THE TWO BECOME ONE? MIXED MARRIAGES IN THE ORTHODOX CHURCH WEBINAR

Τhe Two Become One? Mixed Marriages in the Orthodox Church Webinar

PASTORAL CHALLENGES FOR MARRIAGE IN CONTEMPORARY ORTHODOXY

by Rev. Dr. Nicholas Denysenko, Rev. Dr. Alkiviadis Calivas, John Klentos, Paul Meyendorff, Rev. Dr. Stelyios Muksuris, Lewis Patsavos, Teva Regule, and Rev. Dr. Philip Zymaris
PUBLIC ORTHODOXY

In preparation for the Great and Holy Council to be held on Crete in June, 2016, the Orthodox bishops have issued a preconciliar document on the sacrament of marriage.

MARRIAGE, FAMILY AND SCRIPTURE

by Bryce E. Rich, Fr. Robert M. Arida, Susan Ashbrook Harvey, David Dunn, Maria McDowell, and Teva Regule
PUPLIC ORTHODOXY

The title of the working document “The Sacrament of Marriage and Its Impediments” appears to promise a meaningful teaching on the spousal relationship.

RESPONCE TO THE PRE-CONCILIAR DOCUMENT ON MARRIANGE AND ITS IMPEDIMENTS

by Fr. Robert M. Arida, Susan Ashbrook Harvey, David Dunn, Maria McDowell, Teva Regule, and Bryce Rich
PUBLIC ORTHODOXY

The document on marriage does not refer to its long and complex history and accompanying theology. What is offered to the faithful and to the world is a statement that bases marriage on a particular understanding of natural and divine law (sec.I, par.2 and 6).

SEXUAL PURITY AND THE VOCATION OF MARRIAGE SEXUAL

 by David C. Ford, Mary Ford, Rev. Dr. Philip LeMasters, Philip Mamalakis, and Alf Kentigern Siewers

PUBLIC ORTHODOXY

“The sacred nature of the God-established union and its lofty spiritual content explain the Apostle’s affirmation in Heb. 13:4. That is why the Orthodox Church condemned any defilement of its purity (Eph. 5:2-5, 1 Thes. 4:4, Heb. 13:4ff)” (Chambesy Statement).

MODERN CHALLENGES TO TRADITIONAL ORTHODOX PERSPECTIVES ON MARRIAGE

by Paul Ladouceur,

(This essay was originally delivered as a public talk at the June 2015 Fordham/OTSA conference on the upcoming Great and Holy Council of the Orthodox Church. It was part of a panel on canonical impediments to marriage.)

It will no doubt be useful for the Council to focus on harmonizing canonical impediments to marriage – especially marriages where one spouse is not Orthodox. But the Council risks not seeing the forest because of the trees. Other questions relating to marriage in the contemporary world are far more important.

ΤΟ ΜΥΣΤΗΡΙΟΝ ΤΟΥ ΓΑΜΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΑ ΚΩΛΥΜΑΤΑ ΑΥΤΟΥ

 Ι. Ὁ Ὀρθόδοξος Γάμος

Ὁ θεσμός τῆς οἰκογενείας εὑρίσκεται σήμερον ὑπό τήν ἀπειλήν τῆς ἐκκοσμικεύσεως, ὡς ἐπίσης καί τοῦ ἠθικοῦ σχετικισμοῦ. Ἡ Ὀρθόδοξος Ἐκκλησία διδάσκει τήν ἱερότητα τοῦ γάμου ὡς μίαν θεμελιώδη καί ἀδιαμφισβήτητον διδασκαλίαν τῆς Ἐκκλησίας. Ἡ ἐλευθέρα ἕνωσις μεταξύ ἀνδρός καί γυναικός εἶναι μία ἀπαραίτητος προϋπόθεσις.