Orthodoxy in Dialogue shares this pearl of Orthodox theology and spirituality with gratitude to an aging Russian hierodeacon who looks on in silent horror at what his Church has become.

Antiochian Orthodox priest Joseph Gleason and family cosplaying as 19th-century Russian peasants 

American Priest, Editor of ‘Russian Faith’, Blocked from Facebook for Posting Article Critical of Sodomy

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What our most extreme, name-calling, hell-invoking-on-our-heads revilers cannot do may be accomplished by the imminent death of our 9-year old computer.

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Tomorrow is the pre-Triodion Sunday of Zacchaeus / Sunday of the Canaanite Woman. The present essay marks the first in our Lenten Reflections 2020 series. 

Ascending a great height or embarking on a long journey is a dominant theme of the Songs of Ascents (Ps 120-134). It is no wonder that the church Fathers found in this group of songs the appropriate “entrance” hymns into the season of repentance.

Like climbing a mountain, committing to a season of repentance jettisons us into an unknown adventure even in times when the world’s conflicts and strife draw us to despair.

As the Jews of the Exile learned, lamentation is God’s gift in the face of hopelessness. It calls us to a radical and profound action. Hopelessness causes two destructive responses. I can stew in cycles of despair, encircling into tighter and tighter circles of “giving up.”  I say “I’m done” with politics, church, family, work, “those people,” and finally, myself. I can equally grind in anger, raging against an ever-encroaching foe who seems to threaten my very way of life. I cut off all associations with perceived enemies and limit my alliances to the few who share my views. Read More

JANUARY 2020

January has been an extraordinarily busy month at Orthodoxy in Dialogue!

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Dying, and Behold We Live

Pastoring LGBTQ Individuals in the Orthodox Church: Public Statement

Theological and Philosophical Dissonance in Theories of Pastoral Care with LGBTQ+ Identifying Persons: A Response to Father Aaron Warwick

Editorial: The “Morality” of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese?

In Support of Father Aaron Warwick: Open Letter to Metropolitan Joseph

Archbishop Lazar (Puhalo): I Support Father Aaron Warwick

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