See Archives 2017-19 for articles published prior to January 1, 2020.
The alphabetical list of authors with links to their articles starts below the following categories.
The Editors
— Happy New Year! Most Popular Articles in 2019! (1/1/20)
— Thanks Be to God and to Many of You (1/1/20)
— Editorial: The “Morality” of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese? (1/4/20)
— Editorial: Rod Dreher’s Limited (and Theologically Meaningless) Vocabulary (1/10/20)
— Orthodoxy in Dialogue on Abortion (1/11/20)
— On Josiah Trenham: Why the Deafening Silence from Metropolitan Joseph? (1/17/20)
— Triodion & Pentecostarion 2020 (1/21/20)
— Orthodoxy in Dialogue Needs a New Computer! (2/2/20)
— “Temporarily” Thrown off Facebook? (2/7/20)
— Half a Million Thanks! (And Other Things) (2/10/20)
— Comments: A Test (2/11/20)
— We’re Back on Patreon! (2/11/20)
— Does Archbishop Elpidophoros Really Allow Non-Orthodox Spouses to Receive Communion? (3/7/20)
— In Memory of Eric (3/13/20)
— Liturgy, Eucharist, and Coronavirus: Having Your Say (3/13/20)
— Preparing Our Paschal Feast during Quarantine (4/18/20)
— Opportunities for Giving Tuesday (5/5/20)
— Memory Eternal: Archpriest Paul Lazor (5/9/20)
— Open Letter to Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley (7/3/20)
— Editorial: Rod Dreher Hates Black People…Again (7/5/20)
— Temporary Suspension of Activity (7/7/20)
— We Knew Not Whether We Were in Heaven or on Earth (7/10/20)
Anglican Church and Same-Sex Marriage
— Building Community (2/24/20)
Book Reviews
— Call for Book Summaries and Reviews
— That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation by David Bentley Hart (Giacomo Sanfilippo)
— Writing Straight with Crooked Lines: A Memoir by Jim Forest (Monica Spoor)
— An Introduction to Christian Theology by Anthony Towey (Giacomo Sanfilippo)
— Discerning the Signs of the Times: The Vision of Elisabeth Behr-Sigel eds. Michael Plekon and Sarah E. Hinlicky (Giacomo Sanfilippo)
— Spiritual Socialists: Religion and the American Left by Vaneesa Cook (Jan Michael Ostrowski)
Book Summaries
— Call for Book Summaries and Reviews
Bridging Voices
— Father John Whiteford’s Appalling Ignorance and Pastoral Malfeasance (Giacomo Sanfilippo)
— The Joy of Same-Sex Love (Giacomo Sanfilippo)
— Eastern Orthodoxy and Sexual Diversity (British Council)
Coptic Series
— On Adoption and the Unity of Believers in the Body of Christ (Matthew the Poor, trans. Andrew Abdelmalek)
— Eastern & Oriental Orthodox Conference to Be Held in Toronto (Ramez Rizkalla)
— Anba Epiphanius the Neo-Hieromartyr (Ramez Rizkalla)
— The “Manufacturing” of Saints: Addendum to Anba Epiphanius the Neo-Hieromartyr (Ramez Rizkalla)
— Review: A Silent Patriarch: Kyrillos VI, Life and Legacy (Bavly Kost)
— Open Statement against the Coptic Church’s Position on the LGBTQI+ Community (Progressive Copts)
— A Coptic Overview of St. Augustine’s “Retractions” (Daniel Michalski)
— A Radical Project in the American Coptic Community (Mary Fawzy)
Coronavirus / Faith in a Time of Pandemic
— COVID-19: Pastoral Message on Faith and Eucharistic Communion (2/29/20)
— Liturgy, Eucharist, and Coronavirus: Having Your Say (3/13/20)
— Ecumenical Patriarch’s Message Regarding COVID-19 (3/19/20)
— Lenten Reflection: Keeping Lent During a Pandemic in the Electronic Era (3/25/20)
— Lenten Reflection: The Law of Love (3/26/20)
— COVID-19: Who Is to Blame for this Crisis? (3/27/20)
— Lenten Reflection: An Exhortation on the Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt (4/5/20)
— Young, LGBTQ, and Stuck at Home (4/7/20)
— Lenten Reflection: How Can We Always Rejoice in the Lord? (4/12/20)
— Georgian Orthodox Church’s Impending Paschal Nightmare (4/17/20)
— Preparing Our Paschal Feast during Quarantine (4/18/20)
— The Long Procession (4/19/20)
— Open Letter from the Closet (4/20/20)
— God’s Presence in Our Absence from Church (5/22/20)
— Josiah Trenham and “Civil Disobedience” (5/26/20)
— Archbishop Alexander (Golitzin) Issues Warning against Father Peter Heers’ “Orthodox Ethos” Website (6/9/20)
— Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Canada Silences Priests & Professors of Theology (6/21/20)
— Why Are We Sitting Here? (6/24/20)
— Orthodox Christians Ward off COVID-19 in Moldova with Religious Procession (6/24/20)
— Communiqué from the Ecumenical Patriarchate on Holy Communion and Its Mode of Distribution (6/25/20)
— The Eucharist (6/26/20)
— “Orthodox Christianity” Misleads Again (7/7/20)
— Coronavirus and Holy Communion: A Chronicle of Events (7/16/20)
Faith and the Arts
— Review: J.E.S.U.S.A. (Andrew Klager)
— Review: Circus of Books (Lydia Bringerud)
— Crime Fiction and the Gospel (Alexandra de Moffarts)
— Review: Plague: Untold Stories of AIDS & the Catholic Church (Lydia Bringerud)
Faith and Politics
— Freedom of Religion…for Whom? (Archbishop Lazar [Puhalo])
In Case You Missed It (Archives by Month)
— May 2020
Josiah Trenham: The Scandal
— Editorial: The “Morality” of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese? (1/4/20)
— An Open Letter to Metropolitan Joseph: Stop. Trenham. Now. (1/12/20)
— On Josiah Trenham: Why the Deafening Silence from Metropolitan Joseph? (1/17/20)
— Leaked: Secret Directive to the Clergy of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese (1/17/20)
— On Father Josiah Trenham: Open Letter to Metropolitan Joseph (1/28/20)
— Suddenly I’m Afraid (1/31/20)
— Open Letter to Metropolitan Joseph: Brad Trenham Still Ruining Lives (2/1/20)
— On Josiah Trenham: Open Letter to Patriarch John of Antioch (2/12/20)
— On Josiah Trenham: Last & Final Email to Englewood (2/13/20)
— The Sunday of Forgiveness Approaches…and Still We Wait (2/27/20)
— “You Are Not Worthy. Not Now. Not Ever.” Some Positive Movement on the Josiah Trenham File (4/5/20)
— Faith in a Time of Pandemic: Josiah Trenham and “Civil Disobedience” (5/26/20)
— Happy Pride? Orthodoxy, Orthodouchey, and the Church’s War on LGBTQI People (6/27/20)
Lenten Reflections 2020
— Triodion & Pentecostarion 2020
— Lenten Reflections: An Invitation to Write
— Our Lenten Ascent (Keith Ruckhaus)
— Keeping Lent During a Pandemic in the Electronic Era (Giacomo Sanfilippo)
— The Law of Love (Monica Spoor)
— A Time for Spiritual Struggle & Spiritual Joy (Hieromonk Seraphim [Aldea])
— An Exhortation on the Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt (Archpriest Isaac Skidmore)
— The Hopelessness of Holy Week (Daniel Nicholas)
— How Can We Always Rejoice in the Lord? (Priest James Graham)
— The Long Procession (Helen Coats)
Sexuality and Gender
— Pastoring LGBTQ Individuals in the Orthodox Church: Public Statement (1/2/20)
— Editorial: The “Morality” of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese? (1/4/20)
— In Support of Father Aaron Warwick: Open Letter to Metropolitan Joseph (1/6/20)
— Archbishop Lazar (Puhalo): I Support Father Aaron Warwick (1/6/20)
— Orthodoxy in Dialogue’s Secret Directory of LGBTQ-Accepting Orthodox Priests (1/9/20)
— Editorial: Rod Dreher’s Limited (and Theologically Meaningless) Vocabulary (1/10/20)
— Orthodoxy in Dialogue on Abortion (1/11/20)
— Father John Whiteford’s Appalling Ignorance and Pastoral Malfeasance (1/11/20)
— Open Letter to Father Aaron Warwick: A Good Man Taken in by Homosexualist Rhetoric (1/12/20)
— From the Netherlands: Responding to Father Aaron Warwick and Father Seraphim Holland (1/12/20)
— An Open Letter to Metropolitan Joseph: Stop. Trenham. Now. (1/12/20)
— Open Statement against the Coptic Church’s Position on the LGBTQI+ Community (1/16/20)
— The Church, Homosexuality, and Personal Experience (1/16/20)
— On Josiah Trenham: Why the Deafening Silence from Metropolitan Joseph? (1/17/20)
— Leaked: Secret Directive to the Clergy of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese (1/17/20)
— Same-Sex Marriage Reduces Suicide Rates (1/19/20)
— The Joy of Same-Sex Love (1/19/20)
— Father Pavel Florensky: Readings on His Birthday (1/22/20)
— A Bed Undefiled: Conclusion (1/30/20)
— Suddenly I’m Afraid (1/31/20)
— Giacomo Sanfilippo’s Unholy Vendetta against Faithful Orthodox Priests and Teachers (2/10/20)
— The LGBT Movement: Demonic, Marxist, and Freudian (2/12/20)
— Roman Catholic Diocese Declares Open Warfare on Transgender Children & Teens (2/14/20)
— The Sunday of Forgiveness Approaches…and Still We Wait (2/27/20)
— In Memory of Eric (3/13/20)
— Young, LGBTQ, and Stuck at Home (4/7/20)
— Open Letter from the Closet (4/20/20)
— Review: Circus of Books (4/27/20)
— Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Launches Resource Center on Racial Reconciliation (6/13/20)
— Happy Pride? Orthodoxy, Orthodouchey, and the Church’s War on LGBTQI People (6/27/20)
— Review: Plague: Untold Stories of AIDS & the Catholic Church (6/30/20)
— British Council: Eastern Orthodoxy and Sexual Diversity (7/5/20)
— The Power of the Holy Spirit: On Chastity, Asceticism, and Sexual Liberation (7/10/20)
Ukraine
— Russia to Escalate Fight against Ukrainian Autocephaly in 2020 (1/6/20)
— 600 Parishes Leave Moscow Patriarchate for Autocephalous Ukrainian Church (1/9/20)
— Muscovite Schism Further Isolates Church of Russia (2//22/20)
— Ukrainian Churches in the Canadian Prairies (2/23/20)
— Press Release: The Amman Fraternal Familial Gathering of the Orthodox Primates and Delegates (2/27/20)
— Moscow’s “Third Rome” Pretensions Fail in Amman (3/3/20)
— Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Responds to Moscow-Jerusalem Rebellion (3/4/20)
— ROCOR Communities Transfer Allegiance to Ecumenical Patriarchate (3/10/20)
Videos
— COVID-19: Who Is to Blame for this Crisis? (Hieromonk Seraphim [Aldea])
— Lenten Reflection: A Time for Spiritual Struggle & Spiritual Joy (Hieromonk Seraphim [Aldea])
— J.E.S.U.S.A.: A Special Offer for Orthodoxy in Dialogue Readers (Kevin Miller)
— Russia’s New War Cathedral Glorifies Stalin, Putin, and the 2014 Theft of Crimea from Ukraine (Moscow Times)
— Racism: Silence Is Not an Option (Hieromonk Seraphim [Aldea])
Warwick Files
— Pastoring LGBTQ Individuals in the Orthodox Church (Priest Aaron Warwick)
— Letters to the Editors (12/23/19 ~ 1/4/20)
— Continuing the Conversation: A Response to Father Aaron Warwick (An American LGBTQ Christian)
— Public Statement (Priest Aaron Warwick)
— Theological and Philosophical Dissonance in Theories of Pastoral Care with LGBTQ+ Identifying Persons: A Response to Father Aaron Warwick (Joshua Rainwater)
— Editorial: The “Morality” of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese?
— In Support of Father Aaron Warwick: Open Letter to Metropolitan Joseph (Deacon Gary and Melissa Braun)
— I Support Father Aaron Warwick (Archbishop Lazar [Puhalo])
— Editorial: Rod Dreher’s Limited (and Theologically Meaningless) Vocabulary (1/10/20)
— Father John Whiteford’s Appalling Ignorance and Pastoral Malfeasance (Giacomo Sanfilippo)
— A Good Man Taken in by Homosexualist Rhetoric (Priest Seraphim Holland)
— From the Netherlands: Responding to Father Aaron Warwick and Father Seraphim Holland (Monica Spoor)
— On Josiah Trenham: Why the Deafening Silence from Metropolitan Joseph? (1/17/20)
— Leaked: Secret Directive to the Clergy of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese (1/17/20)
— The Joy of Same-Sex Love (Giacomo Sanfilippo)
White Supremacy and Racism
— The Silence of the Bishops: White Supremacist Terrorism and American Orthodoxy (3/10/20)
— In Solidarity with Our African-American Brothers and Sisters (5/29/20)
— Where Are You, Bishops? (5/31/20)
— An Inside Look at the Protests (5/31/20)
— The Death of George Floyd and Its Aftermath (6/1/20)
— Racism: Silence Is Not an Option (6/3/20)
— Archbishop Elpidophoros Marches! (6/3/20)
— Boycott Pascha Press (6/3/20)
— Do Black Lives Matter? Our Bishops Respond (6/7/20)
— You Go to Weddings, We Go to Funerals: A Perspective on “Black Lives Matter” from Down Under (6/9/20)
— My People Are Hurting (6/9/20)
— George Floyd: Most Powerful Statement from an Orthodox Bishop Comes from Palestine (6/12/20)
— Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Launches Resource Center on Racial Reconciliation (6/13/20)
— From Russia with Love: “White Privilege” Does Not Exist; “Black Lives Matter” Is Ignorant, Hypocritical (6/15/20)
— Black Lives Matter: A Reflection (6/16/20)
— Open Letter to Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley (7/3/20)
— Editorial: Rod Dreher Hates Black People…Again (7/5/20)
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(Aldea), Hieromonk Seraphim
— COVID-19: Who Is to Blame for this Crisis? (3/27/20)
— Lenten Reflection: A Time for Spiritual Struggle & Spiritual Joy (3/29/20)
— Racism: Silence Is Not an Option (6/3/20)
Andrews, Bishop Stephen
— Building Community (2/24/20)
Apiarius, Ioannes
— Giacomo Sanfilippo’s Unholy Vendetta against Faithful Orthodox Priests and Teachers (2/10/20)
(Athanassoulas), Archbishop Sotirios
— Coronavirus and Holy Communion: A Chronicle of Events (7/16/20)
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Bauly, Richard
— Black Lives Matter: A Reflection (6/16/20)
Beecham, Luke
— Happy Pride? Orthodoxy, Orthodouchey, and the Church’s War on LGBTQI People (6/27/20)
Bogdanovski, Andreja
— One Thing Unites Constantinople and Moscow: Montenegro (1/8/20)
Bowen, Meghan
— Faith in a Time of Pandemic: God’s Presence in Our Absence from Church (5/22/20)
Braun, Gary and Melissa
— In Support of Father Aaron Warwick: Open Letter to Metropolitan Joseph (1/6/20)
Bringerud, Lydia
— Review: Circus of Books (4/27/20)
— Review: Plague: Untold Stories of AIDS & the Catholic Church (6/30/20)
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Chater, James
— Orthodoxy: The Brexit Church? (1/10/20)
Chrysostom, John
— Catechetical Homily (4/18/20)
Coats, Helen
— The Long Procession (4/19/20)
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Daniel, Patriarch of Romania
— COVID-19: Pastoral Message on Faith and Eucharistic Communion (2/29/20)
Daniel, Ben
— Open Letter to Metropolitan Joseph: Brad Trenham Still Ruining Lives (2/1/20)
de Moffarts, Alexandra
— Crime Fiction and the Gospel (5/28/20)
Dorroll, Phil
— Hagia Sophia: Some Personal Reflections (7/6/20)
Dreher, Rod
— Giacomo Sanfilippo: A Bitchy Queen (1/9/20)
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Ecumenical Patriarchate
— Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Responds to Moscow-Jerusalem Rebellion (3/4/20)
— Archbishop Elpidophoros Announces the Creation of a New Vicariate in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese (3/10/20)
— Message Regarding COVID-19 (3/19/20)
— Faith in a Time of Pandemic: Communiqué on Holy Communion and Its Mode of Distribution (6/25/20)
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Fawzy, Mary
— A Radical Project in the American Coptic Community (6/14/20)
Ford, David
— The LGBT Movement: Demonic, Marxist, and Freudian (2/12/20)
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(Gianniris), Metropolitan Alexander
— Faith in a Time of Pandemic: Why Are We Sitting Here? (6/24/20)
Gleason, Joseph
— From Russia with Love: “White Privilege” Does Not Exist; “Black Lives Matter” Is Ignorant, Hypocritical (6/15/20)
(Golitzin), Archbishop Alexander
— Warning against Father Peter Heers’ “Orthodox Ethos” Website (6/9/20)
Graham, James
— Lenten Reflection: How Can We Always Rejoice in the Lord? (4/12/20)
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(Hanna), Archbishop Theodosios Atallah
— Statement in Solidarity with the Anti-Racism Movement in America (6/12/20)
Holland, Seraphim
— Open Letter to Father Aaron Warwick: A Good Man Taken in by Homosexualist Rhetoric (1/12/20)
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Iliff, Eric J.
— In Memory of Eric (3/13/20)
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Jerusalem, Patriarchate of
— Press Release: The Amman Fraternal Familial Gathering of the Orthodox Primates and Delegates (2/27/20)
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Kalmoukos, Theodore
— Bloggers to Be Sued on Behalf of Greek Orthodox Archdiocese (2/14/20)
Karelska, Khrystyna
— Russia to Escalate Fight against Ukrainian Autocephaly in 2020 (1/6/20)
Klager, Andrew
— Review: J.E.S.U.S.A. (4/22/20)
Kovalska, Areta
— Ukrainian Churches in the Canadian Prairies (2/23/20)
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(Lambriniadis), Archbishop Elpidophoros
— Archbishop Elpidophoros Marches! (6/3/20)
Lomsadze, Giorgi
— Georgian Orthodox Church’s Impending Paschal Nightmare (4/17/20)
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Michalski, Daniel
— A Coptic Overview of St. Augustine’s “Retractions” (1/18/20)
Miller, Kevin
— J.E.S.U.S.A.: A Special Offer for Orthodoxy in Dialogue Readers (4/24/20)
Morris, Allen
— My People Are Hurting (6/9/20)
Moscow Times
— Russia’s New War Cathedral Glorifies Stalin, Putin, and the 2014 Theft of Crimea from Ukraine (4/26/20)
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Necsutu, Madalin
— Faith in a Time of Pandemic: Orthodox Christians Ward off COVID-19 in Moldova with Religious Procession (6/24/20)
Nicholas, Daniel
— On Father Josiah Trenham: Open Letter to Metropolitan Joseph (1/28/20)
— After Tradition: Choosing the Life of the Spirit over Lifeless Conformism (2/6/20)
— Lenten Reflection: The Hopelessness of Holy Week (4/10/20)
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Onisenko, Kostas
Orthodox World
— The Government of Greece Funds the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America? (1/14/20)
Ostrowski, Jan Michael
— Faith in a Time of Pandemic: Josiah Trenham and “Civil Disobedience” (5/26/20)
— Review: Spiritual Socialists: Religion and the American Left (7/28/20)
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Pappas Post
— Archbishop Elpidophoros of America: OK for Non-Orthodox Christian Spouses to Receive Communion (3/7/20)
(Parginos), Metropolitan Petros
— St. Mark’s: A Theological Academy with a Difference (6/22/20)
— Notes from Africa: Hagia Sophia a Place of Encounter or Exclusion? (7/14/20)
Porumb, Razvan
— Assaulted by Joy: Nicolae Steinhardt (1912-1989) (6/4/20)
Princeton University
— The Icons of Mount Sinai Online (2/24/20)
Progressive Copts
— Open Statement against the Coptic Church’s Position on the LGBTQI+ Community (1/16/20)
(Puhalo), Archbishop Lazar
— I Support Father Aaron Warwick (1/6/20)
— Freedom of Religion…for Whom? (1/26/20)
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RAICES
— Angels Unawares: A Reflection on 2019 (1/27/20)
Rainwater, Joshua
Rauser, Randal
— The Church, Homosexuality, and Personal Experience (1/16/20)
Ruckhaus, Keith
— Lenten Reflection: Our Lenten Ascent (2/1/20)
Ryan, Jonathan D.
— Angels Unawares: A Reflection on 2019 (1/27/20)
Ryle, Dennis
— You Go to Weddings, We Go to Funerals: A Perspective on “Black Lives Matter” from Down Under (6/9/20)
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St. Mark’s Academy
— A Theological Academy with a Difference (6/22/20)
Sanfilippo, Giacomo
— Dying, and Behold We Live (1/2/20)
— Father John Whiteford’s Appalling Ignorance and Pastoral Malfeasance (1/11/20)
— The Joy of Same-Sex Love (1/19/20)
— Father Pavel Florensky: Readings on His Birthday (1/22/20)
— Review: That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation (1/25/20)
— A Bed Undefiled: Conclusion (1/30/20)
— Suddenly I’m Afraid (1/31/20)
— Lenten Reflection: Keeping Lent During a Pandemic in the Electronic Era (3/25/20)
— Young, LGBTQ, and Stuck at Home (4/7/20)
— Father Seraphim (Aldea) (6/16/20)
— The Eucharist (6/26/20)
— Review: An Introduction to Christian Theology (6/29/20)
— Editorial: Rod Dreher Hates Black People…Again (7/5/20)
— Temporary Suspension of Activity (7/7/20)
— The Power of the Holy Spirit: On Chastity, Asceticism, and Sexual Liberation (7/10/20)
— Review: Discerning the Signs of the Times: The Vision of Elisabeth Behr-Sigel (7/20/20)
Savage, Rachel
— Same-Sex Marriage Reduces Suicide Rates (1/19/20)
Schmemann, Serge
— Juliana Schmemann, My Mother (1/29/20)
Schmidt CSB, Warren
— Vatican II: Christian Faith in a Social Media Era (6/22/20)
Skidmore, Isaac
— Lenten Reflection: An Exhortation on the Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt (4/5/20)
Spoor, Monica
— From the Netherlands: Responding to Father Aaron Warwick and Father Seraphim Holland (1/12/20)
— Lenten Reflection: The Law of Love (3/26/20)
— Review: Writing Straight with Crooked Lines: A Memoir (5/30/20)
SVS Press & Bookstore
— 20% Off SVS Press Books & Music until Theophany (1/1/20)
(Symeonides), Metropolitan Nathanael
— The Death of George Floyd and Its Aftermath (6/1/20)
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T, Maria
— An Inside Look at the Protests (5/31/20)
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Umland, Andreas
— Russia to Escalate Fight against Ukrainian Autocephaly in 2020 (1/6/20)
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Voice of Concerned Orthodox Christians
— Immediate Calls for Archbishop Elpidophoros’ Resignation (2/20/20)
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Warwick, Aaron
— Pastoring LGBTQ Individuals in the Orthodox Church: Public Statement (1/2/20)
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Zoupaniotis, Apostolos
— Archbishop Elpidophoros Opposes Rod Dreher’s Benedict Option (6/20/20)
