Welcome to the website of John Moorhead, a historian of late antiquity who is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and Professor Emeritus at the University of Queensland in Australia. You can read about some of what he has written and his current projects by clicking the Writings button at the top of this page. Another historian who used to teach there, Marion Diamond, blogs at www.learnearnandreturn.wordpress.com.
He is a member of the Vegan Society of the UK, who provide good information about vegan principles and practice at www.vegansociety.com. When feeling energetic he tries to cook, following the recipes in the books of such masters as Madhur Jaffrey and Claudia Roden.
He is also a member of the Orthodox Church, attending a Liturgy in English at a Greek parish in Brisbane. The word ‘orthodox’ means both right belief and right worship, so the best way of finding out about Orthodoxy is to attend a Liturgy, where belief is revealed by worship (as they say in the West, lex orandi lex credendi.) You can listen to the music played 24/7 at Ancient Faith Radio, and find excellent material in the blog of Macrina Walker.
John is one of a group of friends in Brisbane who make up Vegan and Vegetarian Orthodox Christians, and you can visit their website at www.vvoc.org. Another member of the group maintains a blog which provides commentary on society from an Orthodox Christian perspective: Vasilios Theodorakis. Another member is a volunteer with the Mercy Ships organization, providing medical care in Africa: www.mercyships.org.au. You can read an account of her activities at: http://pk4a.com/blog/2011/07/jacquie-brisbane/#more-559
You can visit John’s blog by clicking on the blog button on the navigation bar or visiting – http://doxapatri.org/blog/
The pictures at the top of this page show the bridge over the Clarence River at Grafton and the Pier Head at Liverpool, two important towns in John’s life.
You can contact him via email through john@doxapatri.org
May all visitors to this site find something to help them along their way, and may the time they spend in the virtual world never be to the detriment of their life in the real one!