ETHICS AND MORAL ISSUES

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Orthodox Perspectives on Environmental Concerns

Orthodox Perspectives on Creation 

The Orthodox Church and the Environmental Movement by Elizabeth Theokritoff

'Thine of Thine Own': Orthodoxy and Ecology by Elizabeth Theokritoff

Proprietors or Priests of Creation?  by Metropolitan John (Zizioulas) of Pergamon

Towards an Environmental Ethic by Metropolitan John (Zizioulas) of Pergamon

Safeguarding the Creation for Future Generations by Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia

The Rape of Nature by Philip Sherrard

God has not Abandoned the World: A Joint Statement Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and Pope John Paul II of Rome

Patriarch Bartholomew, Global Warming and Orthodoxy by Eve Tibbs

  

 Orthodox Perspectives on Marriage

Marriage: the Great Sacrament by Archimandrite Aemilianos of Mt. Athos

  

Orthodox Perspectives on Human Sexuality and Reproduction

The Sacredness of Newborn Life by Father John Breck

Pastoral Guidelines Regarding the Sanctity of Life  by Father Stanley Harakas

Goodbye, Dolly: Some Reflections on Cloning by Father John Breck

Medically Assisted Procreation  by Father John Breck

The 30th Anniversary of Roe vs. Wade  by Frederica Matthewes-Green
Posted Tuesday, January 21, 2003 in Pro-Life, NPR Commentaries

The Icon of the Sign: A Womb with a Window  by Frederica Matthewes-Green

 

Orthodox Perspectives on Biomedical Ethics

What does our Church believe about organ donation?  by Father Steven Tsichlis

Orthodox Perspectives on Homosexuality

Can a Homosexual Become an Orthodox Christian? by Father Theodore Stylianopoulos

An Orthodox Christian's Struggle with Homosexuality  by anonymous

The Homosexual Christian by Father Thomas Hopko

Orthodox Perspectives on Politics and Society

A Note on Political Theology by Christos Yannaras 

1978 Harvard Commencement Address: A World Split Apart by Alexander Solzhenitsyn

American Salvation by Albert Raboteau 

In the World but Not of the World: Orthodox Christianity and American Citizenship by Valerie Karras.

What We Want in our Political Leaders  by Fr. Thomas Hopko

 

Orthodox Perspectives on War and Peace

 Two Perspectives on  the War on Iraq  April, 2003 
Frank Schaeffer's Letter to the Editor of the Washington Post and Father Steve's Response.

The Teaching on Peace in the Fathers of the Church by Fr.  Stanley Harakas

No Just War in the Fathers of the Church by Fr.  Stanley Harakas

Saint Basil's Guidance on War and Repentance by Fr.  John McGuckin

  

Orthodox Perspectives on Media and Culture

The Gospel According to Mel: A Review of the Passion of the Christ by Father Steven Tsichlis

Bruce Almighty and the Problem of Individualism by Eve Tibbs