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VIDEO: Teaching the Nations Orthodoxy, with Father Silouan Brown

Source: Buck Johnson

July 15, 2025

Counterflow host Buck Johnson spoke with Hieromonk Silouan (Brown), head of the Orthodox Africa mission, about the trials and tribulations of his life, his work in Africa, and the many blessings of St. John (Maximovitch).

To find out more about Orthodox Africa, see here: https://www.orthodoxafrica.org.

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7/21/2025

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