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“It Was Not You…”
Dostoevsky's View of Evil by Richard Pevear This is an abridgement of the introduction to Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky's translation of Dostoevsky's novel, Demons... Read More
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Moscow’s "Island of Hope" needs help
I would like to thank OPF members for their support. We feel profound gratitude to all who, through their prayer, work and donations have helped... Read More
A First Visit to Albania
by Sophia Jilderda Friends and colleagues usually frown when they say, "Albania is surely not the country that most people would choose for a vacation?"... Read More
John of Kronstadt
Saint of Communion, Saint of Confession by Bishop Kallistos of Diokleia In the Epistle (1 John 4:7-11) and the Gospel (Luke 6:31-36) that are read... Read More
Project Mexico: To Love is to Serve
by Rene Zitzloff For the last three summers, along with two of my children, and people from our church, I have had the opportunity to... Read More
On Abortion and Over-Population
by Nancy Forest-Flier In a recent letter, a friend explained his reluctant acceptance of abortion with the statement: "I also believe that the human race... Read More
Towards a New Ecumenism
by Christos Yannaras Christos Yannaras is Professor of Philosophy at Pantion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens. His books include Freedom of Morality and... Read More
Two Types of Love
by Mother Maria Skobtsova Mother Maria Skobtsova died on Good Friday, 1945, in Ravensbrck concentration camp near Berlin. The "crime" of this Orthodox nun and... Read More
E-mail Conversations December 1998
A marriage made in hell It will take the Church a long time to extricate itself from the draconian arms of the state. It is... Read More
Feeding the Hungry in Moscow
Brotherhood of St. Seraphim "Everyday a crowd lines up at 1 PM sharp in the backyard of the Sts. Peter and Paul Church on Novaya... Read More
A Monastic Struggle for Peace in Kosovo
When Fr. Sava Janjic of Decani Monastery in western Kosovo arrived to deliver aid packages in the war-ravaged village of Crnobreg early in November,he was... Read More
Teaching Icon Painting to Prisoners
by Anneli Ojanpera I was sick and you came to visit me, I was in prison and you came to be with me. -- Mt... Read More
Rescued by Christmas
by Jim Forest What shall we offer you, O Christ, who for our sake has appeared on earth as man? Every creature made by you... Read More
To Be The Church
by Julie Williams My vision of the Church has been derived from many sources and people, not least the experience of living for three years... Read More
E-mail Conversations Spring 1999
Letter from Kosovo As you have probably all heard NATO has started air strikes against Yugoslavia. Our monastery and my brotherhood are safe so far... Read More
NATO attack on Yugoslavia
several texts concerning the NATO attack on Yugoslavia: Peace Appeal of the Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church The Holy Synod of Bishops of the... Read More
A bishop's opposition to capital punishment
I am saddened whenever I hear Orthodox Christians defend capital punishment, even though I know that there are, were, and always will be various and... Read More
Coming to the Tomb
by Fr. Stephen Headley The experience of the resurrection of Christ by his disciples can be measured by the weight of the stone to be... Read More
Healing by Mud
by Renee Zitzloff My first exposure to war occurred when I was seven or eight years old. I remember watching scenes of the Vietnam War... Read More
The Bitter Price of Choice
by Frederica Mathewes-Green When I was in college the bumper sticker on my car read "Don't labor under a misconception -- legalize abortion." I was... Read More
New Page: Remembering Jim Forest – Essays and Articles
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