Met. Hilarion: The Voice of the Church Must Be Prophetic
Source: World Council of Churches Address by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patria...
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Limited Time Free eBook Offer: An Orthodox Christian Perspective on Environmentalism
Beginning today, Acton is offering its first monograph on Eastern Orthodox Christian social thought at no cost through Amazon Kindle. Through Tues., Nov. 12, yo...
2015 Solemn Year of the Parish and Monastery Mission in the Church of Romania
From the Romanian Press Office On 29 October 2013, the working session of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church was held in the Synodal Hall of the Pat...
Orthodoxy and the Poor
“A person should have a more attentive attitude toward his brother’s flesh than toward his own. Christian love teaches us to give our brother not only mat...
No Place for Lukewarm Orthodoxy
There is no doubt, that from an Orthodox Christian perspective, our nation is in the midst of a moral crisis. All one needs to do is look around at the way wom...
Good Works or Bad Works
This past Sunday, the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost, the Epistle reading comes from St. Paul’s letter to the Ephesians chapter 2. In this chapter St. Paul writes...
IOCC Aid Helps Newly Displaced Families In Syria
Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — Throngs of displaced Syrians crowd before the gates of an Orthodox church in the coastal governorate of Tartous, awaiting their turns to ...
The Blessing of the Harvest
Each year the Orthodox Church celebrates the Feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ. The fest celebrates the time when Jesus clim...
The Absolution at Gettysburg
One Hundred and Fifty years ago, two great armies were marching toward the small Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg. The inhabitants of this small town numbered o...
We Need to Rethink Our Approach to Poverty in America
Recently, St. Vladimir’s Seminary and the Acton Institute teamed up to offer a conference on Poverty in the United States. The recordings of the sessions are a...