Agia Skepi Sustainability Center in Cyprus
Agia Skepi, a detoxification community in Cyprus, inspires members within the framework of its therapeutic program to engage themselves in the cultivation of biological products. This solution springs from the broader spirit of Agia Skepi in getting rid of harmful substances while fostering a high quality of life.
Call for participation – Online Survey – Nuclear Cacodoxy
This call for participation follows the current article by Chris Ferrero: Nuclear Cacodoxy? If you are an Orthodox Christian interested in sharing your thoughts, I invite you to contact me by email ([email protected]). Additionally, if you are willing to be contacted directly to participate in a confidential, scientific online survey, please provide your contact information... Read More
Nuclear Cacodoxy?
By Chris Ferrero for the Orthodox Peace Fellowship *** Nuclear weapons are experiencing a renaissance in the public consciousness. The blockbuster film Oppenheimer won Best Picture at the 2024 Academy Awards in March. In April, investigative journalist Annie Jacobsen’s book Nuclear War: A Scenario climbed onto the New York Times Bestseller List. This renaissance is... Read More
JIM FOREST: A PILGRIMAGE OF FRIENDSHIP by Robert Ellsberg
In one of our last conversations, Jim Forest and I reflected together on the curious signs and synchronicities that had marked our lives. For Jim, many of these were described in his memoir, Writing Straight with Crooked Lines. In certain cases, I was a firsthand witness. There was, for instance, the time when Jim was... Read More
No Borders: Remembering Jim by Nancy Forest
Shortly after Jim passed away in January 2022, I began the task of designing his gravestone. We had not discussed this beforehand, so it was entirely up to me. The only thing we had decided on was that he and I would both be buried in the Orthodox section of the St. Barbara Cemetery in... Read More
A memory of Jim Forest by Arno Akkermans
I was with Jim on Athos. As it would turn out, the only occasion on which we would leisurely spend time together, just the two of us. We were visiting the Holy Mount as part of a larger group of pious parishioners from the somewhat less holy city of Amsterdam, but first had left the... Read More
Jim Forest in memoriam By Fr Andrew Louth
In the Fathers of the Church, from the time of Origen, there is a notion of the ‘spiritual senses’: just as we perceive the physical world through our five physical senses—sight, touch, taste, hearing, smell—so there are, by analogy, five spiritual senses, through which we apprehend the spiritual world. Origen is the first Christian writer... Read More
The Vocation of a Peacemaker By Jim Forest
This is an extract from a talk given by Jim at St Tikhon’s Monastery in June 2003. The talk was later edited by Jim into the essay “The History and Mission of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship,” available on our website: https://incommunion.org/the-history-and-mission-of-the-orthodox-peace-fellowship/. This extract presents Jim’s conclusion. “Before closing, let me add a few points that... Read More
Remembering Jim Forest By Vincent van Buuren
It is hard to believe that on the 13th of January one year had already passed since Jim died, just before the war in Ukraine started on the 24th of February. So often have I thought about what Jim’s reaction to all this would have been. I am not the only one who has often... Read More
The Tangerine of Love by Thirza Buijkx
Ever since I was a child, I always used to hear stories about some “Jim Forest,” whom my mother respected a lot. I didn’t really know who he was or what he did, but by the way my mother referred to him, I knew he was somebody very special. When I did finally meet him,... Read More
Holy Consistency: Jim Forest ‘s Life of Protest and Proclamation By Michael Plekon
I was grateful to have known Jim Forest. Mostly I corresponded with him. I last was with him at a conference of the Thomas Merton International Society on the hundredth anniversary of Merton’s birth in 2015. This was at Bellarmine University in Louisville, where the Thomas Merton Center is located. With so many there, and... Read More