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The Beatitudes, Steps of Virtues
This is a paper presented by Fr. Nicolae Stoleru, professor of moral theology and publisher in Bucharest, Romania, at the Orthodox Peace Fellowship retreat at... Read More
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Post-Holocaust theology
The relevance of Western post-Holocaust theology to the thought and practice of the Russian Orthodox Church a paper given at the second conference on 'Theology... Read More
Rebuilding Russian Orthodoxy the Ecumenical Issue
by Vladimir Zelinsky "This, too, is a lesson we have to learn: besides the unmasking of humanism without God, the discovery of the humanity of... 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
The Given and the Unknown
by Sergei Chapnin / Nezavisimaia gazeta, 18 March 1998 "The question of the participation of the church in the ecumenical movement remains open," according to... Read More
Fr Vassily Kobahidze Interview
From the Bulletin of the Moscow Patriarchate's Department for External Church Relations, Moscow Patriarchate, 1 August 1997: Turmoil in the Georgian Orthodox Church: Origins and... Read More
Meeting of delegations
MEETING OF DELEGATIONS OF THE RUSSIAN AND GEORGIAN CHURCHES On 11 March 1998 there was a meeting in the Department of External Church Relations of... Read More
Canonical status of hierarchs
The following article is taken from the December 1997 issue of the Diocesan News of the Greek Orthodox Diocese of Denver, reprinted also in the... Read More
Orthodox Ecumenism: Speaking to the responses
by Peter Bouteneff The editor has asked me to reflect further on points made in my essay on Orthodox ecumenism in the July 1997 issue... Read More
Orthodox Ecumenism? a forum of letters
Peter Bouteneff's essay in the last issue -- "Orthodox Ecumenism: A Contradiction in Terms?" -- stimulated a spirited exchange on the OPF List, our discussion... Read More
Orthodox Ecumenism
A Contradiction in Terms? by Peter Bouteneff Just this past May, the Georgian Orthodox Church took an important step in its life and in the... Read More
The Church, the Seminary and the Ecumenical Movement
by Fr. Thomas Hopko Since there is so much confusion about ecumenism, and so much misinformation and misunderstanding, not to say slander and falsehood, I... Read More
Mission and Ecumenism
Fr. John Meyendorff on Ecumenism, 7 Participation in the ecumenical movement is hardly popular among the Orthodox in America. The reasons for this lack of... Read More
True and False Ecumenism
Fr. John Meyendorff on Ecumenism, 6 There is in the Orthodox Church today a growing reaction against "ecumenism." Ecumenism is viewed mainly as clerical pageantry,... Read More
Ecumenism — a Heresy?
Fr. John Meyendorff on Ecumenism, 5 Many signs indicate that the participation of the Orthodox Church in the ecumenical movement has entered a critical period... Read More
The Problem of Ecumenical Bureaucracies
Fr. John Meyendorff on Ecumenism, 4 In the past months some mass-media have focused strong criticism upon two ecumenical agencies, the World Council of Churches... Read More
The Ecumenical Dilemma
Fr. John Meyendorff on Ecumenism, 3 The Orthodox Church has participated in the ecumenical movement since its very inception at the beginning of this century.... Read More
Orthodoxy and Ecumenism II
Fr. John Meyendorff on Ecumenism, 2 Last month we described the present stage of the ecumenical movement as characterized by: (1) The massive involvement of... Read More
Orthodoxy and Ecumenism I
Fr. John Meyendorff on Ecumenism, 1 The present involvement of the Orthodox Church in the ecumenical movement is regularly and faithfully reflected in the columns... Read More
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