Valerie: First, I'd like to thank you, Fr. Harakas, for taking the time to be interviewed and for having agreed to serve on the honorary board of the St. Nina Quarterly. Your serving on our honorary board is particularly appropriate given your field of expertise. Relatively few Orthodox theologians and scholars have chosen to go into the field of ethics. What led you to choose to study ethics?

Teva: First of all, I want to thank you for taking the time for this interview and for sharing your thoughts with the readers of the St. Nina Quarterly. Like many Orthodox Christians, I was first introduced to you through your books, The Orthodox Church and The Orthodox Way. Can you share with us how you came to Orthodoxy?

Teva: First of all, I want to thank you for taking the time for this interview and sharing your thoughts with the readers of the St. Nina Quarterly. You are known in the academic world as an early Church and patristics scholar. Would you please share more of your background with us and tell us how you came to Orthodoxy?

Teva: First of all, I want to thank you for taking the time for this interview and for sharing your thoughts with the readers of the St. Nina Quarterly. You grew up in the Church. What in your experience sparked your interest in theology?

Helen Theodoropoulos: Thank you for graciously agreeing to share your experiences with the St. Nina readership. Presbytera Gallos, what was your earliest experience of Church life and how did you become involved as such an active participant?