A Gift of the Holy Spirit: The Love of Enemies
by Fr. John Breck In his reflections "On the Knowledge of God," Saint Silouan of Mount Athos (+1938) speaks in a very... Read More
'Only With Love'
by Jim Forest While in Tirana several years ago to research a book on the Orthodox Church in Albania, one of the... Read More
Tirana’s Soup Kitchen
by Pauline Russell When my husband, two children and I made the two-year commitment to become missionaries in Albania to open a... Read More
Talking to Strangers
by Fr. Michael Pappas From an early age we are conditioned not to talk to strangers. For the young, such admonitions are... Read More
On Christian Unity and the Problem of Religious Rivalry
By Bishop Basil of Sergievo The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins each year within the period when, on the Old... Read More
We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us
talk by Jim Forest for the Orthodox Peace Fellowship meeting in Canton, Ohio, June 22, 2001 In the dawn of time, way... Read More
Rouault’s Hope-Giving Images
by Joel Klepac This past summer I visited Cleveland's Museum of Art in hopes of seeing George Rouault's painting, "Head of Christ."... Read More
Forgiving all by the Resurrection
by Jim Forest Let us call brothers even those who hate us and forgive all by the Resurrection. We hear these astonishing... Read More
Palm Sunday: Gateway to the Cross and Resurrection
by Fr. Mark Korban The feast of Palm Sunday is a recreation of the historical events immediately preceding Jesus' death and resurrection.... Read More
Let us call "brothers" even those who hate us and forgive all by the Resurrection
Lecture given by Jim Forest at the Belgian Congress of Orthodox Youth at their meeting at the "De Kluis" Center at St.-Joris-Weert... Read More