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By Fr. John McGuckin Fr. John McGuckin is professor of Church History at Union Theological Seminary and professor of Byzantine History at...

"You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is...

by Philip LeMasters Originally published in Worship 77/5 (September 2003): pp 408-425. Portions of the essay were presented at the Orthodox Peace...

a talk by Jim Forest given 7 November 2004 at St. Mary's Greek Orthodox Church in Minneapolis; organized and sponsored by the...

by Mark Pearson Moving into another Lenten season of self inspection, I wondered what part of my soul I would be called...

by Rene Zitzloff Home schooling has become increasingly popular in the United States in recent years. One mother explains why she and...

by Jim Forest The word "blessed," the first word of each Beatitude, isn't an everyday word. What do"blessed" and "beatitude" mean? "Beatitude"...

by Frederica Mathewes-Green Oregon has become the first US state to give doctors permission toprescribe poisonous drugs in order to kill dying...

Dostoevsky's View of Evil by Richard Pevear This is an abridgement of the introduction to Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky's translation of...

I would like to thank OPF members for their support. We feel profound gratitude to all who, through their prayer, work and...