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News Winter 2001
An appeal for deeds of love from Serbia's Patriarch Pavle "Many people suffered in [the Communist] period only because they believed in Christ," said Patriarch... Read More
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Twenty Questions
by John and Lara Oliver When Adam named each of the animals, he entered into a new relationship with them. It is a glorious property... Read More
Coffee Cups and St. Isaac the Syrian
by Vincent Rossi When the issue of the environmental crisis is raised in Orthodox circles, I often notice an uneasy ambivalence. It is not a... Read More
A sampling of Earth’s pharmacy
Valerian, Echinacea, Hyssop -- used to treat ailments ranging from insomnia to colds to yeast infections. Rosy Periwinkle -- this plant is a source of... Read More
How Do I See The Universe and Man’s Place In It
by Philip Sherrard The universe is a hierarchy of levels descending from the formless spiritual level down to the most dense material form. Each level... Read More
Humanity and Nature in Icons
by Fr. Stamatios Skliris The Orthodox icon is an art form which honors not only humanity but also nature, which it presents in a transfigured... Read More
Through Creation to the Creator
by Bishop Kallistos of Diokleia Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees. -- Revelation 7:3 The saints embrace the whole world with... Read More
The Witness of the Faithful and Peace in the Family
by Greg Cook Let us raise our children in such a way that they can face any trouble, and not be surprised when difficulties come;... Read More
Wisdom and Wonder
This special issue on Orthodoxy and Ecology began a year ago. As we reflected on an appropriate theme, "Wisdom and Wonder" emerged as a fitting... Read More
E-mail Conversations Spring 2001
A vigil for refugees On Sunday afternoon, March 11, a vigil was held with Orthodox participants at the Border Hospice in Amsterdam. This was not... Read More
News Reports Spring 2001
Peace appeal from the Churches of Jerusalem The Patriarchs, metropolitans, archbishops, and bishops who head the churches in Jerusalem together issued a joint appeal on... Read More
Glorify God with your Body
Bishop Kallistos of Diokleia At the end of Bright Week in 1999, Bishop Kallistos led a retreat on "Sacraments of Healing" for members of the... Read More
Albanian Resurrection
by Jim Forest In Albania you touch the rough surface of life every moment. Where there is wealth, it is gross and unembarrassed. Death is... Read More
Recommended reading Summer 2001
The Illumined Heart: The Ancient Christian Path of Transformation by Frederica Mathewes-Green "My goal," writes the author, "is to introduce readers to the basic spirituality... Read More
E-mail Conversations Summer 2001
The Kyoto treaty One member of the List expressed his view that Bush was right in rejecting the Kyoto treaty because it is unfair to... Read More
News Reports Summer 2001
New Patriarch of Jerusalem backs Palestinian rights Metropolitan Ireneos of Ierapolis, who for 20 years served as bridge between Greece and the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate... Read More
The Prophetic Role of Orthodoxy
by Andrew Walker To be a prophet is to know and speak the mind and will of God. It was the Fall that hid this... Read More
Inside a Children's Ark
by Renée Zitzloff At the end of February, six women from Orthodox parishes in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, traveled to the Hogar RafaelAyau Orphanage in Guatemala... Read More
E-mail Conversations Winter 2002
Conversations by E-mail from the Nativity 2001 issue of In Communion
News Winter 2002
Orthodox memorial services at Manhattan's Ground Zero As Metropolitan Theodosius, head of the Orthodox Church in America, and other Orthodox clergy made their way to... Read More
New Page: Remembering Jim Forest – Essays and Articles
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