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Doing Justice, Loving Mercy

by Catherine Brockenborough The great eighteenth-century English jurist Sir William Blackstone said, "It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer."...

A Saint Who Stopped an Execution

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by Jim Forest St. Nicholas of Myra was born in about 280 AD in the town of Patara within the Province of Lycia, Asia Minor....

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Summer issue / July 2007 Dear In Communion reader, This issue goes to the printer on the 16th of July. We hope it will be...

Silent as a Stone: Mother Maria of Paris and the Trash Can Rescue

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by Jim Forest and illustrated by Dasha Pancheshnaya Silent as a Stone memorializes the life of Mother Maria Skobtsova, an unconventional nun who aided the...

St. Elizabeth the New Martyr: from Palace to Mine Shaft

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by Lily Emilia Clerkx Elizabeth Feodorovna was born in 1864, a German Hessian princess. Her maternal grandmother was Queen Victoria. At age 20, Elizabeth married...

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May 2007 Dear In Communion reader, In the Orthodox Church, one would be hard-pressed to find a baptized person over the age of five who...

Conversations by Email: Spring 2007

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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...

News: Spring 2007

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In Communion / issue 45 / Spring 2007 Patriarch Bartholomew on unity Speaking in Vienna's St. Stephen's Cathedral, Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople urged all Christians...

The Pilgrimage of Illness

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by Jim Forest Any trip, even a small journey from one prosaic location to another, has the potential to become a pilgrimage. In my own...

Hate Breeds Hate

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By Archbishop Lazar (Puhalo) Asullen, somber young man goes to a gun store in Virginia, where he will have no difficulty purchasing handguns. He is...

Prisoners We are Forbidden to Visit

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by Paul Grenier "I was in prison, and you visited Me." These words from the Gospel remind us that Christianity is not a set of...

Zealous for Truth

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by David J. Goa Someone who has actually tasted truth is not contentious for truth. Someone who is considered by people to be zealous for...

Voluntary Simplicity in the Bible

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By W. David Holden In the 20th and 21st centuries the practice of voluntary simplicity has rightly become a central virtue for Christians and others...

St. John Chrysostom and the Problem of Wealth

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by John D. Jones Wealth ... is like a snake; it will twist around the hand and bite unless one knows how to use it...

The Rich Young Man

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by Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh And behold, one came up to him, saying, "Teacher, what good deed must I do, to have eternal life?" .......

St. George the Great Martyr

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True stories become legends and legends are compressed via symbols into myths. The St. George of myth was a knight in armor who fought a...

Has God Rejected His People?

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Reflections on the People of Israel by Bishop Kallistos of Diokleia Making my way home at Oxford in the evening, I used to pass a...

Pro-Life Resources

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From the early days of Christianity, the protection of human life -- from the womb to old age -- has been a major priority for...

Peacemaking in the Parish: Selected Articles

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The Liturgy begins with the exclamation: "Blessed is the Kingdom of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit." All too often the Christ-revealing peace...

‘Step Back from the Brink of War’: OPF’s Iran Appeal

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The following statement has been sent to President Bush and members of the US legislature: "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children...

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Doing Justice, Loving Mercy

A Saint Who Stopped an Execution

Dear In Communion reader,

Silent as a Stone: Mother Maria of Paris and the Trash Can Rescue

St. Elizabeth the New Martyr: from Palace to Mine Shaft

Dear In Communion reader,

Conversations by Email: Spring 2007

News: Spring 2007

The Pilgrimage of Illness

Hate Breeds Hate

Prisoners We are Forbidden to Visit

Zealous for Truth

Voluntary Simplicity in the Bible

St. John Chrysostom and the Problem of Wealth

The Rich Young Man

St. George the Great Martyr

Has God Rejected His People?

Pro-Life Resources

Peacemaking in the Parish: Selected Articles

‘Step Back from the Brink of War’: OPF’s Iran Appeal

New Page: Remembering Jim Forest – Essays and Articles

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