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What's in a name?

For many people peace is chiefly the absence of war. "It was a time of peace" is simply another way of saying it was a period between wars. A Christian understanding of peace is far deeper. It is shaped by Christ himself and the example he gives us. It is the Holy Trinity's dialogue of love. It is honoring the image of God in the other, even in the enemy. We see the contours of the peacemaker's life in the Beatitudes. The phrase "in communion" reveals the deeper meaning of the word "peace." To be "in communion" is to be linked with others at the deepest level of existence. For the Orthodox Christian, communion means intimate participation in the life of Christ: receiving the awesome and life-creating Mysteries that heal body and soul, repel adversity, illumine the mind and heart, sustain love and faith, nourish wisdom and banish fear. This is the peace of Christ. The idea for the journal's name was suggested by Father Thomas Hopko, Dean of St. Vladimir's TheologicalSeminary: "The Orthodox approach," Father Hopko said, "is that we are made in the image and likeness of God, and that God is a Trinity of persons in absolute identity of being and of life in perfect communion. Therefore, communion is the given. Anything that breaks that communion destroys the very roots of our existence. Seventy times seven times a day we must re-establish communion and want to do so. My task is not to decide whether or not I will be in relationship with you but to realize that I am in communion with you: my life is yours, and your life is mine."

- from the first issue of In Communion

Issue 74 - In Communion / Fall 2020

Issue 73- In Communion /2019

Issue 72- In Communion / Summer 2018

Issue 71- In Communion / Winter 2017

Issue 70- In Communion / Spring 2015

Issue 69- In Communion 2014

Supplements not included in print edition:

Issue 68- In Communion 2014

Issue 67- In Communion / Summer 2013

Issue 66- In Communion / Winter 2012

Issue 65- In Communion / Summer 2012

Issue 64- In Communion / Spring 2012

Issue 63- In Communion / Winter 2011

Issue 62- In Communion / Fall 2011

Issue 61- In Communion / Summer 2011

Issue 60 - In Communion / Spring 2011

Issue 59 - In Communion / Winter 2011

Issue 58 - In Communion / Fall 2011

Issue 57 - In Communion / Summer 2010

Issue 56 - In Communion / PASCHA 2010

Issue 55 - In Communion / Winter: 2010

Issue 54 - In Communion / Fall: 2009

Issue 53 - In Communion / Spring: 2009

Issue 52 - In Communion / Winter: 2009

Issue 51 - In Communion / Fall: 2008

Issue 50 - In Communion / Summer: 2008

Issue 49 - In Communion / Spring: 2008

Issue 48 - In Communion / Winter: 2008

Issue 47 - In Communion / Fall: 2007

Issue 46 - In Communion / Summer: 2007

Issue 45 - In Communion / Spring: 2007

Issue 44 - In Communion / Winter: 2007

Issue 43 - In Communion / Fall 2006

Issue 42 In Communion- Summer 2006

Issue 41 - Spring 2006

Issue 40 - Winter 2006

Issue 39 - Fall 2005

Issue 38 - Summer 2005

Issue 37 - Spring 2005

Issue 36 - Winter 2005

Issue 35 - Fall 2004

Issue 34 - Summer 2004

Issue 33 - Spring 2004

Issue 32 - Winter 2004

Issue 31 - Fall 2003

Issue 30 - Spring-Summer 2003

Issue 29 - Winter 2003

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Issue 16 - July 1999

Issue 15 - April 1999

Issue 14 - December 1998

Issue 13 - September 1998

Issue 12 - April 1998

Issue 6 - October 1996

Issue 4 - March 1996

Issue 3 - December 1995

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