From the Journal Vol. 3 No. 3 - Dormition 2008 • The Empire Strikes Back: Cultural Imperialism and the Heart of Orthodoxy    The concept of Empire is a broad and inclusive one, one which can serve the best interest of the sharing of the Gospel. Unfortunately narrow tribalism is often the order of the day in many places. This article explores the historical sucesses of Imperial thought, and the present failures of tribalism. • What's in a Name? Personal Christian Names    Many contemporary popular names have Christian roots - although one might never know it. Discover the patron saints your friends never knew they had. • The Trinity and the Tricolour: Cultural fetishism and the Church    Culture and Faith are too often blurred identities in Orthodox parishes in North America. This article tries to untangle these often confused notions, offering a vision for cultural awareness with an emphasis on a higher Christian purpose. • On the Commemoration of the Dead: All Orthodox Ancestors Known and Unknown    Orthodox Christian Ancestors: most Canadians have them, but rarely have the opportunity to explore their own Christian roots. A remakable study in the ancestry that unites us. • A Canadian First Hierarch: On the busses with Metropolitan Hilarion    A brief reflection on the remarkable new Canadian-born First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. • Rewarding Evil: The Order of Canada and the redefinition of a "better country"    The recent awarding of Canada's highest award to a well known abortionist has drawn suitable criticism. Can our nation rescue the honour of its highest Order? • Northern Nomenclature: Victoria, St. Elias Day • New Feature: NOTE WORTHY    A new feature that focuses on the history of traditional Canadian folksongs, and their remarkable Christian roots. Vol. 3 No. 2 - Pentecost 2008 • Saint Clotilde vs. The Revolution    A call to Quebec nationalists to recover their authentic cultural heritage in the bosom of the historic Orthodox Church, and the inheritance of Her Frankish saints. • Marriage à la Mode    The disintegration of marriage and courtship - even among those calling themselves Christians - is at the heart of the struggle for civilization. This article explores the consequences of Christian parents and young people losing the savour of the Orthodox understanding of marriage and courtship. • A Search for Wholeness: An Orthodox Response to Organ Donation & Retrieval    The third and final part of this timely article on the Orthodox view of organ donation - now online in its complete and unabridged format. • Independent Orthodox Life    How often has Orthodox Christian life been re-cast into something totally alien from the spirit of the saints? This article takes a look at several ways in which Orthodox Christians can be tempted to live an 'independent' Orthodox life, apart from the life of the Church. • On the Feast of the Ascension: A Sermon by Our Righteous Father Sebastian Dabovich    A sermon by one of Canada's holy fathers, now being considered for formal glorification by the Church. • The Kosovo Lesson    The sanctification of the holy sites of the Balkans finds its source in the Orthodox Christian life of its saints and holy ones. At a time when global politics is carving out a dark future for the holy sites of Kosovo and Metohia, faithful people are challenged to rediscover the true roots of the sanctity of the Serbian Orthodox heartland, and to transplant it into life in the West. Vol. 3 No. 1 - Pascha 2008 • Saint Brendan & the Newfoundland Coast    An excerpt from the traditional record of the travels of Saint Brendan the Voyager, through the regions now recognized as the Newfoundland Coast. • A Search for Wholeness: An Orthodox Response to Organ Donation & Retrieval.    Second in a three-part series, this long-awaited article attempts to bridge the gap between the view of the Church Fathers on the human body, and the increasingly pressing question of organ donation. • Canada's Tower of Babel: The Language of Exclusion    How does our choice and use of language open - or close - the door to those with whom we would share the Orthodox Christian witness? This article examines the barriers of language and word choices in a Canadian Church context. • A Taxing Proposition: Some Reflections on the Taxation of Church Properties    In this timely article, a charities lawyer examines the growing movement to impose property taxes on places of worship, and the impact this will have on the Church. • Madness On Campus    This article discusses the spiritual dimension of violence on high-school and college campuses, and the ways in which faithful people can address this critical issue. Vol. 2 No. 6 - Nativity 2007 • The Underground Railroad: The legacy of Saint Moses the Ethiopian    This article presents something of the spiritual heritage of former American slaves who found their way to Canada, and their roots in the Orthodox Church. • Patron Saint Slavas: Confusing the Serbs?    An account of the growth of the Serbian family patron saint's day, its gift to Orthodox life in the western world, and its important place in the faith of future generations. • Groundhog Day    The natural world is often discussed in light of contemporary environmentalism. This seasonal discussion of the way in which we might look at the prognostications of the rodent of Wiarton. • Saint Innocent & Winter Travel    An important link is drawn in this article between the long-distance snow travels of Saint Innocent, Enlightener of Alaska, and the Canadian winter driving culture. • A Search for Wholeness: An Orthodox Response to Organ Dontion & Retrieval    First in a three-part series, this long-awaited article attempts to bridge the gap between the view of the Church Fathers on the human body, and the increasingly pressing question of organ donation. • Letter from Ravenna: Reunion in the Trenches    A contrast of the essential versus the apparent differences between Orthodox Christianity and Roman Catholicism, in light of recent meetings. Vol. 2 No. 5 - Feast of St. Nicholas 2007 • Father Seraphim Rose:    A Quarter Century Later • Urban & Orthodox:    Faith and the City • Faith of Our Fathers:    My Grandad was no Environmentalist • No Silence in Heaven:    Remembering Remembrance Day • Raise the Flag • Always, Everywhere, and by All:    Giving the Ancestors A Vote • The Mother of Relativism:    Elizabeth I and the Shaping of the Canadian Mind • Religion for Girls    The Church Impotent: The Feminization of Christianity • Poetry: My Soul, O Lord, my soul doth weep for Thee Vol. 2 No. 4 - Holy Cross 2007 • Back to School:    Guarding the Senses • On Priestly Formation:    Small is Beautiful • Oh Say, Can't You See?:    The OCA and the American Problem • More Than Words:    On the Language of Heaven • Tearing the Family Album:    A Crime Against Love • Courting Disaster • Poetry: O Thou Who Art Both Priest and Offering • Enough Already:    Pulp Fiction isn't Christian Epic • Papal Hopes & Orthodox Popes:    Did the Turks Get Something Right? Vol. 2 No. 3 - Dormition 2007 • St. Brendan's Journey & Immigration • Working for the Weekend • Daughters, Mighty in Christ:    Three Western Orthodox Princesses • Real Estate Boom • Submit to Those in Authority • Scotland the Brave • Ever a Minority? • Whose Life Is It Anyway?:    Why We Pray The Way We Pray • Dreaming of Byzantium • Sonnet XVI:    When Patrick Stood Upon the Ancient Hill • The Belgrade, Moscow, Byzantine Hood:    Reaping What We Sow Vol. 2 No. 2 - Pentecost 2007 • Canada's Patron:    The Dragon-Slayer of Lydda • Warming the Heart:    The Orthodox Spirit in Everyday Life • On Mistakes and Heresies • Gudrid: Canadian Anchorite • Tomb Hunters    Stupid Is as Stupid Does • Canary in the Mineshaft    The End of Organized Religion • Life in a Northern Town    Liturgy Canadian Style • A Few Great Men    Whither Saint Gregory? • Where's the Party?    A political home for Orthodox Christians in Canada? • Mickey Mouse Matrimony:    The Disneyfication of Religion • Scrambling the Ghetto    Keeping the Kids • Poetry: Awake, My Soul! Vol. 2 No. 1 - Pascha 2007 • The Vikings in Newfoundland    Canada's first Orthodox parish? • A Canadian Orthodox Commonwealth?    The Nation that Could Have Been • False Black: Gothic & Orthodox? • Death of the DQ:    Nostalgia isn't Faith • Nietzsche's Iconography    The Superhero Generation(s) • The Shape of the Church Calendar in Canada Vol. 1 No. 2 - Nativity 2006 • Puritans, Pagans, and Pudding:    Phases of My Christmas Table Experience • Terrorism, Airlines, and the Mission of St. John • Caroling & Public Schools • The Great Blessing of Waters:    From Sea to Sea • Canadian Orthodox Martyrs? • Telling the Truth in Istanbul:    1054 A.D. All Over Again? • Green Martyrdom • From the Trenches:    Rome and Same Sex Unions Vol. 1 No. 1 - Feast of St. Nicholas 2006 • St. Mary of Egypt: An Intercessor for Canadian cities    Orthodoxy and the Blindness of the Canadian Dream • God Save the King?    An Orthodox Monarch for Canada? • Canada: Doorway to a New Christian Commonwealth?    The Real Inheritance of Holy Russia & Byzantium

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