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,... 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... 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... 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... 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.... 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... Read More
Celebrating the Liturgy as a Way to Promote Peace
Our parish in Deventer, belonging to the “Archdiocese of Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe”, so the “rue Daru” to keep... Read More
The Remarkable Life of Mother Gavrilia
Seen from a distance, today’s world of Orthodoxy may seem like a stack of different coats: you have Russian Orthodoxy, Greek Orthodoxy,... Read More
Appeal of the Clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church for Reconciliation and an End to the War
Nearly 300 priests and deacons of the Moscow Patriarchate have signed this petition to Patriarch Kirill WE, priests and deacons of the Russian... Read More
The Heresy of Religious Imperialism
by Nicholas Sooy A year after Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the arrival of Putin’s “little green men” in the Donbass, I made a trip... Read More








