Fr. John Strickland serves as priest at St. Elizabeth Orthodox Church in Poulsbo, Washington. He is the author of The Making of Holy Russia, published by Holy Trinity Publications, Jordanville.

AFP publications include: The Age of Paradise, The Age of Division: Christendom from the Great Schism to the Protestant Reformation, The Age of Utopia: Christendom from the Renaissance to the Russian Revolution, and The Age of Nihilism: Christendom from the Great War to the Culture Wars.