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The Nativity of the Mother of God
The first great feast of the Liturgical year celebrates the nativity of the Blessed Virgin. It is appropriate that, during these first days of the... Read More
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Conversations by email: Fall 2009
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
News: Fall 2009
Patriarch Kirill visits Ukraine A ten-day trip to Ukraine by Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church included visits to a monument to victims of... Read More
Patristic reflections: Not an eye for an eye but love of enemies
You have heard that it was said, "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth." But I say to you, Do not... Read More
Adam, Where Are You?
Reflections on Adam, Christ, and Us by Peter Bouteneff Many think about Adam and Eve from the perspective of debates about the age of the... Read More
Pro-war is not Pro-life
By Metropolitan Jonah Here are extracts from a pastoral letter written for Sanctity of Life Sunday by the newly elected head of the Orthodox Church... Read More
Dear In Communion reader, June 2009
Dear In Communion reader, It always surprises me, for a journal of so modest a size, how much we manage to get into it. It's... Read More
Recommended Reading Spring 2009
A Palestinian Christian Cry for Reconciliation By Naim Stifan Ateek Orbis Books, 224 pp, $24 Fr. Naim Ateek has played a major role in promoting... Read More
Conversations by email: Spring 2009
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
News: Spring 2009
Albania urged to return religious property Europe's association of Orthodox, Anglican and Protestant churches has called on Albania to return all religious property seized from... Read More
Letter from Damascus
At the invitation of the Grand Mufti of Damascus, during the last week of April Archbishop Lazar Puhalo was in Syria to represent the Orthodox... Read More
Three days in August
Yeltsin on a tank in front of the Parliament Building on August 19th, 1991 On August 19, 1991, two months after Boris Yeltsin's election as... Read More
The Kiss of Peace
by Fr. Alexander Schmemann We go to church for love, for the new love of Christ himself, which is granted to us in our unity.... Read More
A Bishop who Stood in the Way
by Jim Forest In 1941, after a period of neutrality, Bulgaria allied itself with Nazi Germany. This was a decision partly motivated by the Bulgarian... Read More
The Beatitudes: a selection of Patristic Comments
Christ calling Peter and Andrew. Duccio 14th Century Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down his disciples came... Read More
The Pitiable Ahab
by Fr. Michael Gillis But if it is you who have to sit in judgment on someone pray to the Lord to give you a... Read More
As God Wills
by Mother Raphaela Wilkinson It is possible to be a member of the Orthodox Church, graduate from a seminary, perhaps even be a member of... Read More
I Love, Therefore I Am
By Metropolitan Kallistos Ware Most of the time we think we know who we are. But do we, in fact, know in the full and... Read More
The Mystery of the Present Moment
We can only meet God in the present moment. This is an area where God chooses to place limits on His own power. We choose... Read More
re “10 Questions”
A response to the questions posed by Fr Hans Jacobse in this memo "10 Questions To Ask When Orthodox Peace Fellowship Visits Your Parish" note:... Read More
New Page: Remembering Jim Forest – Essays and Articles
Russian War in Ukraine Recent Posts
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Ukraine- Does it Matter What Bishops Say?
Yes, here’s why.
