Day for the Protection of our Natural Environment

September 1, 2012 Beginning of the Ecclesiastical New Year Day for the Protection of our Natural Environment To the Most Reverend Hierarchs, the Reverend Priests and Deacons, the Monks and…

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Seeds of Resurrection

By Fr. Konstantinos Sarantidis (Originally given as Pascha message in 2006 at Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, Portland, Maine) One of the most hallowed and beloved traditions of the Orthodox people…

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4th of July Reflection: Holy Kingship and Ecology

[cmsms_row][cmsms_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsms_text] By Alfred Kentigern Siewers At Camp Karoondinha (a Delaware term for “Land of Shining Waters”) on the wooded banks of Penns Creek, at the last morning of Webelos…

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The Agape Vespers Gospel and the “Language” of Creation

By Dr. Alfred Kentigern Siewers On Pascha Sunday, Orthodox Christians around the world hear the gospel of the empty tomb (John 20:19-25) read in many languages. This points us in…

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The Icon for Orthodoxy’s major “green” feast

By Alfred Kentigern Siewers, OFT web editor Often the Feast of Theophany is rightly celebrated as a Feast of the Church with special significance for Creation, and even for environmental…

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“We do not have to live as if we are alone.”

[cmsms_row][cmsms_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsms_text] Monday night, the Protestant Christian writer, conservation activist, and farmer Wendell Berry delivered the prestigious 43rd Jefferson Lecture on the Humanities in Washington DC. He was honored the…

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Considering Spiritual and Ecological Diversity on Earth Day

  A Food-Variety Tree (see the diagram at the end) prepared by National Geographic Magazine illustrates how the varieties of seeds used for food in the U.S. have shrunk dramatically…

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