Timothy Beach
1994. I’m pictured here with Tiyia (my soon-to-be daughter), celebrating her 5th birthday in my Montessori class on the campus of Presbyterian Bible College in Hsinchu, Taiwan. The Presbyterian Church in Taiwan was founded by Canadian missionaries with strong ties to Knox College.
Anna’s and my wedding on July 9, 1995 at St. Paul Orthodox Church near Seattle. Photo includes Anna’s mother, my parents and my stepparents.
Beach Family 1996: Timothy 42, Anna 34, Justin 9, Sarah 8, Tiyia 7, and Nicholas (on the way
Metropolitan Nikitas (a Florida native) and his associate, visiting us from Hong Kong, at our Agape English Language School. c. 1998. He later sent a priest, Fr. Jonah, who is still pastor of Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in Taipei.
Fast forward about 35 years to see Nikitas as the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of the UK. In this photo, he is offering a prayer at the coronation of King Charles the III, May 6, 2023
Montessori class, Taiwan; Nicholas (age3) receiving a lesson on the geometric solids. The goal is to identify each by feeling them only. (c. 2000)
Montessori class, Taiwan: Nicholas (age 4) looking at classmates’ math work. (c. 2001)
Montessori Class Christmas Pageant Choir
(c. 2002)
2003-2004. Some of Anna’s ages 6-9 students in her Montessori after-school program which she arranged in partial fulfillment of the requirements for her Lower Elementary Montessori Certificate and her M.Ed. degree from Xavier University in Cincinnati.
Beach Family visiting Catholic missionary priest Fr. Kevin Barlett (of Perth, Australia) at his parish in an aboriginal village in the mountains East of Taichung during the Chinese New Years holiday c. 2003. God blessed me with two miracles through Fr. Kevin. (See my bio for details.) Standing behind Nicholas is a tribal princess.
Fr. Jonah Mourtos, who was previously a monk on Mount Athos for 19 years. Here he is reading the Paschal Gospel in Mandarin. He has been serving in Taiwan for at least 26 years now.
Our three “big kids” home in Taiwan from college / work in U.S. during summer (c. 2012) vacation; taking grandpa out to a nice restaurant.
Justin and Ivy’s wedding, February 2017
Emma, first grandbaby 03/2018.
Nicholas’ graduation from Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, December 2018.
Nicholas’ big sisters flew in from California for the big day. Here we’re inside the George H.W. Bush (I) Presidential Library located on the A&M campus. Dec. 2018.
Nicholas and I hand-delivering a note of thanks to U of T Psych Dept. for Jordan Peterson (on leave) in 2019.
Anna, Nicholas, and I with my friend Deacon Paul of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Toronto whom I met through the Orthodox Peace Fellowship. I was hoping that the Knox College Registrar could confirm that the Scots-Canadian missionary doctor-minister George MacKay had studied at Knox. But apparently records did not go back quite that far because a staff member could not find his. Photo – 2019
Nicholas with our friend, Gordon of St. Catherine, ONT. We met Gordon in Taiwan many years ago. Photo – 2019
In June, 2019, the day before Anna and I flew from Toronto, Ontario to Ontario, Cal., we set out on foot to explore the neighborhood around our hotel in Missasauga, and literally perchanced up a real treasure in the form of St. Elias Greek Orthodox Church. It was unlocked and the office staff graciously allow us to come in and look around. There we came across some of the most stunning iconography and iconographic stainglass that I’ve ever seen. Samples follow. (Of course my cell phon photography does not do these samples justice! (They’re best seen in person.)
This icon is of Saint Stylianos of Paphlagonia. His scroll reads:
PROTECT THE CHILDREN FOR THEY ARE A GIFT FROM GOD.
This is certainly relevant advice for our times.
Part of the dome.
The Sacrificial Lamb
Pentecost The Miracle of the Fish
2019 Anna and I with my Godson (whom I baptized in Missistini, Quebec in Dec. 1979 during my Anglican days.) and his mom. We’re standing in from of my father’s famous Ark II bomb shelther in Hornings Mills, ONT
2019 – Nicholas, my father Bruce, myself, Anna, my sister Bahia and her partner, Glenn. Photo taken in Horning’s Mills. Bruce passed away in May 2021 at the age of 87, and my stepmother, Jean, passed the following April at the age of 94. As some of you knew, they were Baha’is.
Newborn Elliott, February 2020
Thanksgiving 2021 in Houston. From left to right: Nicholas, Elliot, Ivy, Justin, Sarah, Tiyia, Emma, Anna, and Timothy
Sept. 13, 2022. Following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, U.S. and Texas flags flew at half staff all around Houston for 30 days, including at this fire station near my school.
Elliot, 3 and Emma, 4 – July 1993
Christmas 2023 – Our family with Justin and Ivy’s pastor’s family. Emma and Elliot are front center.
Throwing Emma in the pool – Cal. July 2024
Coaching Emma in swimming – California. July 2024
Throwing Elliot in the pool – California. July 2024
July 2024 (Silly) Family Photo – California, July 2024