Tattoo artist, musician and entrepreneur Kat Von D has taken one other public step in her evolving spiritual journey, announcing her formal entry into the Orthodox Church while selecting, for now, to remain largely silent about the small print.
In a July 2 Instagram post, the 43-year-old mother of 1 shared that she had turn into Orthodox this past Pascha (Easter) and spent her recent European tour attending Orthodox liturgies, feast days, and visiting churches in several countries together with her young son.
“It brings me joy to share a few of the fantastic thing about Orthodoxy inside these sacred (and historic) places with you,” she wrote within the caption of a video montage. “Whether you might be Orthodox Christian or not.”
Von D, who was baptized as a Christian in 2023 in a widely shared video, said her decision to delay speaking publicly about her conversion got here at the recommendation of her priest.
“Since officially entering the Orthodox Church this last Pascha, lots of you may have lovingly asked to listen to more about why I converted from Protestant to Orthodoxy,” she wrote. “And after speaking about it with Archpriest Father Steven, he strongly (and correctly) encouraged me to refrain from going out and doing any public interviews … until after no less than a yr. Which I believe is great advice.”
“Regardless, I never wish to ‘hide’ where I’m, spiritually speaking,” she added. “But am OK in waiting until I’m higher equipped to represent the Church that I like a lot.”
This isn’t Von D’s first time to open up about her faith. In 2022, she posted a video of herself throwing away books on witchcraft and the occult. The following yr, she marked 18 years of sobriety and shared a video of her baptism, by which a pastor proclaims, “I baptize you within the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.”
The baptism video sparked each encouragement and criticism, she said, particularly from some Christian viewers.
“It was just really sad to see this critical display of judgment from Christians,” Von D, who previously attended Switzerland Baptist Church in Vivay, Indiana, said. “And I don’t understand what would encourage that apart from something that’s more egoic — because that isn’t Christlike.”
“I don’t really feel equipped to be the poster child for Christianity,” she said on the time. “I believe that I’m still learning.”
Last yr, she also told comedian Theo Von she doesn’t imagine there’s a “dress code” for being a Christian.
“It’s such an intimate and private thing, like, my relationship with God is my very own,” Von D says. “And I’ve never really felt like I’ve belonged anywhere. Especially now, I believe.”
“Being public with my faith puts you into this microscopic, critical tank. So I get criticized from all sides now. I do not care because at the tip of the day, my relationship’s with God, not you.”‘
“When someone like me comes into the combination, it’s ‘Oh wait, that is demonic’ — I get called demonic rather a lot — or like, ‘You’re serving two masters.’ I do not think any of that’s accurate. There’s no dress code to be a Christian.”
In recent months, Von D, whose parents were Seventh-day Adventist missionaries, has quietly continued making changes in her life that reflect her faith.
She has covered tattoos which, she says, now not align together with her beliefs, and used her time abroad to attach with local Orthodox communities. She credited Archdeacon Joseph in Warsaw with helping her map out Orthodox parishes across Europe, enabling her to search out “much-needed quiet prayerful moments throughout this tour.”
“One of my favorite parts of this European tour was that I used to be in a position to visit different Orthodox parishes throughout every country,” she wrote. “It’s the most important a part of my life that almost all of the time I keep to myself and family members.”
Von D closed her update with an easy prayer: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.”
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