Sep 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
(lecture given by Jim Forest at New Skete Monastery in Cambridge, NY on 4 October 2010) What I would like to do is take a closer look at one of our most-used prayers, “O heavenly king,” giving special attention to the words, “cleanse us from all impurity.” But first...
Jul 6, 2013 | Author - Brad Jersak, Author - Lazar Puhalo
The following interview took place over several days via email and in person. In it, Brad Jersak queries Archbishop Lazar Puhalo on the role of women and the Orthodox tradition. The conversation was triggered by a statement from blogger and theologian, Derek Flood...
Sep 26, 2010 | Uncategorized
One of the ways to understand Tolstoy’s relationship with the Orthodox Church is in the context of his search for certainty, certainty regarding truth. Tolstoy’s relationship with the Orthodox Church is paradoxical, that is, very Russian, quite Orthodox....
Sep 24, 2010 | Uncategorized
Lev Tolstoy, one of Russia's greatest authors and peace advocates, passed away one century ago. A four-time Nobel nominee, Tolstoy was known through his literature and activism as a proponent of nonviolence and communalism; a critic of militarism and hierarchy;...
Sep 24, 2010 | Author - Ron Dart
War and Peace (1869) is the Mount Everest of all novels, and Anna Karenina (1877) and Resurrection (1899) stand tall and stately within the towering Himalayan peaks of world literature. It is 100 years this year since Lev Tolstoy died (1910-2010), and many is...
