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Straddling two worlds
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 11/12/2025
» When I visited Istanbul for the first time, I learned a joke from Gocke, my local guide, who goes to work by undersea train every day. "But you can't see anything," she laughed. For her, it takes only four minutes to cross from Asia to Europe, under the Bosphorus Strait that divides the ancient city.
Russian Orthodox Church ignites regional spiritual fire
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 10/02/2020
» The Russian Orthodox Church in Thailand may have only served as "a centre of spiritual fire" for Russians in the country for two decades, but the first and only Eastern Orthodox Church in the region has drawn devout Christians from all over the world.