Death To The World

Death To The World is an Eastern Orthodox zine. [ [http://www.deathtotheworld.com/about/about.html About Death To The World, And Our History ] ]

History

Death to the World was started by monks and nuns from the St Herman of Alaska Monastery in Platina, CA, as a medium of evangelism to teens involved in the punk subculture by monastics who were ex-punks. Originally, the monastics planned to submit an article about Fr. Seraphim Rose to the magazine 'Maximum RocknRoll'. They later decided to try to place and ad for their monastery, but were only rudely rejected, being told that the magazine "only [ran] ads for music and zines". This inspired them to begin a zine.

"The first issue was printed in the December of ’94 featuring a monk holding a skull on cover. The hand-drawn bold letters across the top read “DEATH TO THE WORLD, The Last True Rebellion” and the back cover held the caption: “they hated me without a cause.” ... The first issue, decorated with ancient icons and lives of martyrs inside, was advertised in Maximum RocknRoll and brought letters from all around the world."

The 'zine continued to be published and "distributed at punks shows and underground hangouts."

"It was estimated that at one time, there were 50,000 in circulation."

The monastics put out 12 issues in all, after which they continued distributing the 'zine but didn't publish new issues.

Eight years later, the zine was revived by convert members of Saint Barnabas Antiochian Orthodox Church in Costa Mesa, CA. New issues are submitted to the St Herman monks for editing and revision, and are released quarterly.

Links

* [http://www.deathtotheworld.com/ Death To The World website]
* [http://www.stbarnabasoc.org/ St. Barnabas Antiochian Orthodox Church in Costa Mesa, CA]

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