Nuclear Cacodoxy?
By Chris Ferrero for the Orthodox Peace Fellowship *** Nuclear weapons are experiencing a renaissance in the public consciousness. The blockbuster film... Read More
A memory of Jim Forest by Arno Akkermans
I was with Jim on Athos. As it would turn out, the only occasion on which we would leisurely spend time together,... Read More
Jim Forest in memoriam By Fr Andrew Louth
In the Fathers of the Church, from the time of Origen, there is a notion of the ‘spiritual senses’: just as we... Read More
Remembering Jim Forest By Vincent van Buuren
It is hard to believe that on the 13th of January one year had already passed since Jim died, just before the... Read More
The Tangerine of Love by Thirza Buijkx
Ever since I was a child, I always used to hear stories about some “Jim Forest,” whom my mother respected a lot.... Read More
Holy Consistency: Jim Forest ‘s Life of Protest and Proclamation By Michael Plekon
I was grateful to have known Jim Forest. Mostly I corresponded with him. I last was with him at a conference of... Read More
The Remarkable Life of Mother Gavrilia
Seen from a distance, today’s world of Orthodoxy may seem like a stack of different coats: you have Russian Orthodoxy, Greek Orthodoxy,... Read More
Meditations at a Graveyard
During Great Lent, a dear friend of mine passed away. Ever since I was a child, she would always sit with us... Read More
Lessons Learned from a Protestant Minister
This summer, after a life of relative ignorance, my personal weakness towards the passion of anger came painfully close to the surface.... Read More
Metropolitan Evlogy and the Martyria of Amsterdam
In the 1920s and 30s, after the Russian revolution and the subsequent exodus of Russian refugees to Europe, the then Metropolitan of... Read More