Uncovering the mystery of the human condition through an Eastern Christian eye.
A blog on Eastern and Oriental Orthodox theology, written by a scholar and a teacher who work in the tradition rather than about it. The subject is the creation narrative and the human condition — what happened to us, and what healing looks like.
Alongside the writing: hand-painted Coptic and Byzantine icons, prints of them, illustrated teaching resources for Sunday School and Prep-to-Serve, and lectures.
Long-form writing on Scripture, the Fathers, liturgy, and the shape of the human person.
2 April 2026
On the Friday that closes Lent, the Church hears Christ grieve over a city that would not be gathered — and answers, as Mary did, by pouring out what it cannot afford.
19 November 2025
A survey of how the female diaconate developed across three Oriental Orthodox traditions, and what the historical record does and does not settle.
5 June 2024
The earliest Christians understood themselves as Jews awaiting a Jewish Messiah. The pressure point was practical: how do two communities share one table without one of them breaking the Law?
Andrew paints in both the Coptic and Byzantine traditions, having trained in Byzantine iconography under the Russian iconographer Alex Mezentsev. Commissions are quoted by size and material — see how it works.
Occasional, long, and free. No more than one note a month.
