Celebrating the Liturgy as a Way for Peace
By Archpriest Theodore van der Voort Our parish in Deventer, belonging to the “Archdiocese of Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe”,... Read More
Where Was God in Bucha?
By Fr. George Kovalenko, Archpriest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, reprinted with permission from his initiative “God Against War”. With the images... Read More
Remembering Jim Forest By Vincent van Buuren
It is hard to believe that on the 13th of January one year had already passed since Jim died, just before the... Read More
Appeal of the Clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church for Reconciliation and an End to the War
Nearly 300 priests and deacons of the Moscow Patriarchate have signed this petition to Patriarch Kirill WE, priests and deacons of the Russian... Read More
The Heresy of Religious Imperialism
by Nicholas Sooy A year after Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the arrival of Putin’s “little green men” in the Donbass, I made a trip... Read More
Excerpt from Discrediting Love
Fr. John Burdin was arrested March 6 for preaching against the invasion of Ukraine. On March 9, Novaya Gazeta published an article by Sergey... Read More
Choice as the New Reality: Obstacles for Consensus between the UOC and the OCU
The military actions of Russia against the sovereign nation of Ukraine, the lack of archpastoral support for Ukrainian Orthodox Christians by Patriarch... Read More
Religious mobilization in Ukraine: an on-the-ground perspective on how religious leaders are shaping the conflict’s trajectory
Even prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, religious relations between the two countries have often mirrored the long-simmering geopolitical tensions surrounding Ukrainian independence and... Read More
St. Cyril the Peacemaker
St. Cyril, after whom the Cyrillic alphabet is named, is a peacemaker saint who is cited as a supporter of war. The... Read More
Real Saints
In 1994, Jim Forest participated in a peace conference in Chania, Crete in Greece. While there, Jim discovered that old memories of... Read More