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Pastoral Reflections on the Mass Conversion to Orthodox Christianity in the US. Part 2
Talk by Metropolitan Jonah 
June 16, 2026

Metropolitan Jonah reviews the latter sections of his paper "Taking Refuge: A Spiritual Flight from Secularism --- Pastoral Reflections on the Mass Conversion to Orthodox Christianity in the US", which he presented at the recent 2026 MontaNIKA Pan-Orthodox Conference in Butte, Montana. He reviews some additions to the paper since the preceding (2026.05.26) video and completes the final section "The Challenge to the Orthodox Church". Some discussion of Sponsorship / God-parenting is included in the Q&A.