In the deep of winter 2007 Archimandrite Zacharias of the Patriarchal Stavropegic Monastery of St John the Baptist outside the quiet village of Tolleshunt Knights-by-Maldon, journeyed from the United Kingdom to the city of Wichita, Kansas in the Heartland of America to nourish the priests and deacons with the rich spiritual fare which is dished out daily at the monastery of his repentance in the countryside of County Essex in England.