Orthodoxy Behind Bars

Guest host Santhe Loizos interviews Joe, an Orthodox catechumen who was introduced to Orthodoxy while serving a sentence in federal prison.

Bobby Maddex interviews Dr. Carla Thomas, a Family Practice Physician from Aniston, Alabama, a board member of OCPM, and one of the organizers of the Ancient Christianity and African-American Conference, which will be held this year at St. Stephen the Protomartyr Orthodox Church in Lima, Ohio.

Bobby Maddex interviews Mr. John Wetzel, the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. Secretary Wetzel is responsible for the management and operations of the Pennsylvania Corrections Department, which has a nearly $2 billion budget, houses over 51,000 inmates, and has approximately 15,000 employees. Here he talks about the impact of religion and religious ministries on those in prison.

Bobby Maddex interviews Chaplain Patrick Tutella about the upcoming OCPM Convocation, which will be held July 24-26 in Houston, Texas.

Bobby Maddex interviews Chaplain Patrick Tutella, the Executive Director of The Orthodox Christian Prison Ministry (OCPM), and Christiana Roulakis, OCPM’s Director of Development, about Prison Ministry Awareness Sunday, which is on May 25, 2014.