Orthodox position on Peace and War

Orthodoxy and Peace

Check out In Communion, the official website of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship and their online essays related to peace-making.

Orthodox Response to Terrorism

Serbian Orthodox Church response to ethnic cleansing
Centuries of Culture Vanish in Kosovo City ( March 24, 2004, 2:13 AM EST)
Kosovo: Five Centuries of Strife and Ethnic Cleansing (March 23, 2004)
New Targets for Suicide Bombers
Greek Orthodox spokesman denies supporting bombers

Prayers in times of War

The full service is named "A Molieben to the Lord God Sung in Time of War Against Adversaries Fighting Against Us." It is found in vol. 4 of _The Great Book of Needs_, published by St. Tikhon's Seminary in 1999, pp. 130-150. It is a full molieben (i.e., usual beginning, psalm 142(143), 'God is the Lord' with troparia, canon, prokeimenon, epistle, Gospel, prayers, dismissal). The epistle reading is from St Paul's letter to the Hebrews (11:32-34; 12:1-2), and the Gospel reading is from St Matthew (7:7-11).

Prayer Said in Time of War and the Blessing of Warriors Going Into Combat
Prayer for blessing of weapon
Prayer for Enemies by St Nicholai of Zica (during Nazi concentration camp)

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