Prometheus: A Tale of the Human Quest for Enlightenment by Oles Berdnyk Translated by Roma Franko

Prometheus: A Tale of the Human Quest for Enlightenment
by Oles Berdnyk
Translated by Roma Franko, PhD
Published by Language Lanterns Publications
2012, 273 pages

Childhood friends–a beautiful girl of precocious intelligence, and her warrior-protector–travel from ancient Alexandria to classical Athens seeking education. Berdnyk imagines historical character Hypatia, a philosopher in the mid-4th to early-5th century AD, and her companion Isidore, traveling through ancient Greece, India and north Africa, encountering princes, priests, gurus and ascetics. We are immersed in a dazzling array of cultures and world views as we walk with them. 
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Rozmova Book Club members with Professor Roma Franko, translator of Oles Berdnyk's  

Prometheus: A Tale of the Human Quest for Enlightenment

Facing East: A Pilgrim's Journey into the Mysteries of Orthodoxy by Frederica Mathewes-Green

Facing East: A Pilgrim's Journey into the Mysteries of Orthodoxy
by Frederica Mathewes-Green
Published by HarperOne
February 28, 2006, 272 pages 

The classic story of a family's pilgrimage into the Orthodox Church. Veiled in the smoke of incense, the Eastern Orthodox Church has long been an enigma to the Western world. Yet, as Frederica Mathewes-Green discovered, it is a vital, living faith, rich in ritual beauty and steadfast in integrity. Utilizing the framework of the Orthodox calendar, Mathewes-Green chronicles a year in the life of her small Orthodox mission church, eloquently illustrating the joys and blessings an ancient faith can bring to the worshipers of today. 
Source: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/417582.Facing_East