Poetry-For I am Your Child By Savelia Curniski
The following poem was composed by Savelia Curniski, president of NASHI. Nashi is the Ukrainian word for “ours.” NASHI is a Canadian-based... Read More
Modern Slavery—A Joint Declaration
Modern Slavery—A Joint Declaration 1. We, Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, and Justin, Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of... Read More
Fighting Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking as a Parish
“This Forum is to rectify the direction society is heading in, and to find real and concrete means to fight against this... Read More
Hope to a World Filled With Shadows – Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
The following address was delivered by His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on January 7, 2019 in Istanbul. Several years ago, the... Read More
The Habit of Social Justice: An Interview with the Nuns of All Saints
This interview was originally printed in the Spring/Summer 2017 issue of “The Wheel.” Gregory Tucker conducted the interview, sitting down with Gerondissa... Read More
Restoration of the Human Icon: Divine Compassion and Human Trafficking
His Eminence Metropolitan Kallistos Ware originally delivered this essay as a talk in June 2015 at a conference on Divine Compassion and... Read More
Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking – Kevin Hyland
Kevin Hyland, OBE was appointed as the first Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner of the UK. Before that he led London Metropolitan Police’s human... Read More
Saints, Nuns, and the Sex Trade
January 11 is International Human Trafficking Awareness day. January 11 is also the day that Christians all over the world celebrate St.... Read More
What Are You Fighting For?
Hieromonk Fr. Seraphim Aldea was in Paris shortly after the November 2015 attacks in Paris. In the following, written shortly after the attacks, he reflects on peace and violence in light of these attacks. In the addendum, written two months later, Fr. Seraphim responds to some criticisms of his initial reflection.
The Gospel Command of Nonviolence
This is a pastoral letter from Metropolitan Tikhon of the OCA, issued August 10, 2014. Metropolitan Tikhon expresses solidarity with those suffering in war, and calls all Christians to be witnesses for peace, living out in their own lives “the Gospel’s command to adhere to peace and non-violence.”