E-mail Conversations Fall 2000
Basic questions for OPF Having been in the "peace movement" most of my adult life, it seemed natural to join an Orthodox... Read More
News Fall 2000
Church leader accuses Israel of 'ethnic cleansing' of Palestinians Archimandrite Theodosios Hanna of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem has accused Israel... Read More
The Double-edged Sword of Nationalism
Patriarch Bartholomeos of Constantinople No member of the human family has a monopoly on malice - we are all sinners and stand... Read More
THE HERESY OF RACISM
Want to add a useful word to your vocabulary? The term etho-phyletism (meaning love of the race, tribe or ethnically-defined nation) was... Read More
On Homicide
Metropolitan George Khodr of Mount Lebanon Metropolitan George is highly regarded throughout Lebanon for his untiring efforts to encourage dialogue and mutual... Read More
Saint Gerasimos and Jordanes
Jim Forest Among saints remembered for their peaceful relations with dangerous animals not least is Gerasimos, shown in icons healing a lion.... Read More
The Church's Role in Serbia's Peaceful Revolution
For years the Serbian Orthodox Church issued appeals for Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to retire from political office and supported efforts to... Read More
E-mail Conversations Winter 2001
Planting trees This morning I received a remarkable letter from a friend, a native of Illinois, who visits here regularly: I leave... Read More
News Winter 2001
An appeal for deeds of love from Serbia's Patriarch Pavle "Many people suffered in [the Communist] period only because they believed in... Read More
Twenty Questions
by John and Lara Oliver When Adam named each of the animals, he entered into a new relationship with them. It is... Read More