Kalo Mina!
new podcast episode, Charlotte screening
Dear friends,
We’re so grateful to be alive and well as we greet July and look forward to celebrating St John of San Francisco and other mighty saints this month.
June was busy with European travel for us, as well as for many supporters, some of whom we had the joy of meeting up with on the journey. We discovered new-to-us saints, made new friends, and between the two of us, visited churches and relics in six different countries.
With God’s help, we try to pass on what we learn to you in articles, products, and future films. So we were thrilled this morning to receive an email from a family visiting Athens, who headed over to venerate the relics of St Nicholas Planas after reading our last email. What perfect timing!
Our Etsy shop is open
US Pilgrimage Passports are ready to ship, as well as a small remainder of 2025 Calendars.
July Film Screening
Amphilochios: Saint of Patmos will be showing at the end of this month in Charlotte, North Carolina. A big thank you to the clergy of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral for organizing this event at the local theater. Please spread the word!
When: Tuesday, July 29th, 6:30-8:00p
Where: The Independent Picture House, 4237 Raleigh Street, Charlotte NC
Check out the event flier on the parish website here.
Speaking about Film
Last week we were honored to join our friend Josh David Jordan on his Wild West Filmmaking podcast—listen here. This week, Josh discussed his film with producer Jonathan Pageau.
The campaign to bring Josh David Jordan’s El Tonto Por Cristo to theaters is 75% funded with just over a week to go. Please support the campaign here. It is an awesome experience to watch Orthodox films on the big screen—let’s make this happen for others.
Pilgrimage makes the Day Holy
Everyday life requires everyday bureaucracy. Pay a bill, update records, forward the mail, unpack the gear, pack up the car, review, sign, package, send. We slowly become secular if as we grind through these worldly tasks we forget about God and that there is another world beyond this one.
Turning to prayer in the midst of the adventure of solving problems is key. This is how we try to approach the struggles of travel—what will we eat, where will we sleep, or how will we safely find our destination? We try to ask God and the saints to help us at the beginning of the day, as we encounter each challenge, and turn to them in thanksgiving at the end of the day. Thank you for providing for me.
Pilgrimage is our ticket out of the secular, this-worldly utopias, that lead only to death and sin, and into the paradise that comes from accepting that, in Christ, the Kingdom of Heaven is already at hand.
It’s Design Time
Now we’re putting together the 2026 Calendar of Liturgical Seasons, plus designing a few new products scheduled for release this fall. Each product is created to educate, inspire, and support your pilgrimages. May it be blessed!
Thank you for supporting our work.
Thomaida Hudanish
Timothy Patitsas
Always enjoy your perspective and thoughts! Love the one about the 'secular' (that is in your example, the daily 'grind' of 'stuff' to do, that can push us away from God.) Thank you!
It has become more apparent, that to start out each day with prayer, and the invitation to the Lord to be a part of the day's work or activities, or encounters makes a remarkable difference!