St. Patrick’s Challenge to Nationalism
by Pieter Dykhorst This is how we can repay such blessings, when our lives change and we come to know God, to... Read More
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
Patriarch John X Statement
Patriarch John X Statement (English translation) on the release from captivity of the nuns of Mar Tekla (St. Thecla) monastery in Syria... Read More
Patriarch John X statement in Arabic
The following is a statement in Arabic by Patriarch John X and the Patriarchate of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch made... Read More
Orthodox Christian Statement Opposing Military Action Against Syria: Supporting narrative
The following offers some narrative support for the Statement. Whereas the narrative supports the succinct text of the Statement, it too is necessarily brief; however, numerous supporting materials are offered as background to help broaden understanding (we will begin adding these shortly).
OPF’s Syria statement plus related material
Orthodox Christian Statement Opposing Military Action Against Syria, Supporting Narrative, Letter to President Obama, and more Statement: Dear members and friends of... Read More
OPF’s Syria statement plus related material
Orthodox Christian Statement Opposing Military Action Against Syria, Supporting Narrative, Letter to President Obama, and more Statement: Dear members and friends of... Read More
Letter from Damascus
At the invitation of the Grand Mufti of Damascus, during the last week of April Archbishop Lazar Puhalo was in Syria to... Read More
Coffee Cups and St. Isaac the Syrian
by Vincent Rossi When the issue of the environmental crisis is raised in Orthodox circles, I often notice an uneasy ambivalence. It... Read More