Manhattan Declaration and Signers

  For more information see www.ManhattanDeclaration.org. Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience Drafted on October 20, 2009 Released on November 20, 2009 Preamble Christians are heirs of a 2,000-year tradition of proclaiming God's word, seeking justice in our societies, resisting tyranny, and reaching out with compassion to the poor, oppressed and suffering.  While fully [...]

Nationalism in Greek Orthodoxy

By: Sir Steven Runciman Excerpts from “The Great Church in Captivity: A Study of the Patriarchate of Constantinople from the Eve of the Turkish Conquest to the Greek War of Independence.” In the East money making has never, as it was in the feudally minded West, been considered to be incompatible with aristocracy. A moneyed [...]

Civilization Without Religion?

By: Russell Kirk. Sobering voices tell us nowadays that the civilization in which we participate is not long for this world. Many countries have fallen under the domination of squalid oligarchs; other lands are reduced to anarchy.

Orthodox Leadership in a Brave New World

By: Fr. Johannes L. Jacobse. Almost thirty years ago Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn delivered an address at Harvard University that still ranks as one of the most trenchant and inspired critiques of Western culture ever given.

Conflicted Hearts: Orthodox Christian ‘Social Justice’ in an Age of Globalization

By: John Couretas. In the opening sermon delivered to an ecumenical gathering last year in Brazil, Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana and All Albania called on the assembly to promote "daring initiatives and just social struggles."