Frederica Mathewes-Green (born October 27, 1952) is an American author and speaker, chiefly on topics related to Eastern Orthodox belief and practice.

Mathewes-Green earned a Masters of Theological Studies from Virginia Theological Seminary in 1977 and received an honorary Doctor of Letters from King University in 2019. She and her family converted to Orthodoxy from the Episcopal Church in 1993.

Mathewes-Green's writing about Orthodoxy has been described as having a humorous, storytelling style, and she has been referred to as "an Orthodox Garrison Keillor." She has aut*d ten books, and her writings have appeared in publications including The Washington Post, Christianity Today, and The Wall Street Journal.

Mathewes-Green is active in the pro-life movement, and she served as vice-president of Feminists for Life of America from April 1989 to January 1995. She also served on the steering committee of the Common Ground Network for Life and Choice, an organization that brought pro-life and pro-choice partisans together in dialogue.

Mathewes-Green is married to Rev. Gregory Mathewes-Green. The couple live in Johnson City, Tennessee. They have three grown children and fifteen grandchildren.

Books

• Real Choices: Listening to Women, Looking for Alternatives to Abortion (1994)
• Facing East: A Pilgrim’s Journey into the Mysteries of Orthodoxy (1997)
• At the Corner of East and Now: A Modern Life in Ancient Christian Orthodoxy (sequel to Facing East, 1999)
• The Illumined Heart: The Ancient Christian Path of Transformation (2001)
• Gender: Men, Women, Sex and Feminism (2002)
• The Open Door: Entering the Sanctuary of Icons and Prayer (Pocket Faith Series, 2003)
• First Fruits of Prayer: A Forty-Day Journey Through the Canon of St. Andrew (2005)
• Mary as the Early Christians Knew Her: the Mother of Jesus in Three Ancient Texts (originally *led The Lost Gospel of Mary, 2007)
• The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God (2009)
• Welcome to the Orthodox Church: An Introduction to Eastern Christianity (2015)

References

External links

• Official website
• Interview with Christianity Today