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Communion and Otherness

by Metropolitan John Zizioulas of Pergamon Communion and otherness — how can these two be reconciled? Are they not mutually exclusive and incompatible with each...

Letter from the Editor

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Dear friends, the summary in our last issue of Fr. Patrick Reardon's report on his visit to Syria prompted a strong reaction from a number...

Letters from Readers

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Syria: Dear IC: So Father Patrick Reardon found President Assad of Syria to be “cordial and personable…a man of obvious culture, refinement, modesty and gentility.”...

Forgive Us…as We Forgive: Forgiveness in the Psalms and the Lord’s Prayer, by Metropolitan Kallistos Ware

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by Metropolitan Kallistos Ware of Diokleia Forgiveness in the Psalms: In order to deepen our appreciation of the mystery of forgiveness, let us turn both...

A Pilgrimage to Hell

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by Jim Forest “Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the common men, the functionaries ready...

Orthodox Roots, Bektashi Neighbors: Interview with Metropolitan John of Korca

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Reprinted with permission from the journal Road to Emmaus Your Eminence, one of the most remarkable things about the Albanian Orthodox Church is that you...

The Fall by Aaron Haney

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by Aaron Haney I read about the fall of a bishop today It makes me sad and prone to wander I took my dog to...

Orthodox Haiku: For the Lenten Season by John Kosmas Skinas

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by John Kosmas Skinas Tulips! How short lived, like a burst of repentance breaking through the dirt. Daylight comes sooner, but I hold on to...

Who of These Is Not Like The Others? by Alex Patico

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by Alex Patico The Traveler He wonders, what did I do wrong? Should I have realized that this was a risky time, what with all...

News -Winter 2012

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WCC Executive Committee: message to Syrian churches The members of the World Council of Churches Executive Committee have sent a pastoral message to the churches...

For the Peace from Above

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For the Peace From Above:An Orthodox Resource Book on War, Peace and Nationalism edited by Fr. Hildo Bos and Jim Forest The online version of...

For the Peace From Above: An Orthodox Resource Book on War, Peace and Nationalism

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For the Peace From Above: An Orthodox Resource Book on War, Peace and Nationalism edited by Fr. Hildo Bos and Jim Forest The online version...

St. Moses the Black A Patron Saint of Non-Violence By Pieter Dykhorst

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BLACK AS SIN and white as snow. That was Abba Moses, the 4th century, desert Saint, known not only for the dark color of his...

Letter from the editor by Pieter Dykhorst

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LAST ISSUE, JIM wrote a letter of farewell as our editor, now I write to greet you. I wish him many years as associate editor...

Forgiveness – Finding Wholeness Again By Teresa Peneguy Paprock

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By Teresa Peneguy Paprock IN THE LITERAL sense, “70 times 7” comes to 490. In the spiritual sense, however,it represents infinity. When Jesus Christ exhorts...

Forgive Us…as We Forgive: Forgiveness in the Psalms and the Lord’s Prayer by Met. Kallistos Ware

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by Met. Kallistos Ware, Metropolitan of Diokleia And throughout all Eternity I forgive you, you forgive me.As our dear Redeemer said:“This the Wine, and this the...

Interview with Jim Forest – Work Hard, Pray Hard. by US Catholic Magazine

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By editors of US Catholic Magazine Few have written authoritative biographies of the 20th-century spiritual giants Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker, and Thomas...