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Fr. John Meyendorff on Ecumenism
The following seven texts are reproduced from Meyendorff's book Witness to the World (New York, St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1987). Written as editorials for the... Read More
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OTSA Statement on WCC Relations
Statement on the Relationship of the Orthodox Church to the World Council of Churches 1. The Orthodox Theological Society in America, at its annual meeting... Read More
A Family Disagreement
Orthodox complaints are just a 'family disagreement', says Catholicos Aram Ecumenical News International ENI News Service / 10 June 1998 by Cedric Pulford London, 10... Read More
The Orthodox in the Ecumenical Movement
A Short History by Fr. George Tsetsis In modern Church history, the first two decades of the twentieth century are considered as the dawn of... Read More
Toronto Statement
Highlights from the Toronto Statement received by the World Council of Churches' Central Committee in Toronto, 1950 1) The World Council of Churches is not... Read More
Chambesy 1991 consultation
The Orthodox Church and the World Council of Churches Report of the inter-Orthodox consultation of Orthodox WCC member churches, Chambesy, 1991 Representatives of Eastern and... Read More
Chambesy 1986 conference
Section III of the report of the Third Panorthodox Preconciliar Conference, Chambesy, 1986 1. The Orthodox Church, in her profound conviction and ecclesiastical consciousness of... Read More
Unto the Churches of Christ Everywhere
Encyclical of the Ecumenical Patriarchate 1920 "Love one another earnestly from the heart" --1 Peter 1:22 Our own church holds that rapprochement between the various... Read More
Orthodoxy and Ecumenism
The involvement of the Orthodox Church in the World Council of Churches and other ecumenical bodies has become a matter of bitter debate among Orthodox... Read More
Persecution of Christians Worldwide
A brief overview of some of the worst offenders and what you can do about it by Reader Daniel Lieuwen More Christians have been killed... Read More
Following Christ in a Violent World
Talk for the Orthodox Student Association of Finland conference, Kaunisniemi Camp, January 31-February 2, 2003 by Jim Forest Our Orthodox Christian belief is that Jesus... Read More
Traditional Christian Peacemaking
by Mark Pearson There can be no doubt about the absolute demands that the gospel of Christ makes upon an Orthodox believer. The Church of... Read More
Peace in the Orthodox Liturgy
by Mark Isaac Pearson "Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you." --John 14:27 In the Orthodox church, the notion of peace... Read More
Orthodoxy, Peace & Reconciliation
some reflections by Jim Forest for the St Nicholas Evening discussion at St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Amsterdam, September 23, 2004 It's the first St... Read More
Orthodoxy, Peace & Reconciliation
some reflections by Jim Forest for the St Nicholas Evening discussion at St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Amsterdam, September 23, 2004 It's the first St... Read More
Regarding the War in Chechnya
Letter to Patriarch Alexis II of the Russian Orthodox Church [on the letterhead of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship, sent by fax] January 19, 2000 /... Read More
Kosovo Crisis reports 4
Kosovo & Serbia: Destruction worse than initially believed Violence sparks incidents in Montenegro, Bosnia and Macedonia F18News / 24 March 2004 By Branko Bjelajac, Balkans... Read More
Kosovo Crisis reports 3
Ferocity of Clashes Stuns All IWPR'S Balkan Crisis Report, No. 486, March 18, 2004 y Jeta Xharra and Alex Anderson in Pristina, Caglavica, Merdare and... Read More
Kosovo Crisis reports 2
March 22, 2004 IOCC Responding to Humanitarian Crisis in Kosovo Calls for an End to the Violence Baltimore (IOCC) - Building on years of humanitarian... Read More
Book Reviews
Discerning the Signs of the Times By Elisabeth Behr-Sigel eds. Michael Plekon & Sarah E. Hinlicky St. Vladimir's Press, 2001, 148 pp, $13.95 While many... Read More
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