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.
The Orthodox Peace Fellowship: An Introduction, IC70
The Orthodox Peace Fellowship: A Fellowship of Orthodox Christian Peacemakers. Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar, and there recall that... 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
Peace and Peacemaking as an Interfaith and Ecumenical Vocation: An Orthodox View
Peace and Peacemaking as an Interfaith and Ecumenical Vocation: An Orthodox View Mar 9, 2011 Rev. Dr. Emmanuel Clapsis Abstract[1] For Orthodoxy,... 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
The Barrier Wall
by Alexander Patico One of the sources of Arab discontentment has been the erection of the “Defensive Wall,” as Israelis call it,... Read More
Saint Marcellus: Military Martyr
In the ancient Roman Empire, many Christians refused to serve in the imperial armies, finding it was in conflict with their baptismal vows and the teaching and example of Jesus.
Peacemaking in the Parish: Selected Articles
The Liturgy begins with the exclamation: “Blessed is the Kingdom of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.” All too often... Read More
Traditional Christian Peacemaking
by Mark Pearson There can be no doubt about the absolute demands that the gospel of Christ makes upon an Orthodox believer.... Read More