Congratulations, We Are Healthier Than Ever!

February 18, 2008 Posted by: admin Leave a Comment

I live in Amsterdam. For the geographically challenged — or for those who have spent too much time in an American high school — Amsterdam is in Holland. Holland is also called The Netherlands. This literally means “Low Lands”, which is why in French it is called the Pays Bays. Low is the word to […]

Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev: Liberal Christianity will not survive for a long time

February 16, 2008 Posted by: John Couretas Leave a Comment

Address at the opening session of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches, Geneva, 13 February 2008. Source: Europaica I would like to draw your attention to the danger of liberal Christianity. The liberalization of moral standards, initiated by some Protestant and Anglican communities several decades ago and developing with ever-increasing speed, has […]

‘A Patriarch in Dire Straits’

February 16, 2008 Posted by: John Couretas Leave a Comment

At the Acton Institute, where I labor as communications director, I published a commentary pegged to Patriarch Bartholomew’s forthcoming book, “Encountering the Mystery.” The commentary was also picked up by the Assyrian News Agency. Read the full commentary here. In 1971, the Turkish government shut down Halki, the partriarchal seminary on Heybeliada Island in the […]

Conflicted Hearts: Social Justice and Orthodoxy

February 16, 2008 Posted by: John Couretas Leave a Comment

Conflicted Hearts: Orthodox Christians and Social Justice in an Age of Globalization, my article on economics and social justice, has been posted on the AGAIN Magazine Web site. Read the full article here. Just as there is no real understanding of many bioethical issues without a general grasp of underlying medical technology, there is no […]

Amazing Grace — Nana Mouskouri

January 18, 2008 Posted by: John Couretas Leave a Comment

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me. I once was lost but now am found, Was blind, but now I see. T’was Grace that taught my heart to fear. And Grace, my fears relieved. How precious did that Grace appear The hour I first believed. Through many dangers, toils and […]