I saw those icons and I was mesmerized

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05356/626023.stm

"They're artists," he said. "I don't ask them why they want to come here. I don't judge them. God sends them. Painting an icon is a tangible religious expression. ... Sometimes it has a real effect on them."

"I'm not a monk," he says. "I don't parade my religion before people who are already happy with their own faith. I'm a convert, and I'm a former public school teacher, so I understand where a lot of my students are coming from," he said.

Yes