Markides, a sociology professor who has written extensively about healers and mystics, resumes his exploration of Eastern Orthodox Christianity by taking readers on pilgrimages to places as diverse as ...

Markides, a Maine sociologist who was raised in the Greek Orthodox faith and later drifted into agnosticism, continues his spiritual journey homeward in this collection of captivating conversations ...

“I was not a cheerful agnostic,” confesses Kyriacos C. Markides in “The Mountain of Silence: A Search for Orthodox Spirituality.” Born in Cyprus and raised in the traditions of Greek Orthodoxy, he was ...

The worldwide pandemic has threatened many of the businesses you rely on every day, but don’t let it take away your source for local news. Now more than ever, we need your help to ensure nothing but ...