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Speaking topics of Jim Forest
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God Has Not Abandoned the World
Declaration on Environment Signed by Pope and Patriarch of Constantinople Here is the text of the joint declaration signed 10 June 2002 by Patriarch Bartholomeos... Read More
Orthodox quotations file
This is an unsorted file of quotations from saints and other Orthodox Christian sources. -- Jim Forest * * * As Christians we are here... Read More
The Resurrection of the Church in Albania
by Jim Forest In the last decade, with the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, the Church in Albania has gone through dramatic changes. Albania... Read More
Changing a society which has devalued women and de-humanized the unborn
correspondence with the Fellowship of Reconciliation on the issue of abortion Open letter to members of the Fellowship of Reconciliation National Council February 1998 Dear... Read More
Getting From There to Here
by Jim Forest My parents were people radically out of step with the America of the cold-war fifties. In those days they both belonged to... Read More
Jim Forest: an alphabet of his own design
Jim Forest's activity as a writer began in New Jersey at age five, in 1946, when he produced a handwritten family newspaper using an alphabet... Read More
Practical questions…
How much does it cost? I try to clear $1200 a day ($2500 for weekends) plus travel costs. Some hosts can manage more; sometimes I... Read More
A Candle in Front of the Savior – The voice of Archbishop Anastasios
The voice of Archbishop Anastasios Archbishop Anastasios has a white beard and moustache. His hair is silver. His glasses have tortoise-shell frames with gold stems... Read More
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Book reviews
Conversations by E-mail
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
News Reports
Patriarch Bartholomew and Pope John Paul meet in Rome Pope John Paul II and Patriarch Bartholomew met in Rome in late June and promised to... Read More
Reflections on the Liturgy
by Mary Stavroula Ward In an age when many cradle Christians are indifferent to entering a church, believing that it is a space equal to... Read More
Becoming the Gospel: the example of four saints
by Jim Forest We should try to live in such a way that if the Gospels were lost, they could be re-written by looking at... Read More
Impressions of a Canonization
by Nancy Forest The canonization of Mother Maria Skobtsova and several people closely associated with her was the occasion of a trip to Paris the... Read More
A cloud of witnesses
There is probably no other journal in the English-speaking world that has paid so much attention to Mother Maria Skobtsova, Fr. Dimitri Klépenin and those... Read More
Albania: first impressions
This short report with photos results from a trip to Albania that started at the end of February and ended March 16, 2001.
The Orthodox Church and Society
The Basis of the Social Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church Bishops' Statement This document, The Basis of the Social Concept of the Russian Orthodox... Read More
I. Basic theological provisions
I. 1. The Church is the assembly of believers in Christ, which He Himself calls every one to join. In her "all things heavenly and... 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.
