Celebrating the Liturgy as a Way to Promote Peace
Our parish in Deventer, belonging to the “Archdiocese of Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe”, so the “rue Daru” to keep... Read More
Love of Enemies at St. Nicholas parish
by Nancy Forest-Flier There are lots of new faces attending Sunday Liturgy these days at the parish of St. Nicholas of Myra... Read More
Blessed are the Peacemakers
Ultimately, whether saints supported peace or war, Christ remains the ultimate authority. We are Christians, after all. Despite Christ's negative attitude towards... Read More
St. Constantine the Peacemaker
St. Constantine famously had a vision where God instructed him to conquer in the name of Christ. In some respect, all stories... Read More
St. George the Peacemaker
The most famous soldier-saint is St. George. At the same time, St. George's story is the most mythical of all saints. Dragons... Read More
St. Alexander the Peacemaker
St. Alexander Nevsky, (or perhaps more accurately St. Alexey if we use his tonsured name) is a commonly cited warrior saint. St.... Read More
St. Sergius the Peacemaker
One of the most popular stories in Russia is the story of St. Sergius of Radonezh blessing St. Dmitry Donskoy to fight... Read More
St. Cyril the Peacemaker
St. Cyril, after whom the Cyrillic alphabet is named, is a peacemaker saint who is cited as a supporter of war. The... Read More
Real Saints
In 1994, Jim Forest participated in a peace conference in Chania, Crete in Greece. While there, Jim discovered that old memories of... Read More
Love Proposed from Below: Recovering the Russian Orthodox Tradition of Peace
This article has been re-published from the site Todays American Catholic March 25, 2022 For those of us with a deep love of... Read More