On Pascha Sunday, Orthodox Christians around the world hear the gospel of the empty tomb (John 20:19-25) read in many languages. This points us in the Pascha season toward Pentecost,…
By Heather Zydek If we look carefully enough, we can see God all around us. Of course, it’s easy to see God in the beautiful: in flowers, in the ocean,…
A Reflection by Alfred Kentigern Siewers* “Christ is Risen!” Orthodox Christians around the Earth look forward to chanting those ancient words in many languages at midnight services this weekend, as…
The decimation of honeybee populations in North America is in the news again in recent days, with further evidence of a likely link between their decline and manmade environmental factors….
By Alfred Kentigern Siewers* God’s convenant in the aftermath of the flood, not to overwhelm the earth again, is taken in some Protestant fundamentalist readings of scripture to be a…
By Alfred Kentigern Siewers* It’s often assumed that, because Orthodox Christianity is a traditional faith, it must be conservative in a current American political sense, and sometimes then that its…
Apatheia and Climate Change By Alfred Kentigern Siewers Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in his message to the conference on climate change in Durban, South Africa in November, made clear again the importance…
