On the blessing of weapons and soldiers: Letter to Patriarch Kirill in Moscow and All Russia
On February 3 2020, the Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church, an advisory body that helps the Russian Hierarchy make decisions,... Read More
Incorporating Culture: Truth, Reconciliation and the Pathway to Peace
By Lydia Kemi Ingram After this I looked, and behold a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from... Read More
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Transfiguration
A light appeared from above and everything changed. In the sky there was a great cloud, and the light radiated forth brighter... Read More
How many thousands of innocent men, women, and children have you killed today?
July 20, 2016 The collective gasp at new British PM Theresa May articulating clearly her willingness to do the will of the... Read More
War and Peace in Today’s World: a commentary on the Mission of the Orthodox Church in Today’s World”
“The Mission of the Orthodox Church in Today’s World” offers a powerful and timely statement on war, peace, and justice. Peacemaking, as Christ tells us in the Beatitudes, is a fundamental Christian vocation.
Cover Story IC70: From Herod to ISIS through Christ
From Herod to ISIS through Christ: No Record of Retribution! by Pieter Dykhorst Having beheld the strange and ineffable humility of the... Read More
War and Virtue
War and Virtue: The Ascetics of War by Aristotle Papanikolaou Contemporary discussions of just war theory in Christian ethics focus on whether Christians... Read More
The Inward Mission of Our Church
by St. Fr. Justin Popovich It is very difficult for infinite and eternal life to make its way into the narrow human... Read More
War and Virtue, full text keynote address OPF conference 2013
War and Virtue Aristotle Papanikolaou, Fordham University Paper delivered at the annual conference of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship, Washington, DC - October 2013... Read More