Finding meaning and Hope in a Time of Division and Uncertainty
Fri, Dec 04
|St Mary's Orthodox Cathedral
Father John Strickland will be speaking about his book. His scholarship explores the historical, cultural, and spiritual development of Christianity, particularly within the Byzantine and Orthodox worlds and their relationship to Western civilization.


Time & Location
Dec 04, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM
St Mary's Orthodox Cathedral, 1701 5th St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413, USA
About the event
Father John Strickland will be speaking about his book.
His scholarship explores the historical, cultural, and spiritual development of Christianity, particularly within the Byzantine and Orthodox worlds and their relationship to Western civilization.
He is the author of The Making of Holy Russia, published by Holy Trinity Publications, Jordanville.
Ancient Faith Publications by Father John include: The Age of Paradise , The Age of Division: Christendom from the Great Schism to the Protestant Reformation , The Age of Utopia: Christendom from the Renaissance to the Russian Revolution , and The Age of Nihilism: Christendom from the Great War to the Culture Wars .
Particularly, his book The Age of Paradise: Christendom from Pentecost to the First Millennium, provides an overview of the first thousand years of Christendom ranging from Pentecost to the Great Schism. The Age of Paradise is the first of a four-volume history of Christendom, a civilization with a supporting culture that gave rise to what we now call…