In the original foreword to his book Christian Faith and Same-Sex Attraction: Eastern Orthodox Reflections, Fr. Thomas Hopko recounts a story about a gay man he received into the Orthodox Church and with whom he became friends. On reading a manuscript for Fr. Tom’s book, a memory came to the man. As a child, he[…..]
Section: The Human Dimension
The Scandal of Now
“Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, on the shore of a great sea, there stood a mighty and wonderful city. In that city lived a great and pious king.” This is how many stories that we read to our children at bedtime begin. But this is also how we Orthodox often[…..]