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Parish Ethics and the Teaching of Jesus
In Communion / issue 42 / Summer 2006 Peacemaking in the Parish: Parish Ethics and the Teaching of Jesus by Fr. John Breck In this... Read More
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Peacemaking in the Parish
In Communion / issue 42 / Summer 2006 July 2006 Dear In Communion reader, Peacemaking begins where we live, work, and worship. This issue is... Read More
Books – Summer 2006
In Communion / issue 42 / Summer 2006 Recommended Reading Christ at Work: Orthodox Christian Perspectives on Vocation edited by Ann Mitsakos Bezzerides Holy Cross... Read More
Letter from St. Paulinus of Nola: An appeal to a soldier to leave the military
Saint Paulinas of Nola (354 - 431) was a distinguished lawyer who held several public offices in the Roman Empire. After the death of their... Read More
Book Reviews – Spring 2006
Stages on Life's Way: Orthodox Thinking on Bioethics by John and Lyn Breck St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 250 pp, $17 Fr. John and Lyn Breck... Read More
Conversations by e-mail – Spring 2006
Why so little protest? Why is there so little anti-war protest in the US? One aspect is that there is no draft, but there's more:... Read More
News section Spring 2006
Iraq: "If you see them as humans, how are you gonna kill them?" An ever-growing number of veterans of the Iraq conflict are campaigning against... Read More
An Orthodox Response to a Nuclear Iran
by Alex Patico The current administration in Washington has put Iran at the top of its foreign policy agenda. After declaring that Iran is part... Read More
Souls in Motion: A Place of Hospitality
by Julia Demaree-Raboteau Souls in Motion is a studio space in Manhattan's Harlem district, a place to awaken and nourish the artistic spirit within each... Read More
Police and Philokalia: Training Your Gun on Inner Demons
by Michael Bakker He does not bear the sword in vain. -- Romans 13:4 Last month I turned in my pistol to the Amsterdam police.... Read More
Confronting Poverty and Stigmatization: An Orthodox Perspective
by John D. Jones Would you see His altar? ... This altar is composed of the very members of Christ, and the body of the... Read More
Wisdom from St. John Chrysostom
We are commanded to have only one enemy, the devil. With him never be reconciled! But with a brother, never be at enmity in thy... Read More
Christ Harrowing Hell
This is the first issue of In Communion with a color cover. Bright Week seems just the right moment to make this change. The cover... Read More
Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev: Will the Ecumenical Ship Sink?
Excerpts from the interview Q: Doesn't membership in the World Council of Churches (WCC) obligate acceptance of its fundamental principles which contradict Orthodox ecclesiology? Membership... Read More
A Letter on War, Saints and the Church
This letter was sent in response to a query from a member of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship living in the United States. Dear Vaseili, >>... Read More
Blessed are the Meek: Capital Punishment and the Gospel
by Fr. Thomas Mueller "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall loveyour neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I say to you, Love... Read More
Peace and Conflict in Scripture and History
by Father Sergei Ovsiannikov One aspect of my job in the United Bible Societies is to be a mediator between Orthodox and Protestant translators. Sometimes... Read More
Confronting Poverty and Stigmatization: An Eastern Orthodox Perspective
John D. Jones [1] Department of Philosophy, Marquette University Would you see His altar also?...This altar is composed of the very members of Christ, and... Read More
Several statements, prayers and appeals of Patriarch Pavle
"If the only way to create a greater Serbia is by crime, then I do not accept that, and let that Serbia disappear. And also... Read More
Cherishing enemies
The law used to demand that your neighbor be loved and allowed hatred against an enemy. Faith, rather, requires that enemies be cherished. It breaks... Read More
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