About the Author

Dr. John (Ellsworth) Hutchison-Hall is a contemporary Orthodox Christian Pastoral and Moral theologian, philosopher, historian and cultural commentator. He has served as a Field Education Supervisor for seminarians, and as both a hospital and disaster response chaplain. In addition, he has run support groups for people with mental illness, and provides pastoral counselling. Dr. Hutchison-Hall has lectured widely and written on pastoral care in disaster, and compiled several service books. His latest work Orthodox Saints of the British Isles is the first comprehensive compendium of the Lives of Orthodox saints of the British Isles; it will total four volumes and be followed by a multi-volume work of the Lives of Orthodox saints of pre-Schism Western Europe. He holds a Licentiate in Pastoral Theology and a Doctorate of Ministry in Pastoral Counselling.