In the spring of 2009, freshly graduated from college, I found myself on a combined pilgrimage and backpacking trip in Albania. I always had an intense intellectual curiosity about modern Albania and its special place in European history, its confluence of competing cultures and religions, its unique language, its ancient Christian history, the bizarre stories[…..]
Section: Be My Witness
Orthodox Witness or Colonialism? The Church of Albania in Modern Times
The Church of Albania is a unique case in the modern history of the Orthodox Church. In 1967, by decree of the communist regime then ruling the country, all religions were banned. Albania was the first officially-declared atheist nation in the world.
Worshipping in Mlimani: A Portrait of Saint Demetrios Parish
These photographs portray recent services at Orthodox parishes in the Diocese of Western Kenya. The first few images are of Saint Demetrios parish in Mlimani, a farming village with a population of about two thousand, located five miles off the main highway between Nairobi, Kenya and Kampala, Uganda.