The Department of Missions and Evangelism of the Antichian
Orthodox Christian Archdiocese recently released a documentary about abortion. The nine-part series, In the Name
of Choice, directed by Deacon Adam Lowell Roberts and featuring Frederica Mathewes-Green, has but one message - that
about 80% of young women who have gotten abortions report that they felt like they had no choice but to abort their unborn
child. They express that they felt they were either being forced by someone else to go through with the abortion (boyfriend,
husband, father, mother) or they did so to satisfy another person. In orther words, the decision to have an abortion
was not really THEIR choice.
In this docu-series, a number of agencies and Christian ministries are featured.
These are groups that have devoted themselves to taking a compassionate approach by presenting alternatives to young pregnant
women who feel trapped and would otherwise have no support should they desire to keep their child. Access the videos
via the link below:
Lumen Christi Institute
Distinct in their theology, spirituality and discipline
of Church life, 23 Eastern Catholic Churches are in communion with the Roman Catholic Church. The Second Vatican Council
urged the Eastern Catholic Churches to promote their unique share of the tradition. This series responds to that mandate
and features leading scholars in the field to offer their theological perspectives drawn from the wisdom of the Christian
East. In view of broadening our understanding of the Catholic intellectual tradition, this series draws attention to
the vantage points of Christians who worship, think, and pray in continuity with the first 1000 years of the undivided Church.
A 2009 interview with
His All Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I.
The Chronicles of the Desert
Trisagion Films presents "The Chronicles of the Desert',"
exploring the lives and teachings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers from the Thebaid of Egypt to the caves and cells of Mount
Athos and even beyond to the vast forests of Russia.
The Elijah Interfaith Institute's "Coronaspection"
initiative brings together religious leaders from around the world to engage in introspection in light of the Coronavirus
pandemic. In these unprecedented times, we need voices of wisdom, drawn from various religious traditions, to come together
and to offer hope, vision, direction and practical guidance to anxioius and suffering humanity. To accessd the videos
visit:
Virtual Tour of Hagia Sophia with Serif Yenen – a YouTube video.Ayasofya orHagia Sophia, dubbed the “Eighth Wonder of
the World” by historians, was an Orthodox Patriarchal Basilica for 916 years; later an Imperial Mosque for 481 years,
and now a museum for 85 years.
Deacon Adam Roberts of the Antiochian Orthodox Church
offers a series of video interviews around issues of racial reconciliation. Interviewed are an African-American Orthodox
priest, an African-American Orthodox nun, and a mixed-race Orthodox deacon.
[God With Us Online is an outreach project of the Eparchial Directors of Religious Education and the Eastern Catholic Associates
dedicated to the catechetical renewal of Eastern Catholics in the United States.
