A1. Meeting Fr John Bethencourt

​FR JOHN BETHENCOURT is formerly the pastor (now retired) of Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in Santa Fe. He and his wife, Khouria Photina, led a small group of 25 souls into Orthodoxy at the end of 1995. He was first introduced to the Orthodox Church in his early twenties, having met an Orthodox professor at Arizona State University. After teaching school for three years and then working for four years as a chaplain at ASU, he became an Episcopal priest, although during all that time his heart could never escape the transcendent beauty and cosmic theology of the Orthodoxy Church. Eventually, he knew the only way to satisfy the unquenchable hunger he felt was to become Orthodox. Fr John and Khouria Photina have been married for 45 years (since 1977) and have three grown children and two grandchildren. Their eldest son, Fr Daniel, is also an archpriest in the Antiochian Archdiocese.​​FOR LINKS to all our podcasts, visit the ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN TEACHING PODCAST DIRECTORY at the links below. You can also search ‘Orthodox Christian Teaching’ in the Apple Podcasts or Spotify apps to find all our podcasts: ON APPLE PODCASTS APP: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/orthodox-christian-teaching-podcast-directory/id1680765527ON SPOTIFY APP: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ALQ9YkJ0hhZ20GGZv7MH9?si=hVv_aqKtSrypyTLr1YZQIQ