One Parish's Engagement with its Homeless Neighbors
by Jill Wallerstedt The morning begins as most do: friends coming for breakfast. A table spread with toast, peanut butter, jelly, butter,... Read More
Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker
Saint Nicholas wrote no books nor have any of his sermons or letters survived, but few saints have been the object of... Read More
Dear In Communion reader
Our Fall issue as been edited in a time of crisis, indeed not one crisis but many. Wars are being fought in... Read More
The Diaconate in Liturgy and Life.
A Brief History of the Office and Considerations for the Restoration of the Female Diaconate in the Orthodox Church. by Teva ReguleOrthodox... Read More
Christian Soldiers
by Alex Patico Returnees from Iraq and Afghanistan A recent issue of the University of Minnesota's alumni magazine noted that over five... Read More
Orthodox Peace Fellowship letter to the Patriarchs of Russia and Georgia
The Orthodox Peace Fellowship, an association of Orthodox believers seeking to apply the principles of the Gospel to situations of division and... Read More
Recommended Reading: Summer 2008
His Broken Body by Fr. Laurent Cleenewerck Euclid University Consortium Press; 438 pages, $33.50 Not often is a book published which has... Read More
Conversations by email: Summer 2008
These are extracts from recent postings to the OPF's e-mail discussion list. If you are an OPF member and wish to take... Read More
News: Summer 2008
Belarus pressures Orthodox not to venerate martyrs Belarus is discouraging the commemoration of Orthodox Christians killed for their faith by the Soviet... Read More
Death: A Second Baptism
by Fr. Patrick Radley "I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; take your... Read More

