Dr. Reno; I take exception to your publication’s latest anti-Russian Orthodox article: “The Pan-Orthodox Council Must and Will Proceed“ by Deacon John Chryssavgis and Professor Paul L. Gavrilyuk: http://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2016/06/the-pan-orthodox-council-must-and-will-proceed It was bad enough that you declined to publish the “Open Letter” by Archpriest Victor Potapav, James J. Jatras, and yours truly intended as an initial rebuttal […]
From 2010: Chaplains in No-Win Situation on ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
by Fr. Alexander Webster The next time someone tells you that the LGBT agenda is benign or about their ‘rights’, don’t you believe it. It’s about forcing others out because they can’t control their feelings, and therefore demand compliance. Originally published in Stars and Stripes, August 24, 2010, everything that Fr. Alexander predicted has indeed […]
Orthodoxy in the American Public Square
by Fr. Alexander F. C. Webster The prevailing political and cultural elites in America are succeeding, steadily and surely, in plunging our society into a post-Christian vortex that bears a striking resemblance in many ways to the formative centuries of the ancient Church. Faithful early Christians had to endure an inhospitable culture and a decadent ethos, […]