Institute for Religion and Democracy Steve Rempe The one million-member Orthodox Church in America (OCA) is examining a proposal to remove itself from both the World Council of Churches and the National Council of Churches. The proposal will be reviewed by the OCA All-American Council, which meets in Toronto July 17-22. According to the position … Read more
Pope dream: Healing ancient Christian rift a distant glimmer BRIAN MURPHY The Associated Press ATHENS, Greece – It’s a goal that has eluded Christianity for nearly 1,000 years: mending the rifts between the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches. Pope Benedict XVI has declared a “fundamental commitment” to heal the divide, and this week will engage … Read more
Should the Orthodox church be in dialogue with the Roman Catholic one? Yes. Will we reunite? It would take a miracle. By Fr. Patrick Reardon Were I to list the thousand reasons why Rome is my favorite place in all the world, most of them would have to do the Eternal City’s long association with … Read more
I think this commentary is weak but I’ll post it anyway. Fortunately (or maybe not depending on your point of view), I have an article that addresses the same issues appearing in Again which should be out this week. I can’t post it here however until October 5. I take a different approach than what … Read more
A schoolgirl who survived the Chechen terrorist massacre. The school was chosen because of the large number of Orthodox Christians who attended it.
George Strickland, Ph.D. http://directionstoorthodoxy.org Orthodox Christian stewardship is the free and joyous activity of the child of God and God’s family, the Church, in managing all of life and life’s resources for God’s purposes. SEPTEMBER is a time of year when churches resume many of the activities that may have been put on hold during … Read more
I just finished an article for Again magazine on Orthodoxy Christianity and the public square. They asked four or five authors to contribute articles on this theme, and it promises to be an interesting issue. Again is repositioning itself for a larger audience and wants to move into examing current issues from an Orthodox Christian … Read more
Rev. Dr. George C. Papademetriou http://www.goarch.org/print/en/ourfaith/article8075.asp Orthodox Christianity is committed to the truth claim of the Christian Faith. This claim includes the Biblical truth that all human beings are created by God in His image and that Christ is the only Savior of the world. Consequently, Orthodoxy is strongly committed to Christ as the Messiah … Read more
GARY STERN THE JOURNAL NEWS (Original publication: June 23, 2004) http://www.thejournalnews.com/newsroom/062304/b04w23marriage.html GARY STERN THE JOURNAL NEWS (Original publication: June 23, 2004) The age-old notion of Christian marriage between man and woman is under siege by loosening sexual mores, commonplace divorce and the reality that homosexual relationships will soon be commonly recognized, several Orthodox Christian scholars … Read more