Blooming in the Desert – Episode 7 – Unity and Diversity from St. Paul’s International Food Festival 2009

This week the hosts of Blooming in the Desert bring you a very special episode from the 2009 International Food Festival at St. Paul’s Orthodox Church in Las Vegas Nevada.

The parish is very ethnic with a mixture of Eritrean, Slavic, Greek, and American converts, and the hosts discuss the diversity within in the parish and much broader, the diversity in the Orthodox Church in America. Following the discussion, there are are short interviews by the festival guests where the hosts posed the question:

Outside of the Orthodox Church, many ethnicities never mix. However, the Orthodox Church is the universal Church of Christ.  Here at St. Paul’s, we have a truly diverse mixture of people of many ethnicities; perhaps people who under any other circumstances would more then likely not have been brought together. The Church truly brings together all ethnicities into a sharing of the Mystery of Faith. Briefly tell us how you feel about that and a perhaps speak about your experiences in the Orthodox Church since you’ve been here.

Blooming in the Desert also conducted interviews with 3 parishioners who were there at St. Paul’s Orthodox Church’s founding.

Colleen Sufana

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William and Alexandra Carrico

Thank you for listening and we will update you soon to notify you what the next episode will be.

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