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Andrei Rublev is a classic, incredible film loosely based on the life of the 15th-century Eastern Orthodox icon painter.

Death To The World (Archived Issues 1-11) (Alt) (Soulless reboot), a 90s-era zine created as an attempt by monks and nuns from the St Herman of Alaska Monastery to evangelize teens for Eastern Orthodox Christianity by co-opting punk aesthetics. At one time, there were about 50,000 copies circulating through punk shows and underground hangouts.

Early Chants of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church is the Orthodox album I play most often, usually while I work on something of spiritual significance.

Veljusa – Monastery of the Most Holy Theotokos Eleusa a humble introduction to a humble Macedonian monastery.

Cape Jason, located in Turkey's Ordu Province and named for Jason of the Agronauts, "harkens back to ancient times when a temple of Jason stood at the edge of the sea, protecting the sailors of Black Sea's treacherous waters." A Greek Orthodox church later replaced the temple with a similar mission. It now sits, in total solitude, in an overgrown cornfield next to a lighthouse overlooking the roaring waves of the Pontus. Ancient ports and fish breeding pools can also be found amid the region's ruins.

My grandfather has studied Eastern Orthodox history as a hobby for many years, his home's full of literature, and I intend to ask him questions about it when I get the chance.