Editorial

This issue, featuring the papers prepared for the meeting as well as
additional contributions, is examining the multiple facets of human experience
in light of the Orthodox tradition. The issue explores the role of human
experience in shaping Orthodox thought and life in the past, present, and
future.

…The essays gathered in this double volume present a multicolored tapestry of today’s Orthodoxy across countries and continents…

Food for every season, blessings and curses, and exorcising evil spirits are only some of the many folk traditions associated with Orthodoxy; they make up for what they lack in formal status with a more immediate presence in the lives of the faithful. Alongside other aspects of church life (theology, history, politics, liturgy, art, and[…..]

The catalyst for this issue of The Wheel was provided by the theme of the 2024 annual meeting of the Orthodox Theological Society in America “Who Am I? Who Are We? Orthodox Christian Tradition and Questions of Identity.” 

Nonhumans—animals, artificial life, artificial intelligence, and other forms of sentient and non-sentient beings—occupy a significant place in the tapestry of human existence and spirituality. This special issue examines the multifaceted relationship between nonhumans and Orthodox Christianity, as well as their representation and impact on contemporary cultural discourse.The essays consider our relationship with animals, the world[…..]

Mother Gavrilia (1897–1992) was a woman of action and prayer, of words and silent contemplation. She survived some of the most tumultuous events of the 20th century: the expulsion of Orthodox Christians during the 1923 Greek-Turkish Population Exchange, the Battle of Britain, and the Greek Civil War.

On September 11, 2020, Father Peter Scorer, the longtime deacon and disciple of Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh, fell asleep in the Lord weeks after being diagnosed with advanced lung cancer.