A Prayer Campaign for Peace Between Russia and Ukraine
A Prayer Campaign for Peace Between Russia and Ukraine In times of great fear and rumours of war, such as these are,... Read More
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Transfiguration by Nicholas Sooy
LIGHT appeared from above and everything changed. In the sky there was a great cloud, and the light radiated forth brighter than... Read More
The One Sin for Which the Orthodox Church Gives a Blessing by Fr. Mark Korban
MANY CHRISTIANS today are unfamiliar with the mindset of Christians in the first three centuries of the Christian era. This time period... Read More
On the blessing of weapons and soldiers: Letter to Patriarch Kirill in Moscow and All Russia
On February 3 2020, the Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church, an advisory body that helps the Russian Hierarchy make decisions,... Read More
Death has Died, War is Over!
August 15 we celebrate the Dormition of the Theotokos, the falling asleep of Mary. August 15 is also the anniversary of the... Read More
War and Peace in Today’s Council
Today my response to "The Mission of the Orthodox Church in Today's World" was published on Public Orthodoxy, the blog of Fordham's... Read More
War and Peace in Today's Council
Today my response to "The Mission of the Orthodox Church in Today's World" was published on Public Orthodoxy, the blog of Fordham's... Read More
Courage between Rocks and Guns
The following interview with Hieromonk Melchizedeck (Gordenko) and monk Gabriel (Kairasov) appeared in Orthodoxy in Ukraine, a Ukrainian language website on January... 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).