Eastern Orthodox Christianity 2.0

Ta Criost aiseirithe!  Aiseirithe go fior!
This links to discussion of their 2007 pilgrimage, but FWIU they’re planning one for 2008 also.  Wish I had the moola, because it sounds well-grounded, much better than other “Celtic spirituality pilgrimages” there!  (What else to expect from Orthodoxy?!!)  $1300.00 US plus airfare - Ouch!
In any case, it seems you [...]

I just came upon the NY Times obituary for Fr. David Kirk of Emmaus House/Harlem in New York City, who reposed last May 23, the week before Pentecost.  The obit is reproduced at Wikipedia. More details at The OCA.  This seems to be a website archive/homage of him.  There’s quite a bit about him through Google, [...]

From an article featured in the new newsletter from US-based International Orthodox Christian Charities.  Remember they’re outnumbered something like 90 to 1 just now, with most Serb residents still refugees farther north in Serbia and independent Montenegro.  IOCC and the big Serbian Orthodox monastery in Kosovo, Decani (pronounced “deh-CHAH-nee”), are trying to help people of all [...]

Some personal reflections by that same blogger, a (non-Orthodox) Christian living in the Mideast, sound interesting.
Regarding charity, I know International Orthodox Christian Charities is active in Kosovo, the West Bank, Syria, and Lebanon (among other places), helping folks without regard for religion.  And even much of the Orthodox Christian Mission Center’s work, for instance in [...]