The Orthodox Peace Fellowship of the Protection of the Mother of God is
an association of Orthodox Christians belonging to different nations and jurisdictions trying
to live the peace of Christ in day-to-day life, including situations of division and conflict.
We publish a quarterly journal, In Communion,
and provide other resources for
individuals and parishes.
Read more about the OPF.
News
Silent as a Stone: Mother Maria of Paris and the Trash Can Rescue
Other resources
Not everything we find valuable fits in the OPF journal. Here is a selection of supplementary texts, some of them book length:
- Post Traumatic Spiritual Disorder and the False History Syndrome by Stephen Muse
- Jim Forest speaking on pilgrimage as a way of life
- Letter from Saint Paulinus of Nola: an appeal to a soldier to leave the military
- Orthodox Christians and Conscientious Objection by Jim Forest
- In Peace Let Us Pray To The Lord — an Orthodox Christian Approach to Peacemaking
- Peace in Orthodox Liturgy and Life by Philip Le Masters
- Nonviolence and Peace Traditions in Early and Eastern Christianity by Fr. John McGuckin
- Saint Maria Skobtsova — Pages relating to the recently canonized saint and her co-workers
- Confronting Poverty and Stigmatization: An Eastern Orthodox Perspective — by Dr. John D. Jones
- Iraq War — Orthodox responses
- Several statements, prayers and appeals of Patriarch Pavle
- The Kosovo Crisis — Statements from Orthodox bishops and various reports
- For the Peace From Above — The Syndesmos Resource Book on War, Peace and Nationalism
- The Orthodox Church and Society — The Basis of the Social Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church
- God Has Not Abandoned the World — Joint environmental statement of Patriarch Bartholomeos and Pope John Paul
- Peace Be With You: Living the Beatitudes in a Wounded World — Lectures given at OPF North America conference, June 2003
- The Sacred Gift of Life — Lectures given at the OPF North American conference, June 2002
- Sacraments of Healing — Lectures by Bishop Kallistos given at an OPF retreat
- The Resurrection of the Church in Albania
- Changing a society which has de-valued women and de-humanized the unborn — on the issue of abortion
- Various other essays
- Jim Forest’s lecture trips — Are you interested in him speaking at your parish, school or university?
