TOGETHER IN UNITY UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: AN ORTHODOX PERSPECTIVE ON SYNODALITY

 

By Rev. Protopresbyter Dr. Nicolas Kazarian, Director of the Department of Inter-Orthodox, Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.

THE ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES, AN ORTHODOX PERSPECTIVE

By Rev. Dr. Nicolas Kazarian

AN ORTHODOX ETHOS OF SOLIDARITY AGAINST COVID-19

by Rev. Dr. Nicolas Kazarian.
Public Orthodoxy

In the midst of an unprecedented crisis, it is often hard or even impossible to think about what comes next, after the crisis ends. What will our life after lockdown look like? What will happen to our personal dynamics after social distancing? And what about our spiritual life after not going to Church for what feels like an eternity? All these questions, and many more, are legitimate. Every crisis gives rise to a judgment. In a way, that is the role that crises play in history, sorting out the chaff from the wheat as we start to make sense of a tragedy and discern the opportunity to live up to the radicality of the Gospel.

AN ORTHODOX ETHOS OF SOLIDARITY AGAINST COVID-19

by Rev. Dr. Nicolas Kazarian Public Orthodoxy

In the midst of an unprecedented crisis, it is often hard or even impossible to think about what comes next, after the crisis ends. What will our life after lockdown look like? What will happen to our personal dynamics after social distancing? And what about our spiritual life after not going to Church for what feels like an eternity? All these questions, and many more, are legitimate. Every crisis gives rise to a judgment. In a way, that is the role that crises play in history, sorting out the chaff from the wheat as we start to make sense of a tragedy and discern the opportunity to live up to the radicality of the Gospel.

WRITING HISTORY WITH H.A.H. ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW

Rev. Dr. Nicolas Kazarian|Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America

History is a process which starts from an event, entering memory before being written down through a painstaking effort of abstraction. In the case of Fr. John Chryssavgis’s book, the event is a person, the memory is an inspiration, and history is the global destiny of H.A.H. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew,