ORTHODOXY IN DIALOGUE’S SECOND ANNIVERSARY!

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With thanks to God and to our hierarchs, priests, deacons, monastics, brothers, sisters, friends, enemies, readers, writers, supporters, Patrons, critics, and detractors around the world, Orthodoxy in Dialogue celebrates its second anniversary of service to the Church on August 22, 2019.

We have sought only to create a safe space to discuss some of the most difficult questions facing us Orthodox and other Christians in this first quarter of the 21st century.

We have not shied away from saying the hard things that we feel need to be said.

Whether you love or hate Orthodoxy in Dialogue’s work, you’re talking about it. In the end that’s a very good thing. We believe that this is how Holy Tradition as a living dynamism “works” in the Orthodox Church of every era, our age being no different from that of the Ecumenical Councils.

A very humbling thing is the growing number of people who come to us “by night,” as it were, to tell us that our openness to brotherly dialogue on some of today’s most complex issues has renewed their flagging faith in the Orthodox Church. Today’s climate of pervasive, unconverted fundamentalism masquerading as Orthodoxy threatens to stifle the breath of the Holy Spirit, and makes the Christ of the Gospels impossible to find in our Church for too many people, insiders and outsiders alike. Biblical fundamentalism replaced by patristic fundamentalism or canonical fundamentalism is still fundamentalism. The greatest theologians of our time have all decried a “theology of repetition.”

As we begin our third year of publication we earnestly ask you to celebrate with us, pray for us, and forgive us for our many failures to speak with love to those who would have us thrown out of the Church.

We offer our wholehearted forgiveness to those who hate us, those who malign us, those who lie about us. May the Lord in His bottomless ocean of divine mercy grant us all to be together with one another, in Him, in the age to come.

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Maiden Article

The State of Orthodox Theology Today

Rørik Hróthgar, Former Associate Editor

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1. Review: 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson

Adam DeVille

2. LGBTQ+ in Our Churches

Protodeacon Theodore Feldman

3. Will the Non-Christian Be Saved?

Metropolitan George (Khodr)

Najib Coutya, Translator

4. Can You Be Orthodox in Communion with Rome?

Brian A. Butcher, Liam Farrer, and Kevin Basil Fritts

5. The Scandal of Sexual Abuse: A Moment of Radical Conversion for the Church

Father Gilles Mongeau, SJ

6. Priest to Priest: An Open Letter to Fathers Damick, Farley, Jacobse, Parker, and Trenham

An Archpriest and Grandfather

7. An Encomium for Father Robert F. Taft, SJ

Adam DeVille

8. Anba Epiphanius the Neo-Hieromartyr

Ramez Rizkalla

9. Confessions of a Catechumen and Ex-Marine

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(Requested to make his article anonymous a year after publication)

10. Juliana Schmemann, My Mother

Serge Schmemann

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1. Sexual Minorities in the Orthodox Church: Towards a Better Conversation

Gregg Webb

2. The Case for Constantinople

Archdeacon John Chryssavgis

3. The Promised Land? An Orthodox Response to Christian Zionism

Benjamin Amis

4. A Way Out of the Orthodox Church’s Present Crisis

Antoine Arjakovsky

5. On Being Orthodox & Genderqueer: An Interview with “Lindsey”

Lydia Bringerud

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1. White Supremacy in the American Orthodox Church: An Open Letter to the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America

2. Sexuality & Gender: Open Letter to the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America

3. “The Good Wife” According to Father Josiah Trenham: Does Metropolitan Joseph Approve?

4. Father Josiah Trenham and the Southern Poverty Law Center

5. St. Tikhon’s Seminary Appoints Internationally Known Homophobe as Dean

6. OrthodoxNet Has Heart Attack over Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware)

7. Hate Group’s Matt Parrott Responds to Our Open Letter

8. LGBTQI Listening Tour: An Open Letter to Our Bishops in the USA and Canada

9. Same-Sex Love: The Church Needs a Conversation

10. Open Letter to the Church: The Humanitarian Crisis at the US-Mexico Border

Honourable Mention

Letters to the Editors

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1. On “Orthodox” Wife-Beating

(Our #1 article in all categories)

2. “Transgenderism” Isn’t a Thing

3. Orthodoxy, Sissies, and the Performance of Masculinity: Part One

4. Ukrainian Autocephaly: An Awkward Spot for the OCA

5. From the Fathers: The Kingdom of Heaven Is Like…Two Men in Bed Together?

6. Father John Whiteford’s Latest Fit of Hysteria: A Preliminary Response

7. A Chat with Father James Martin, SJ

8. Abortion, Contraception, and Christian Faith

9. A Priest Forever? Reflections on a Bittersweet Anniversary

10. Dialogue at Last? Metropolitan Nathanael on Same-Sex Orientation (Part One)

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Top 30 Countries

1. United States

2. Canada

3. United Kingdom

4. Australia

5. Greece

6. Germany

7. The Netherlands

8. Ukraine

9. France

10. Finland

11. India

12. Romania

13. Russia

14. Belgium

15. Italy

16. Sweden

17. Norway

18. Poland

19. Serbia

20. South Africa

21. Austria

22. Lebanon

23. Brazil

24. Ireland

25. Hungary

26. Philippines

27. Switzerland

28. Mexico

29. Indonesia

30. Turkey

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Other Interesting Stats

Number of views: 384,000

Number of followers (subscribers, Facebook, Twitter): 2,605

Number of articles: 646

Number of countries: 187

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ORTHODOXY IN DIALOGUE IS PUBLISHED IN HONOUR AND MEMORY OF

ERIC J. ILIFF

OCTOBER 11, 1981 – MARCH 13, 2007

In Memoriam

Orthodoxy in Dialogue seeks to promote the free exchange of ideas by offering a wide range of perspectives on an unlimited variety of topics. Our decision to publish implies neither our agreement nor disagreement with an author, in whole or in part.

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Check the Archives, Submission Guidelines, and Letters to the Editors if you would like to write for us on any topic of relevance to an Orthodox and Orthodox-friendly audience.

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With thanks to God and to our hierarchs, priests, deacons, monastics, brothers, sisters, friends, enemies, readers, writers, supporters, Patrons, critics, and detractors around the world, Orthodoxy in Dialogue celebrates its second anniversary of service to the Church on August 22, 2019.

We have sought only to create a safe space to discuss some of the most difficult questions facing us Orthodox and other Christians in this first quarter of the 21st century.

We have not shied away from saying the hard things that we feel need to be said.

As we begin our third year of publication we earnestly ask you to celebrate with us, pray for us, and forgive us for our many failures to speak with love to those who would have us thrown out of the Church.

We offer our wholehearted forgiveness to those who hate us, those who malign us, those who lie about us. May the Lord in His bottomless ocean of divine mercy grant us all to be together with one another, in Him, in the age to come.

Click here to learn how to support our work by becoming a Patron of Orthodoxy in Dialogue.

Click here to learn how we are providing legal and humanitarian assistance at the US-Mexico border.

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Maiden Article

Rørik Hróthgar, Former Associate Editor

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Top 10 Guest Articles of All Time

1.

Adam DeVille

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Protodeacon Theodore Feldman

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Metropolitan George (Khodr)

Najib Coutya, Translator

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Brian A. Butcher, Liam Farrer, and Kevin Basil Fritts

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Father Gilles Mongeau, SJ

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An Archpriest and Grandfather

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Adam DeVille

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Ramez Rizkalla

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N.

(Requested to make his article anonymous a year after publication)

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Serge Schmemann

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Top 5 Guest Articles Honourable Mention

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Gregg Webb

2.

Archdeacon John Chryssavgis

3.

Benjamin Amis

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Antoine Arjakovsky

5.

Lydia Bringerud

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Top 10 Articles by Giacomo Sanfilippo, Editor

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Top 30 Countries

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United States

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Canada

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United Kingdom