Deacon Nicholas Kotar is a writer of epic fantasy inspired by Russian fairy tales, a freelance translator from Russian to English, the resident conductor of the men’s choir at Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary in Jordanville, NY, and a semi-professional vocalist. He blogs about cultivating Christian culture in a post-Christian age for the A Light So Lovely blog on the Ancient Faith platform, and he explores the beautiful and the edifying in Russian folk culture and history on his author blog on http://www.nicholaskotar.com/blog.