Gayle E. Woloschak

For the Life of the World: Toward a Social Ethos of the Orthodox Church is a social doctrine statement prepared by a commission of Orthodox scholars appointed by His All-Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople and chaired by Archdeacon John Chryssavgis. The team of scholars who collaborated on the document included David Bentley Hart,[…..]

The Orthodoxy of my youth no longer exists in the United States (or perhaps in the world) today. The young, immigrant-heavy American Church had grown up into an openness to change, liturgical reform, improved conciliar approaches to Church governance, and a dynamic parish interaction.

Interview with John Chryssavgis

In recent years, scientific approaches have been developed to treat some “fertility disorders” through in vitro fertilization or IVF, an alternative to the natural route of sperm fertilization of the egg in the womb of the mother. IVF has been used in many situations around the world to help couples who are unable to conceive[…..]

The world has reached an unusual moment in history: a single disease has made a deep and lasting impression on the population of the entire planet. The sickness and death may last a long time. The consequences of the shutdown necessary to control the burden of the pandemic on medical infrastructure have left joblessness, poverty,[…..]