The Muddle that is the Middle East
by Alexander Patico These days, we Christians have a reputation often based on our prejudices rather than our principles, our irritations with... Read More
Witness in Jerusalem
By Helena KoumiBefore I came to Palestine-Israel, I had no way of knowing that the three-week war in Gaza was just around... Read More
Saint Brigid of Ireland
St. Brigid was born in the mid-fifth century at Faughart, near Dundalk, in Ireland, a member of a family brought to Christianity... Read More
Conversations by email: Winter 2009
These are extracts from recent postings to the OPF's e-mail discussion list. If you are an OPF member and wish to take... Read More
Recommended Reading: Winter 2009
The Living Body of Christ by Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh Darton, Longman & Todd, 235pp. 10.95 Metropolitan Anthony does not offer a... Read More
Advice on Peacemaking from the Saints
A selection of challenging quotations for meditation assembled by Alexander Patico, secretary of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship in North America First Century... Read More
Corporatism or Commonweal?
by Archbishop Lazar Puhalo This is the rule of the most perfect Christianity, its most exact definition, its highest point, namely, the... Read More
May Christians Kill?
By Fr. Philip LeMasters Eastern Christianity does not view morality in fundamentally legal terms or within the context of abstract philosophy, but... Read More
Dear In Communion reader,
Dear In Communion reader, Writing these occasional appeal letters is always quite a challenge. While they are OPF's economic lifeline, reaching out... Read More
News: Winter 2009
Patriarch Kirill pledges to keep church unified Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, who was enthroned in Moscow as Kirill I, the... Read More