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Choice as the New Reality: Obstacles for Consensus between the UOC and the OCU

The military actions of Russia against the sovereign nation of Ukraine, the lack of archpastoral support for Ukrainian Orthodox Christians by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow...

Religious mobilization in Ukraine: an on-the-ground perspective on how religious leaders are shaping the conflict’s trajectory

Nicholas Sooy

Even prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, religious relations between the two countries have often mirrored the long-simmering geopolitical tensions surrounding Ukrainian independence and autonomy. Russia’s previous...

Poetry by Kelly Jadon: “prayer tongue” + “hidden”

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prayer tongue by darkness’s carefully concealed cloakconcisely, deliberatelythey came for uswithout world’s watchingfor the menwho mothered another tongue behind bailless barswishing, wailingwithering andwaitingeach line of...

Blessed are the Peacemakers

Nicholas Sooy

Ultimately, whether saints supported peace or war, Christ remains the ultimate authority. We are Christians, after all. Despite Christ's negative attitude towards all violence, at...

St. Constantine the Peacemaker

Nicholas Sooy

St. Constantine famously had a vision where God instructed him to conquer in the name of Christ. In some respect, all stories of war-waging saints...

St. George the Peacemaker

Nicholas Sooy

The most famous soldier-saint is St. George. At the same time, St. George's story is the most mythical of all saints. Dragons are not real,...

St. Alexander the Peacemaker

Nicholas Sooy

St. Alexander Nevsky, (or perhaps more accurately St. Alexey if we use his tonsured name) is a commonly cited warrior saint. St. Alexander rose to...

St. Sergius the Peacemaker

Nicholas Sooy

One of the most popular stories in Russia is the story of St. Sergius of Radonezh blessing St. Dmitry Donskoy to fight the Tatars. According...

St. Cyril the Peacemaker

Nicholas Sooy

St. Cyril, after whom the Cyrillic alphabet is named, is a peacemaker saint who is cited as a supporter of war. The catechism of the...

Real Saints

Nicholas Sooy

In 1994, Jim Forest participated in a peace conference in Chania, Crete in Greece. While there, Jim discovered that old memories of Greco-Turkish conflict were...

Love Proposed from Below: Recovering the Russian Orthodox Tradition of Peace

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This article has been re-published from the site Todays American Catholic March 25, 2022 For those of us with a deep love of Russian Orthodox spirituality,...

Christian Witness in a Time of War – Video

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Christian Witness in a Time of War: Sr. Vassa Larin, Deacon Brandon Gallaher, and Sergei Chapnin talk about Russia's recent invasion of Ukraine in a...

Блаженны миротворцы

Nicholas Sooy

Мы чтим Христа, “Князя Mира” (Исаия 9:6), рождение которого ознаменовалось славословием “Слава в вышних Богу, и на земле мир, в человеках благоволение’’ (Лука 2:14). Христос...

Православные христиане и отказ от военной службы по соображениям совести.

Nicholas Sooy

Джим Форест. ”Блаженны миротворцы, ибо они сынами Божиими нарекутся.” Мф. 5:9 Миротворчество – существенное измерение любой деятельности христианина. Изучая жития святых, мы видим, как...

Совесть и война: сказать «да», сказать «нет»

Nicholas Sooy

Автор: Джим Форест Новый фильм Терренса Малика «Скрытая жизнь» тесно связан с жизнью Франца Егерштеттера, австрийского фермера, обезглавленного в Берлине в 1943 году за отказ...

Православное основание для отказа от военной службы по убеждениям

Nicholas Sooy

Существует распространенное заблуждение, что в православном христианстве нет оснований для отказа от военной службы по убеждениям. На самом деле, в Православной церкви уже давно есть...

The Nobel Peace Prize Saint

Nicholas Sooy

Today, the last Tsar, St. Nicholas II is remembered by historians as a mostly inept ruler who oversaw the final days of the Russian Empire....

CHRISTIAN WITNESS IN A TIME OF WAR

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The Russian war in Ukraine has created a crisis within the Church. How should Christians respond to warfare, especially when many of the aggressors and...

The Iconoclasm of War

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been destroyed or damaged by shelling or other acts of violence by Russian forces. Of the Orthodox Churches destroyed, a great number are of the Moscow Patriarchate. This is surprising on one level, given that President Putin on February 21 cited the "destruction" of the Moscow Patriarchate as a pretext for his invasion.

Russian Orthodox and Eastern European Bishops Statements

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As the primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, I appeal to you and to all citizens of Ukraine. A disaster has occurred. Unfortunately, Russia has launched military actions against Ukraine, and at this fateful time I urge you not to panic, to be courageous, and to show love for your homeland and for each other

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Choice as the New Reality: Obstacles for Consensus between the UOC and the OCU

Religious mobilization in Ukraine: an on-the-ground perspective on how religious leaders are shaping the conflict’s trajectory

Poetry by Kelly Jadon: “prayer tongue” + “hidden”

Blessed are the Peacemakers

St. Constantine the Peacemaker

St. George the Peacemaker

St. Alexander the Peacemaker

St. Sergius the Peacemaker

St. Cyril the Peacemaker

Real Saints

Love Proposed from Below: Recovering the Russian Orthodox Tradition of Peace

Christian Witness in a Time of War – Video

Блаженны миротворцы

Православные христиане и отказ от военной службы по соображениям совести.

Совесть и война: сказать «да», сказать «нет»

Православное основание для отказа от военной службы по убеждениям

The Nobel Peace Prize Saint

CHRISTIAN WITNESS IN A TIME OF WAR

The Iconoclasm of War

Russian Orthodox and Eastern European Bishops Statements

New Page: Remembering Jim Forest – Essays and Articles

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