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Patrick van der Vorst is Assistant Priest at Our Lady of Mount Carmel & St George in Enfield, North London, in the Diocese of Westminster, London. He is a graduate of the University of Leuven and the Pontifical Beda College in Rome. Before being ordained to the priesthood in June...

John van de Laar founded Sacredise in 2004. John is a liturgist with 40 years of experience in a wide variety of church, community, and musical settings. Since leaving the Methodist ministry in October 2019 John has devoted his time to helping churches navigate the new and growing reality of...

Christoffel van Sichem II (1581-1658) was a printmaker and woodcutter. (Source: British Museum)

Nathanael Vissia formerly worked in United Church of Christ congregations and in secondary education. He maintains the site rfour.org for children's ministry resources. (Source and photo: rfour.org)

Valentin Felixovich Voyno-Yasenetsky (1877–1961), later known as Saint Luke of Simferopol or Saint Luke the Blessed Surgeon, was a Russian surgeon, Orthodox bishop, and spiritual writer. He combined a distinguished medical career with episcopal leadership in the Russian Orthodox Church, serving as Archbishop of Simferopol and Crimea from 1946 until...

Christoffel van Sichem III (1618-1659) was a Dutch artist. (Source: collections.artsmia.org)

Hierotheos Vlachos (born Georgios Vlachos) is a Greek Orthodox metropolitan and theologian. He graduated from the Theological School of the University of Thessaloniki and was ordained priest in 1972 and bishop in 1995. His diocese is the Metropolis of Nafpaktos and Agios Vlasios. (Source: wikipedia.org)

Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853-1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade, he created approximately 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of them in the last two years of his...

Rev. Dr. Joel Van Dyke is one of the founding members of Street Psalms and one of the original ordained members. He has lived and served in Guatemala City since 2003. he did youth ministry and pastored a church in Philadelphia for five years before moving to Guatemala City where he...

Howard D. Vanderwell (1937-2018) was the Resource Development Specialist of Pastoral Leadership for the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, the author and editor of The Church of All Ages and Caring Worship: Helping Worship Leaders Provide Pastoral Care through the Liturgy, and co-author of Designing Worship Together. (Source: reformedworship.org; photo:...