Metropolitan Kallistos Ware: straight talk from an Englishman goes a long way towards mutual understanding

February 28, 2012

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In 1904, Ecumenical Patriarch Joachim III the Magnificent was writing letters to his Orthodox brother bishops. He was seeking to bring the Orthodox churches together in order to engage the Western churches in ecumenical endeavors. In his encyclical of that year, he wrote: Lest we be charged with indifference for our [non-Orthodox] brethren who are […]

The Prodigal Family: one possible way of understanding Christian division

February 12, 2012

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A certain man had two sons: And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted […]

The Broken Body of the Church

January 2, 2012

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The broken Body of the Church is the source of so many tears. Maybe today Christians are not fully one in their beliefs, their organization and their structures. But they can be one in their love and in their yearning to follow Jesus, not always knowing the path ahead, which will be revealed little by […]

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