Source: We Are Orthodox By A.P. Cromidas Monastics like to say that they are in this world, but not of this world. But lo and behold, a key Orthodox Christian monk in the United States, the Elder Ephraim, has just taken a very worldly step. He is the star in a public relations video extolling the monasteries he founded in America. The Russian-made film, with English sub-titles, was recently posted by the web-site, We Are Orthodox, a site, along with others, that has been critical toward the Ephraim movement. The critics, over some years now, have seen the movement as…
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