Race and the Fall
By Pieter Dykhorst Racism cannot be addressed in isolation. Racism at its root springs from human divisiveness and our fallen propensity for... Read More
Standing on the Side that is Right: An Interview with Fr. Chat Hatfield
Where we lived was zoned by race. It was against the law for non-whites to live in a white neighborhood. We lived in a largely Afrikaans-speaking neighborhood; people were mostly of Dutch Reformed religious identity. I was really something kind of exotic there. They weren’t quite sure what to make of me.
Living In Communion
From the OPF's New Podcast: There is nothing so Orthodox as communion. Holy Communion “is the most profound expression of the essence... Read More
That the World May Believe: Why we should embrace the Holy and Great Council of Crete
That the World May Believe: Why we should embrace the Holy and Great Council of Crete A personal reflection by Pieter Dykhorst... Read More
Solomon’s Porch
“And they were all together in Solomon’s Portch.” –Acts 5:12 Solomon’s Porch was a colonnaded space within the Jewish temple where the... Read More
Solomon's Porch
“And they were all together in Solomon’s Portch.” –Acts 5:12 Solomon’s Porch was a colonnaded space within the Jewish temple where the... Read More
Some Reflections on the Approaching Great and Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church
by Rev. Dr. Andrew Louth It seems to me of paramount importance that the Synod, as His All-Holiness asserts, should show that... Read More
Mother Maria Skobtsova, Martyr of Sobornost
Mother Maria Skobtsova, Martyr of Sobornost
On the 31st of March, we celebrate the dies natalis of Mother Maria (Skobtsova), a beloved martyr and witness to Christ among the Russian émigré population in France.
War and Peace in Today’s World: a commentary on the Mission of the Orthodox Church in Today’s World”
“The Mission of the Orthodox Church in Today’s World” offers a powerful and timely statement on war, peace, and justice. Peacemaking, as Christ tells us in the Beatitudes, is a fundamental Christian vocation.
APPEAL FOR RECOGNITION OF THE 1946 LVIV ‘SYNOD’ AS A SHAM
It is urgent for Orthodox Christians to recognize the terrible truth of March 10, 1946. On March 10, 1946, at Lviv, the Orthodox Church of Russia, under pressure from the Soviet government, forcefully integrated the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and claimed jurisdiction over it.