Contemporary Issues

Some “Not-So-Obvious” Facts about American Orthodox Christianity

30 April 2010

The “Orthodox Church Today” study released by the Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute (Graduate Theological Union) disproves many stereotypes and provides groundbreaking insights into the life ...

Blind Leading the Blind

29 April 2010

Emily E. Howard

Social networking sites like facebook and twitter perpetuate the typically adolescent social phenomenon known as an “invisible audience” whereby we believe that everyone notices every tiny thing ...

Russian Orthodox priest shot in Chuvashia

24 April 2010

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A Russian Orthodox priest shot in Chuvashia before the evening service

Time Management: an Orthodox Perspective

15 April 2010

Dr. Albert S Rossi

Those who are trying to use their time to do the Lord's will must begin every day, and every moment, with Jesus Christ. One question might be, "Lord, what do you want me to do, now?" ...

Morality or Moralism?

22 March 2010

Archpriest John Breck

Today a great many people are entering the Orthodox Church from other, generally Western confessions. Their tendency, quite understandably, is to bring with them notions of sin and guilt, obedience ...

Prayer with the Non-Orthodox? A Question Pertinent to our Time

18 March 2010

Reader Michael Astley

Sadly, even some Orthodox people are heard to say things such as, ‘I do not receive communion when I go to a church that isn’t Orthodox but I’m glad that I can pray with them.’ The very fact that ...

When We are no Longer Ethnic

11 February 2010

What will happen to our churches when a majority of the membership does not have an ethnic lineage similar to the ethnic jurisdiction to which the church belongs? This phenomenon in the Orthodox ...

To Convert or Not to Convert?

03 February 2010

No priestly act is of more far-reaching consequence than a conversion to Orthodoxy. It crucially determines for all time the convert's personal status, his marital rights and restrictions as ...

New Year Resolutions: Bah Humbug!

31 December 2009

Probably one of the most useless wastes of mental and spiritual energy engaged in by some individuals is the making of New Year Resolutions. One reason for the futility of New Year Resolutions is ...

Reflections on Female Spirituality

28 December 2009

Priest Sergei Sveshnikov

The following are very unscientific reflections and observations of one man on just a few ways that expressions of female spirituality may be seen through a male prism, or, as they like to say ...

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