I. Collections of Convert Testimonies:

Billerbeck, Franklin, ed. Anglican-Orthodox Pilgrimage. Ben Lomond, California: Conciliar Press, 1993 [=AOP].

Doulis, Thomas, ed. Journeys to Orthodoxy: A Collection of Essays by Converts to Orthodox Christianity. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Light and Life Publishing Company, 1986 [=JO].

Doulis, Thomas, ed. Towards the Authentic Church: Orthodox Christians Discuss Their Conversion. A Collection of Essays. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Light and Life Publishing Company, 1996 [=TAC].

Gillquist, Peter E., ed. Coming Home: Why Protestant Clergy Are Becoming Orthodox. Ben Lomond, California: Conciliar Press, 1992 [=CH].

Harper, Michael, ed. A Faith Fulfilled: Why Are Christians Across Great Britain Embracing Orthodoxy. Ben Lomond, California: Conciliar Press, 1999 [=FF].

Nieuwsma, Virginia, ed. Our Hearts' True Home: Fourteen Warm, Inspiring Stories of Women Discovering the Ancient Christian Faith. Ben Lomond, California: Conciliar Press, 1996 [=OHTH].

Trigg, Michael, ed. An Introduction to Western Rite Orthodoxy. Ben Lomond, California: Conciliar Press, 1993 [=IWRO].

II. Survey Results:

Bobosh, Theodore, ed. Come and See! Encountering the Orthodox Church. Syosset, New York: Orthodox Church in America, Department of Religious Education, 1983.

Loft, Sarah. A Report on a Survey of Converts: Very Recent Converts (1978-1983). A Survey Conducted by the English Language Community of Christ the Saviour Church, Manhattan, New York. Syosset, New York: The Orthodox Church in America, 1984.

III. Books:

Alfeyeva, Valeria. Pilgrimage to Dzhvari: A Woman's Journey of Spiritual Awakening. New York: Bell Tower, 1992.

Bell, Charles. Discovering the Rich Heritage of Orthodoxy: As Discovered by One Who Came to Orthodoxy from the Evangelical and Charismatic Traditions. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Light and Life Publishing Company, 1994.

Christensen, Damascene. Not of This World: The Life and Teaching of Fr. Seraphim Rose. Pathfinder to the Heart of Ancient Christianity. Forestville, California: Fr. Seraphim Rose Foundation, 1993.

Gillquist, Peter E. Becoming Orthodox: A Journey to the Ancient Christian Faith. Rev. ed. Ben Lomond, California: Conciliar Press, 1992 [first-hand account, updated to 1992, of the conversion of the Evangelical Orthodox Church to canonical Orthodoxy in 1987].

Goricheva, Tatiana. Talking About God Is Dangerous: The Diary of a Russian Dissident. New York: Crossroad, 1987.

Hamant, Yves. Alexander Men: A Witness for Contemporary Russia, a Man for Our Times. Oakwood Publications, 1995.

King, Greg. The Last Empress: The Life and Times of Alexandra Feodorovna, Tsarina of Russia. New York: Carol Publishing Group, A Citadel Press Book, 1996.

Lucas, Phillip Charles. The Odyssey of a New Religion: The Holy Order of MANS from New Age to Orthodoxy. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1995 [scholarly study of the spiritual journey of the Christ the Savior Brotherhood].

Mager, Hugo. Elizabeth, Grand Duchess of Russia: A Biography. New York: Carroll & Graf, 1998.

Mathewes-Green, Frederica. Facing East: A Pilgrim's Journey into the Mysteries of Orthodoxy. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, Harper San Francisco, 1996.

McLees, Nectaria. A Gathered Radiance: The Life of Alexandra Romanov, Russia'a Last Empress. Chico, California: Valaam Society of America, 1992.

Millar, Lubov. Grand Duchess Elizabeth of Russia: New Martyr of the Communist Yoke. Redding, California: Nikodemos Orthodox Publication Society, 1990.

Oldenbourg, Zoé. Catherine the Great. Translated from the French by Anne Carter. New York: Random House, Pantheon Books, 1965.

Reinhart, Peter. Sacramental Magic in a Small-Town Café: Recipes and Stories from Brother Juniper's Café. Reading, Massachusetts [etc.]: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1994.

Schaeffer, Frank. Dancing Alone: The Quest for Orthodox Faith in the Age of False Religion. Brookline, Massachusetts: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 1994.

IV. Pamphlets:

McKibben, Michael T. Common Ground for Christian Unity: One Evangelical Protestant's Search for Christian Orthodoxy. Columbus, Ohio: St. Ignatius of Antioch Press, 1988.

New Skete Communities. Cambridge, New York: The Monks of New Skete, 1985 [brief description of Byzantine Catholic monastic communities that became Orthodox in 1979].

Photiou, Paul. My Conversion to Christ. Translated from the Original Greek Chicago, Illinois: The Orthodox Christian Educational Society, 1970 [autobiographical account of the former rabbi of the Jewish community of Arta, Greece, who, with his family, was baptized in 1952].

Stratman, Chrysostomos H. To the Orthodox Christians of the United States America. Jordanville, N.Y.: Holy Trinity Monastery, 1949.

V. Article-Length Accounts:

Anson, Peter F. "Dr J. Joseph Overbeck and His Western Orthodox Catholic Church, and the Archimandrite Timotheos Hatherly and His Autocephalous Eastern Church." In Bishops at Large, 48-56. New York: October House Inc., 1965 [brief accounts of the conversions and work of J.J. Overbeck and Stephen Georgeson (Timotheos) Hatherly].

Avramis, Tom. "The Prodigal Son." In JO, 123-41.

Bell, Seraphim. "A Interview with Fr. Makarios of Simonos Petras." The Christian Activist 12 (spring/summer 1998): 22-25, 49-50.

Berquist, Kent and Dena. "From Kansas to Constantinople." In AOP, 32-35.

Billerbeck, Franklin. "A Reluctant Journey." In AOP, 54-65.

"British Orthodox Unite with Coptic Patriarchate." Press Release [1994] [press release concerning the April 6, 1994, union of a British church with orders deriving from Jules Ferrette with the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria].

Bush, William. "Sent by God: The Remarkable Woman Who Brought Me to Orthodoxy." Epiphany Journal 11, no. 1 (fall 1990): 12-24.

Connely, John Charles. "Finding a Home in Western Rite Orthodoxy." In IWRO, 15-19.

Deseille, Placide. "Stages in a Pilgrimage (Part 2)." Sourozh no. 27 (February 1987): 34-43.

Florovsky, Georges. Foreword to Reality and Man: An Essay in the Metaphysics of Human Nature, by S.L. Frank. Translated from the Russian by Natalie Duddington, vii-xv. New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, 1965 [brief reflection on Frank's life and conversion as they related to his thought].

Garvey, John. "Eastern Orthodoxy." The Atlantic, May 1989, pp. 30-37 [widely read account of the entry of the Evangelical Orthodox Church and Holy Order of MANS into canonical Orthodoxy].

Garvey, John. "Becoming Orthodox: A Journey from Roman Catholicism." Epiphany Journal 11, no. 1 (fall 1990): 32-34.

Giffey, David. "A Disciple of Jesus." In JO, 143-56.

Gillquist, Peter. "From Arrowhead Springs to Antioch: Evangelicals Enter the Church." Epiphany Journal 11, no. 1 (fall 1990): 35-40.

Gillquist, Peter. "Evangelicals Turned Orthodox." The Christian Century, March 4, 1992, 242-45 [reprinted as .

Houston, Siobhán. "Turning to Orthodoxy." Gnosis Magazine, spring 1994, 36-42 [analysis of the modern conversion movement].

Keleher, Brian R. "Sheptyts'kyi and Three Converts from the West." In Morality and Reality: The Life and Times of Andrei Sheptyts'kyi, edited by Paul Robert Magocsi, 228-43. Edmonton: University of Alberta, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, 1989 [interesting accounts of the careers of Orthodox clerics Lev Gillet and Alexis van der Mensbrugghe, as well as the Melkite Catholic priest and scholar Cyril Korolevsky].

Kelliher, Alexander. "U.S. Orthodox-Western Rites." Unitas 15 (1963): 275-84 [brief account of early Western-rite Orthodox converts and the modern Western rite in Orthodoxy].

King, Maria. "My Journey of Faith: A Love Story." In JO, 55-74.

Longworth, Philip. "The Strange Career of Paisios Ligarides." History Today, June 1995, 39-45 [survey of the ambiguous life of Ligarides (1609/10-1678), "member of the Basilian Order, Orthodox Metropolitan of Gaza in Palestine, agent of the papacy's central missionary organisation, the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith (Propaganda Fide), and ecclesiastical adviser to the Tsar of Russia"].

Mangels, John A. "Orthodox Odyssey" In IWRO, 20-26.

McCauley, Patrik. "Why Would an Episcopalian Become Orthodox?" In IWRO, 11-14.

McShane, Susan. "Entering the Church." In JO, 105-08.

Meerson, Michael A.. "The Life and Work of Father Aleksandr Men'." In Seeking God: The Recovery of Religious Identity in Orthodox Russia, Ukraine, and Georgia, edited by Stephen K. Batalden, 13-27. DeKalb [Illinois]: Northern Illinois University Press, 1993.

Melton, Isaac. "A Pilgrim's Often-Plodding Progress." Epiphany Journal 11, no. 1 (fall 1990): 24-28.

Morris, John W. "My Voyage to Orthodoxy." In JO, 41-54.

Mustian, David. "Finding a Home in the Eastern Rite." In AOP, 36-44.

O'Callaghan, Paul. "A Pilgrimage of Faith." In JO, 31-40.

Ogorodnikov, Alexander. "From Marx to Christ: An Interview with Alexander Ogorodnikov." Epiphany Journal 11, no. 1 (fall 1990): 41-46. First published in Again 13, no. 1 (March 1990).

Olnhausen, William. "Twenty Months into Orthodoxy." In AOP, 7-15.

Rabinovich, Abraham. "Sister Abraham and the Ethiopian Church." In Jerusalem on Earth: People, Passions, and Politics in the Holy City, 153-59. New York: The Free Press, 1988 [fascinating story of Kirsten Pedersen, Danish nun, scholar, and convert to Ethiopian Orthodoxy].

Reeves, John M. "Excess Baggage." In AOP, 45-53.

Rossi, Andrew. "Why Orthodoxy? The Experiential Path of the Holy Order of MANS." Epiphany Journal 11, no. 1 (fall 1990): 47-50.

Rossi, Vincent. "Eleventh-Hour Laborers: Frank Schaeffer and the Coming of Age of North American Orthodoxy." The Christian Activist 8 (March 1996): 1-5, 24-27 [one recent convert writing about another].

Schaeffer, Frank. "Rose Hill House of Studies: From Episcopal to Orthodox. A Conversation Between Owen and Julie Jones and Frank Schaeffer." The Christian Activist 6 (April 1995): 20-24, 40-44 [interview with convert founders of new Orthodox college].

Scott, Anthony. "Pilgrimage to Freedom." In JO, 13-29.

Shirley, Henry and Leaella, and William Draper. "Can Anything Good Come out of Byzantium?" Epiphany Journal 11, no. 1 (fall 1990): 29-31.

Smith, Victoria. "'I Must Decrease, He Must Increase.'" In JO, 99-105.

Stolzenbach, Mary M. "Taste and See." In AOP, 16-19.

Walker, Gordon Thomas. "Odyssey to Orthodoxy." In JO, 109-22.

Ware, Kallistos [Timothy]. "The Fifth Earl of Guilford (1766-1827) and His Secret Conversion to the Orthodox Church." In The Orthodox Churches and the West, edited by Derek Baker, 247-56. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, published for the Ecclesiastical History Society, 1976.

Ware, Kallistos [Timothy]. Foreword to The Jesus Prayer, by a Monk of the Eastern Church [Lev Gillet], 5-20. Rev. ed. Crestwood, New York: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1987 [comprehensive summary of the life of Lev Gillet, with reference to the most important published accounts to date].

Weber, Timothy P. "Looking for Home: Evangelical Orthodoxy and the Search for the Original Church." In New Perspectives on Historical Theology: Essays in Memory of John Meyendorff, edited by Bradley Nassif, 95-121. Grand Rapids, Michigan/Cambridge, U.K.: William B. Eerdmans Publising Company, 1996 [historical-theological analysis of the Evangelical Orthodox movement].

Wilson, Timothy. "Interview with Archbishop Anthony Bloom." Introduction to Beginning to Pray, by Anthony Bloom, 1-21. New York/Ramsey [New Jersey]: Paulist Press [copyright date, 1970; 1982?].

Wingenbach, Gregory. "One + One = One, in Christ." In JO, 75-98.

Woiwode, Larry. "A Martyr Who Lives: The Life and Death of Aleksandr Menn." In Books & Culture: A Christian Review, March/April 1996, 23-25.

Young, Alexey. "An Introduction." In IWRO, 5-10 [autobiographical remarks with brief history of the Western-rite Orthodox movement].

VI. News Articles:

"Jaroslav Pelikan Converts to Orthodoxy." The Christian Century, May 13, 1998, 495.

Mackridge, Peter. "Philip Sherrard." Independent, 5 June 1995, p. 14 [obituary].

Nicolson, Adam. "Heaven on Earth, the Byzantine Way." Sunday Telegraph, 10 April 1994, p. 12 [brief piece on three important contemporary British converts: Kallistos Ware, Andrew Louth, and Ephrem Lash].

Neuhaus, Richard John. "The Public Square--While We're At It." First Things, January 1997, 63-64 [item on the conversion to Orthodoxy of Sharon Zanter Ross, former pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, received into the Orthodox Church in America].

"Philip Sherrard." Times (London), 6 June 1995 [obituary].

Ross, Andrew. "England's Man of the Moment Takes Refuge Deep in the Past." New York Times, 28 March 1993, pp. 25-26 [profile of the composer John Tavener, concentrating on his music].

Somerville, Frank P.L. "Bishop Ties Orthodox Church's Future to Conversions; Episcopal Priest Takes a New Path." Baltimore Sun, 1 February 1993, 1B, 3B [profile of Fr. Gregory Matthewes-Greene, in conjunction with report of visit of Bp. Kallistos Ware to Baltimore].

Steinfels, Peter. "Beliefs." New York Times, 4 August 1990, sect. 1, p. 10 [note on the conversion movement in the regular Saturday religion column in The New York Times].

VII. Works on the Theory and Practice of Conversion to Orthodoxy:

Erickson, John H. "Reception of Non-Orthodox into the Orthodox Church." Diakonia 19 (1984-85): 68-86.

L'Huillier, Pierre. "The Reception of Roman Catholics into Orthodoxy: Historical Variations and Norms." St. Vladimir's Theological Quarterly 24 (1980): 75-82.