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'''Sr. Nun Vassa ''' or '''Sister Vassa''' (secular name '''Barbara Larin''' or '''Varavara Georgievna Larina'''), '''Ph.D.''' (b 1970) is a tonsured [[Monastic Ranks|rassaphor]] nun of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] (ROCOR). Her podcasts, Coffee with Sr. Vassa, which have been produced since 2013, have a worldwide following, and have made her one of the most well-known monastics in the Orthodox Church. She is also an academic, having earned her doctorate in Orthodox Theology from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich. She is an expert in the field of Byzantine Liturgy, and serves as a member of the Commission on Canon Law and the Commission on Liturgy and Church Art of the Interconciliar Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church. Besides teaching, she is a writer of many articles and papers, has developed state-approved religious curriculum for the Orthodox Church, and is a sought-after Orthodox speaker for both academic and popular groups. She currently (2016) resides in Vienna, Austria.