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The title of this blog piece is the title of a book written by Bishop Maxim Vasiljevic, bishop of Los Angeles and Western America of the Serbian Orthodox Church.  (I trust he will forgive not bei … Read More

Fasting, in the Christian tradition, is not merely abstinence from food but a deliberate act of freedom. By limiting what is lawful and good, a person learns that life does not depend solely on consum … Read More

The Alliance of Compassion and Integrity: Church and Theology Facing Homosexuality and the Queer Movement, by Fr. Vasileios Thermos, Alhambra, CA: St. Sebastian Press (2024) Reviewed by Steven-John M. … Read More

On the feast of the Meeting of Our Lord (Sretenje), the Church remembers the moment when the Christ Child was brought into the Temple and encountered by the righteous Symeon and Anna (Luke 2:22– … Read More

The Selected Writings of Elder Vasileios present a theological voice that defies easy categorization. His approach, termed a "theology of surprise," challenges the tendency to domesticate the divine a … Read More