaverdashvili and Robert Arida

by Robert M. Arida, Shorena Shaverdashvili

This conversation started when Fr. Robert asked me for feedback on his essay, “How to Expand the Mission.”1 While he referred specifically to the mission of Orthodox Church in America, I think the questions raised are relevant to Orthodoxy across the globe.

Robert M. Arida

The Very Rev. Robert M. Arida is the retired rector and dean of Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral in Boston, Massachusetts. He is a graduate of Saint Vladimir’s Seminary. Some of his published and unpublished articles and essays can be found on the Holy Trinity website at http://www.holytrinityorthodox.org

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Shorena Shaverdashvili

Shorena Shaverdashvili is a publisher and former editor-in-chief of an independent print and online political publication in Georgia. Liberali has served as an active platform for both political as well as religious debates, trying to start a conversation between the Orthodox community under the Georgian Church and  civil society. Since 2004 Shorena has published three other magazines, and she has been an activist for media and human rights from 2008 to 2012. She has also served on the boards of the Georgian Public Broadcaster and the Media Coalition for Advocacy. She is a graduate of Tufts University in Boston.

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