Dr. Sister Vassa Larin, the host of the popular, online program, Coffee with Sister Vassa, is a scholar of Byzantine Liturgy and author of many publications, both scholarly and popular, on Eastern Orthodox spirituality and tradition. Born in Nyack, New York in a devout, Russian Orthodox family, Sister Vassa is now based in Vienna, Austria. For more on her internationally-acclaimed, online ministry: Coffee with Sister Vassa.