War and Virtue, full text keynote address OPF conference 2013
War and Virtue Aristotle Papanikolaou, Fordham University Paper delivered at the annual conference of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship, Washington, DC - October 2013... Read More
Courage between Rocks and Guns
The following interview with Hieromonk Melchizedeck (Gordenko) and monk Gabriel (Kairasov) appeared in Orthodoxy in Ukraine, a Ukrainian language website on January... Read More
St. Silouan: On the Love of Enemies
by Jean-Claude Larchet ALTHOUGH IT IS natural and usual to love those who love us and to do good to those who... Read More
Patience with God
by Frank Schaeffer Da Capo Press, 2009, 230pp Reviewed by Alex Patico Reviewing Frank Schaeffer (author of novels such as Portofino, and... Read More
‘Forgive Us …. As We Forgive’: Forgiveness In The Psalms And The Lord’s Prayer
by Kallistos Ware, Metropolitan of Diokleia And throughout all EternityI forgive you, you forgive me.As our dear Redeemer said:'This the Wine, and... Read More
Finding Peace by Father Lev Gillet
Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you.” Jesus gives His peace. He does not loan it; He does not take it back. The peace that is in Jesus “My peace” becomes the disciples’ final possession.
Peacemaking As Vocation: Toward an Orthodox Understanding by Fr. Emmanuel Clapsis
Peacemaking As Vocation: Toward an Orthodox Understanding by Fr. Emmanuel Clapsis For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find... Read More
The Church As Neighbor: Corporately and Compassionately Engaged by Fr. John D. Jones
Moved with compassion, the Good Samaritan comes to the place where a Jew, typically despised by Samaritans, has been beaten and left (Lk. 10:33). And he acts: “beholding him,” the Samaritan “came to him and bandaged up his wounds.”
Healing in the Parish and the World: Let Us Go Forth in Peace by Bishop Kallistos Ware
Our theme is the liturgy after the Liturgy. Consider the word “peace” in the Divine Liturgy: In peace let us pray to the Lord, for the peace from above, and for the peace of the whole world; and also the meaning of the celebrant’s greeting, “Peace be with you all.” We know the priest is not just transmitting his own peace, but he is transmitting to the congregation the peace of Christ. And peace, we know, is a gift from God.
The King’s Jubilee: A ministry to the homeless of Philadelphia by Cranford Coulter
The King’s Jubilee: A ministry to the homeless of Philadelphia by Cranford Coulter For we are His workmanship; created in Christ Jesus... Read More