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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.
Letter from the Editor, IC66
Dear friends, This morning as I searched for some gem by St. Maximos the Confessor to offer as the first word on... Read More
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
Of Whom I am First: on the death of Osama Bin Laden
By Ágúst Symeon Magnússon At the time of this writing most of the world’s newspapers and television channels are reporting on the... Read More
Orthodox Perspectives on Peace, War and Violence
[abstract: Recent international conferences on Orthodox peace ethics held in Bucharest (Romania), Leros (Greece) and Saidnaya (Syria) drew participants from around the world and provided unique opportunities for Orthodox scholars to reflect on common themes such as peacemaking, the definition of “just peace” and the moral and spiritual challenges posed by warfare and the use of violence in a variety of contexts. Though the consultations revealed diversity on many dimensions of the application of Orthodox tradition, a point of consensus was that Eastern Christianity interprets issues of war and peace in distinctive ways that do not align perfectly with the dominant categories of Christianity in the West. The experience and teaching of Orthodox Christianity do not fit neatly within the familiar categories of pacifism, just war theory and holy war. Instead, they provide pastoral resources for the pursuit of a dynamic praxis of peace, the manifestation of which takes various forms in light of the set of circumstances that the Orthodox community faces.1 This article will describe the distinctive characteristics of Orthodox moral theology's understanding of peace, war and violence in the context of the church's theology, canon law and liturgical life.]
Living on the Wrong Side of the Wall
by Maria C. Khoury Hoping someone might want to boost the Palestinian economy by buying some of my books, I traveled to... Read More
Iran: The Next Evil Empire?
by Alex Patico Children playing at the Fin Garden in Kashan, Iran. photo by Tilo Driessen To us in the West, Iran... Read More