Andrew, India and Pola had a wee day trip to Govan today to speak to Father Georgy Zavershinsky, a Russian Orthodox priest.
The church is right in the heart of Govan but is hidden away in a wonderfully tranquil environment, with a small graveyard in front of it. The building inside was beautiful and it was hard to believe we were still in the middle of Glasgow! We sat down by various icons to talk about Mother Maria with Father George.
He was extremely interesting and open with the group and helped us to understand a little bit more about the religion that Mother Maria dedicated her life to. It is similar to Catholicism in many ways, but subtly different in many others. We can only scratch the surface in the time we have to work on the play but Father George was unbelievably well-read and has pointed us in the right direction for further study.
We have the playwright, Ann Marie Di Mambro coming in tomorrow to see how things are going and to tweak the script. Next week is Edinburgh fringe so rehearsals are a little more stilted than usual, but everything is going well so far and we can't wait to get further into the play.
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