Elissa D Bjeletich

Elissa Bjeletich hosts three popular Ancient Faith Radio podcasts: Raising Saints, Everyday Orthodox, and together with Kristina Wenger, Tending the Garden of Our Hearts. She is the co-author of Tending the Garden of Our Hearts: Daily Lenten Meditations for Families (Ancient Faith Publishing, 2019). She is the author of Welcoming the Christ Child: Family Readings for the Nativity Lent (Sebastian Press, 2017), and In God's Hands: A Mother's Journey through Her Infant's Critical Illness (Ancient...See more

Elissa Bjeletich hosts three popular Ancient Faith Radio podcasts: Raising Saints, Everyday Orthodox, and together with Kristina Wenger, Tending the Garden of Our Hearts. She is the co-author of Tending the Garden of Our Hearts: Daily Lenten Meditations for Families (Ancient Faith Publishing, 2019). She is the author of Welcoming the Christ Child: Family Readings for the Nativity Lent (Sebastian Press, 2017), and In God's Hands: A Mother's Journey through Her Infant's Critical Illness (Ancient Faith Publishing, 2013). Elissa lives in Texas, where she is raising five daughters and enjoys working in parish youth ministries and at Orthodox summer camps. She serves as the Sunday school director at Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church in Austin. See less