New Converts Flocking to an Ancient Church

St. Jonah Orthodox Church's congregation in Spring By JEANNIE KEVER HOUSTON CHRONICLE 8/1/2011 Like many of his parishioners, Father Richard Petranek came to the Orthodox church in search of the past. After 30 years as an Episcopalian priest, Petranek converted to the Antiochian Orthodox Church and leads a new but growing parish in west Houston, filled almost entirely with converts to the ancient faith