| Craig jon arambiges memorial lecture |
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The Library Ministry of Saint Demetrios proudly announces the Seventh Craig Jon Arambiges Memorial Lecture to be held at the Saint Demetrios Church on Saturday, November 5th. Our 7th speaker is Frederica Mathewes-Green, Khouria, the wife of Rev. Fr. Gregory Mathewes-Green founding pastor of Holy Cross Orthodox Church in Baltimore
She has published 9 books, including Facing East: A Pilgrim's Journey into the Mysteries of Orthodoxy (HarperCollins, 1997) and The Illumined Heart: The Ancient Christian Path of Trans- formation (Paraclete, 2001). In the past, her commentaries have been heard on National Public Radio's All Things Concidered and Morning Edition. Her essays were selected for Best Christian Writing in 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006, and Best Spiritual Writing in 1998 and 2007. She has published over 700 articles. She has also appeared as speaker over 500 times, at places like Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Wellesley, Cornell, Calvin, Baylor, and Westmont; at the Smithsonian Institute, the Aspen Institute, Washington National Cathedral, the Los Angeles Times Book Festival, the American Academy of Religion, the Veritas Forum, the Family Research Council, and the National Right to Life Committee. She has been interviewed almost 700 times, on venues including PrimeTime Live, the Diane Rehm Show, the 700 Club, PBS, CNN, NBC, Fox News, and by Time, Newsweek, the new Republic, USA Today, the Chicago Tribune, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the New York Times. She lives with her husband, the Rev. Gregory Mathewes-Green, in Baltimore, MD, where he is pastor and she is "Khouria" ("Mother") of the parish they founded, Holy Cross Orthodox Church. Their three children are grown and married, and they have eleven grandchildren. Since 1997, Frederica has been recording books for the blind with the Radio Reading Network of Maryland. At no cost, sitters will be provided for our little ones, just let us know! Come, and bring a friend!! We want to prepare a light breakfast and lunch for that day! Please call one of the numbers below with your name and the number in your group no later than November 1st. There is no charge for this, but a free-will offering will be graciously accepted! All monies will be put into our “Lecture Fund” for the future. The Church Office: 410-661-1090 You can also “sign up” in the Library, the Narthex or in the Hermes Center. See the Lecture flyer for more details. Come and bring a friend!! |
Frederica Mathewes-Green is a wide-ranging author, whose work has appeared in such diverse publications as the Washington Post, Christianity Today, Smithsonian , the Los Angeles Times, First Things, Books & Culture, Sojourners, Touchstone, and the Wall Street Journal. She writes regularly for the multifaith web magazine Beliefnet.com, and writes movie reviews for National Review Online and Christianity Today Movies . 