As some of my readers may be aware, I had the pleasure of sitting for an interview with the late Charlie Kirk shortly before his tragic murder. Now that a forty-day period of mourning has concluded, I have
decided to post the video version of the entire interview here on my website. It can be watched using the player below. Excerpts of this video version are also to be found on YouTube, and the entire audio-only version is available on The Charlie Kirk Show website. However, if I am not mistaken this is the only place one can watch the entire interview in video format.
The interview was arranged by The Charlie Kirk Show because Kirk himself had become increasingly aware in recent years of the role of the Orthodox Church in American religious and cultural affairs. The Orthodox Church is numerically very small in America (though it is the second most populous church in the world at large). Nevertheless, it is growing today at a very fast rate. As I note in the interview, it is America’s “best kept religious secret.” The reasons for this remain to be studied, but one of them is that many in the West–especially Generation Z–have concluded that the secular culture and political ideologies that make up the beliefs and values of our time have reached a dead end.
Charlie Kirk never reached a dead end. He was a sincere advocate for heartfelt debate and appears to have welcomed spiritual transformation until his dying day. He was clearly a devoted Protestant Christian. But it is also clear he was seeking knowledge about the Orthodox faith in an effort to grow spiritually and finds ways of fostering a renewal of the West.
Please note: The interview begins at 0:0:30, before which the microphones were turned off.
PARADISE AND UTOPIA 
Father John,
My husband is an avid viewer of the Charlie Kirk Show and told me one day, “Charlie Kirk had an Orthodox priest on today. He answered all these questions about Orthodoxy.” We found the interview on Charlie’s web site and listened to it. Then I found your web site and have been listening to your podcast on Ancient Faith Radio.
I’d heard Charlie was attending Latin Mass and possibly converting to Catholicism. As a Roman Catholic convert to Orthodoxy, I hoped at the time that your interview with him would lead him to Orthodoxy.
I agree with the assessment of Gen Z seeking Truth and Tradition with a capital T. I belong to a small congregation with about 25 catechumens, plus seekers. Because they are mostly young men, many of the men in our parish are making every effort to educate and mentor them.
Thank you for making the video available for those who were not familiar with Charlie’s work until his assassination.
In Christ, Aine-Maire
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