Archive for month: April 2012
Pascha Time on Earth
A Reflection by Alfred Kentigern Siewers* “Christ is Risen!” Orthodox Christians around the Earth look forward to chanting those ancient words in many languages at...
Bees, Pesticides, and Orthodox Iconography
The decimation of honeybee populations in North America is in the news again in recent days, with further evidence of a likely link between their...
Thoughts on Noah and the Rules of Gardening
By Alfred Kentigern Siewers* God’s convenant in the aftermath of the flood, not to overwhelm the earth again, is taken in some Protestant fundamentalist readings...
Orthodoxy, Hierarchy, Ecology: A Reflection
By Alfred Kentigern Siewers* It’s often assumed that, because Orthodox Christianity is a traditional faith, it must be conservative in a current American political sense,...