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News -October IC 62
Delegates Sent by Metropolitan PHILIP to Syria in September (The following story is a recap of a report written by Fr. Patrick Reardon of his... Read More
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Recommended Reading – October IC 62
Orthodoxy and the Roman Papacy: “Ut Unum Sint” and the Prospects of East-West Unity Adam A.J. DeVille University of Notre Dame Press, 2011, $38.00 Reviewed... Read More
Conversations @ E-Mail – October 2011
Counting the Cost. The cost of paradise is the Cross of Christ. God is love. The cost of God loving us is his self-emptying in... Read More
The Challenge of a 20th Century Saint, Maria Skobtsova
by Jim Forest Mother Maria Skobtsova -- now recognized as Saint Maria of Paris -- died in a German concentration camp on the 30th of... Read More
Dear In Communion reader
It is with mixed feelings that this appeal letter is written. After 21 years editing In Communion, I now pass on this challenging responsibility to... Read More
Living in Communion
People often speak of being “in relationship” to others, but I prefer the word “communion” to relationship. We are made in the image and likeness... Read More
A Letter from the (Retiring) Editor
This is the last issue of In Communion that I’ll be editing. Pieter Dykhorst, an old friend and long-time member of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship,... Read More
Of Whom I am First: on the death of Osama Bin Laden
By Ágúst Symeon Magnússon At the time of this writing most of the world’s newspapers and television channels are reporting on the death of al-Qaeda... Read More
Orthodox Approaches to Nonviolent Resistance
by Fr. Philip LeMasters The Christian faith began in the context of political and military occupation, in a situation where violent acts, both by the... Read More
A High Wind of Grace in Jamaica
By Alexander Patico The winds of grace are always blowing; it is but for us to raise our sails. – Sri Ramakrishna Above: Orthodox participants in... Read More
The Real Saint George
by Jim Forest True stories become streamlined into legends and legends are compressed via symbols into myths. The real Saint George never saw a dragon... Read More
The Invisible Border
by Heather Zydek There is a place where an invisible border cuts through the west side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It’s not the actual city border,... Read More
Treasury of Blessings
by Fr. John Oliver Above: Pentecost painting by Duccio “In the Holy Spirit is the fountain of divine treasures; for from Him cometh wisdom, awe and... Read More
News – Summer 2011 / IC 61
Patriarch Bartholomew’s Jamaica Peace Appeal Via video link, Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople addressed the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation in June. (See Alex Patico’s report of... Read More
Conversations by E-Mail – Summer 2011
These are extracts from recent postings to the OPF’s e-mail discussion list. If you are an OPF member and wish to take part, contact Mark... Read More
Saints Cosmas & Damian: Unmercenary Physicians
Above: Painting by Francesco di Stefano Pesellino of Cosmas and Damian attending a patient. Saints called unmercenary (or moneyless) physicians are those men and women... Read More
Recommended Reading – Summer IC 61
Christian Peace and Nonviolence:A Documentary Historyedited by Michael LongOrbis, 400 pages, $40 Christian Peace and Nonviolence is a major addition to any Christian library or,... Read More
The Virtue of War: Reclaiming the Classic Christian Traditions East and West
The Virtue of War: Reclaiming the Classic Christian Traditions East and West Alexander F.C. Webster and Darrell Cole, Regina Orthodox Press, 2004 reviewed by Fr. Andrew... Read More
Dear In Communion reader
Dear In Communion reader, Christ is risen! May we never take these few words for granted and never grow too old not to be challenged... Read More
Christ has risen from the grave like a bridegroom
The life of the present age is not a rejection or nullification of this age, but an externalization of all things in this age that... Read More
New Page: Remembering Jim Forest – Essays and Articles
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