Dissident Mama, episode 78 – Nicholas from Orthodox Reflections

Nicholas is co-founder of Orthodox Reflections, a collaborative effort by committed Orthodox Christians to provide thoughtful analysis of the Orthodox Christian faith’s interaction with American culture. He serves as the website’s executive editor and is one of its most prolific contributors.

Nicholas is a former Marine with an undergraduate degree in international relations with a specialty in Eastern Europe and an MBA in international finance. He taught for several years in Poland at the university level prior to converting to Orthodoxy more than 25 years ago. Nicholas has Polish heritage and is fluent in the language, but was raised Evangelical in these United States, where he was born of immigrant parents. He has five children, and while he does travel extensively on business, he only leaves the South when his clients force him to.

We discuss the state of Orthodoxy in America, Orthodoxy’s import for the world (religiously and otherwise), the CIA and Constantinople, persecution here and abroad, the weaponization of insanity, amiable losers, revolution within the form, the beauty of enculturation, the Great Commission, and more.