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Celebrating the Liturgy as a Way for Peace

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By Archpriest Theodore van der Voort Our parish in Deventer, belonging to the “Archdiocese of Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe”, so the “rue...
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Where Was God in Bucha?

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By Fr. George Kovalenko, Archpriest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, reprinted with permission from his initiative “God Against War”. With the images that come to...
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Remembering Jim Forest By Vincent van Buuren

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It is hard to believe that on the 13th of January one year had already passed since Jim died, just before the war in Ukraine...
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Celebrating the Liturgy as a Way to Promote Peace

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Our parish in Deventer, belonging to the “Archdiocese of Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe”, so the “rue Daru” to keep it simple, is...
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Appeal of the Clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church for Reconciliation and an End to the War

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Nearly 300 priests and deacons of the Moscow Patriarchate have signed this petition to Patriarch Kirill WE, priests and deacons of the Russian Orthodox Church, each...
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The Heresy of Religious Imperialism

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by Nicholas Sooy A year after Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the arrival of Putin’s “little green men” in the Donbass, I made a trip to Mt. Athos, one...
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Excerpt from Discrediting Love

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Fr. John Burdin was arrested March 6 for preaching against the invasion of Ukraine. On March 9, Novaya Gazeta published an article by Sergey Mostovshchikov titled Discrediting Love, which gives...
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Youth Work and Peacebuilding

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By Thirza Buijkx From 18-24 July 2022, a group of young Orthodox Christians from over 20 countries came together in an Orthodox monastery/seminary in Supraśl,...
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Transfiguration by Nicholas Sooy

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LIGHT appeared from above and everything changed. In the sky there was a great cloud, and the light radiated forth brighter than the sun. There...
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Letter from the Editor – Fall 2020 IC-74

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THIS YEAR has been filled with many challenges, most especially due to the onset of the global COVID-19 pandemic. At times, the massive health and economic...
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The One Sin for Which the Orthodox Church Gives a Blessing by Fr. Mark Korban

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MANY CHRISTIANS today are unfamiliar with the mindset of Christians in the first three centuries of the Christian era. This time period is often referred...
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“Good Trouble”: John Lewis And The Triumph Of Faith, Hope, And Love by Alfred D. Turnipseed

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ON THE MORNING after John Lewis' passing, renowned U.S. historian Jon Meacham, Lewis' official biographer, said that Lewis was a "saint" who manifested the Kingdom...
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A Bag of Bullets by Aaron Haney

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And in the Kingdom of God they shall beat their swords into plowshares and the lion shall lie down with the lamb. But in the...
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Standing on Cracking Ice: A chapter from Writing Straight with Crooked Lines by Jim Forest

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IN MARCH 1985 a political event occurred in the USSR that was to make the world a less dangerous place: Mikhail Gorbachev became General Secretary...
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The Christian Peacemaker Symbolized as a Soldier – A chapter from The Way of the Peacemaker by Eric Simpson.

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THE MOTIF of the Christian mission expressed by the figure of a soldier may be found throughout the New Testament, as well as in the...
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On the blessing of weapons and soldiers: Letter to Patriarch Kirill in Moscow and All Russia

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On February 3 2020, the Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church, an advisory body that helps the Russian Hierarchy make decisions, released a draft...
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Jim Forest

The Vocation of a Peacemaker By Jim Forest

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This is an extract from a talk given by Jim at St Tikhon’s Monastery in June 2003. The talk was later edited by Jim into...

Standing on Cracking Ice: A chapter from Writing Straight with Crooked Lines by Jim Forest

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IN MARCH 1985 a political event occurred in the USSR that was to make the world a less dangerous place: Mikhail Gorbachev became General Secretary...

Letter from the editor IC69

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Ukraine Crisis: Truth the First Casualty guest editorial by Jim Forest Wars are fought not only with weapons but with words and propaganda. Charge and counter-charge...

Where Love Is Never Treason

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by Jim Forest One day Jesus asked the question, “Do people gather figs from thistles?” The answer is of course no––you harvest what you plant....

Loving Our Enemies: Reflections on the Hardest Commandment

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Loving Our Enemies: Reflections on the Hardest Commandment may sound like the start of one of those tough theology lessons you want to dodge because you just don’t want to go through the pain of failing the exam.

Confession: A Primer

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by Jim Forest A young monk said to the great ascetic Abba Sisoes: “Abba, what should I do? I fell.” The elder answered: “Get up!”...

St. Elizabeth: A Planned Community

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ST. ELIZABETH COMMUNITY is not yet in existence but is envisioned by its planners as a “Place of Belonging, a community where Orthodox Christians can...

Saint Alexander Schmorell: A Canonization in Munich

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by Jim Forest Saints come in many sizes and varieties, ranging from kings to beggars, surgeons to street sweepers, scholars to the illiterate, the extraordinary...

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