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These are extracts from recent postings to the OPF's e-mail discussion list. If you are an OPF member and wish to take part, contact Mark... Read More
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Church proposed for site of Beslan school The Orthodox bishop whose jurisdiction includes the town of Beslan in South Ossetia has proposed that a church... Read More
Advice on Peacemaking from the Early Church
From Jerusalem there went out into the world, men, twelve in number, and these illiterate, of no ability in speaking: but by the power of... Read More
Interweaving Melody
By Joel Klepac The beauty of the icons, the gold-leafed iconostasis, the mesmerizing eternal sounds of the interweaving melodies of five priests with the unseen... Read More
Mother Gavrilia; A Holocaust to His Love
by John Brady The roster of 20th-century saints includes some who lived very public lives, such as Russia's Royal Martyrs, and not a few who... Read More
The View from Below
by Joe May Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote from his prison cell in Nazi Germany: "We have learned to see the great events of world history from... Read More
Crisis in Kosovo
Here is a selection of statements on the Kosovo Crisis from Orthodox hierarchs followed by a selection of related news articles. SCOBA Hierarchs Call Upon... Read More
The African American Witness to the Sacred Gift of Life
by Albert J. Raboteau a lecture given at the Orthodox Peace Fellowship conference at St. Tikhon's Monastery, South Canaan, Pennsylvania, in June 2002 On Sunday... Read More
The Sacredness of Newborn Life
by Fr. John Breck A lecture at the Orthodox Peace Fellowship conference at St. Tikhon's Monastery, South Canaan, Pennsylvania, in June 2002. I. Recent discussions... Read More
The Right Question?
By John Oliver A lecture given at the Orthodox Peace Fellowship conference at St. Tikhon's Monastery, South Canaan, Pennsylvania, in June 2002. We are shaped... Read More
The Sacred Gift of Life
Here are the texts of the main lectures given at the Orthodox Peace Fellowship's second annual North American conference, June 19-23, 2002, St. Tikhon's Monastery... Read More
Continuing debate about the OPF's Iraq Appeal
In March 2003 the North American section of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship sent President George Bush an appeal to not to launch a war against... Read More
Iraq War Peace appeals by hierarchs
Peace appeals from Orthodox Bishops and Organizations since the Iraq War began Patriarch Ignatius: an appeal to help the afflicted From the Patriarch of Antioch,... Read More
Orthodox Americans, the OPF, and Iraq
by Michael G. Azar Desires for international peace which do not comprehend a state of international justice...are nothing else but a participation in international crime.... Read More
OPF’s Iraq Appeal: a letter to President Bush
A Plea for Peace from the Orthodox Peace Fellowship in North America [note: In March 2003, shortly before the US-led attack against Iraq was launched,... Read More
OPF's Iraq Appeal: a letter to President Bush
A Plea for Peace from the Orthodox Peace Fellowship in North America [note: In March 2003, shortly before the US-led attack against Iraq was launched,... Read More
What can I do?
.2"Acquire the Spirit of Peace and thousands of souls around you will be saved." -- St. Seraphim of Sarov Become part of the Orthodox Peace... Read More
The Pacifist Option
The Moral Argument Against War in Eastern Orthodox Theology by Fr. Alexander F. C. Webster, Ph.D. Parish Priest, St. Mary Orthodox Church, Falls Church, Virginia... Read More
The History and Mission of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship
a talk given by Jim Forest for the OPF conference at St Tikhon's Monastery, 13-16 June 2003 The history of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship is... Read More
News report
OPF Conference at St. Tikhon's The North American chapter of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship met for its third annual conference on June 13-16 at St.... Read More
New Page: Remembering Jim Forest – Essays and Articles
Russian War in Ukraine Recent Posts
UKRAINE, KHARKIV, 01 MARCH 2022: Volunteers help victims people from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Ukraine – The Iconoclasm of War
Ukraine- Russian Orthodox and Eastern European Bishops Statements
Ukraine- Metropolitan Evlogy and the Martyria of Amsterdam
Ukraine – The Day the Icon Began to Bleed
Ukraine- Does it Matter What Bishops Say?
Yes, here’s why.
