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The Following articles from Volume 1 (2010) are currently available for download in .pdf format:

Volume 1 Number 7: “Our Incarnate God”

Icon and Nativity; God Revealing Himself by Dn. Dustin Lyon

I was in Anguish and You Listened to Me by Fr. Steven Voytovich

Incarnate Love by Fr. John Breck

“Wise Man Seeks Lasting Relationship with Divine Creator; Will Follow Law” by Jason Ketz

Volume 1 Number 6: “Discipleship and Asceticism”

The Church is our Mother by William Kopcha

Remember Your Leaders by Andrew Boyd

The Ascetical Life by Fr. Robert Arida

Asceticism and the Military Environment by Fr. Sean Levine

Volume 1 Number 5: “Orthodoxy, Ecology, and Environment”

Easter and Ecology by Rev. Dr. K.M. George

Practical Suggestions for Environmental Stewardship by Mandy Culbreath-Fraizer

Caring For The Flock by Monk Kilian

Orthodoxy and Ecology by Inga Leonova

Volume 1 Number 4: “Can we Coexist?”

Orthodoxy, Relativism, and Truth by Dr. Peter Bouteneff

Coexisting With Buddhism by Fr. Brendan Pelphrey

Coexisting with Wicca and Neo-Paganism by Fr. Brendan Pelphrey

Coexisting With Science by Alexis Boyd

Faith and the City by Clio Pavlontis

Volume 1 Number 3: “Faith and Doubt”

Doubt and the Monastic Journey by Monk Kilian

Two Poems by Boris Pasternak

The Engineering Nun and the God of the Vending Machine by William Kopcha

“O Blessed Doubt” by Hierodeacon Philip

Volume 1 Number 2: “Capital Punishment”

Thoughts on Capital Punishment by Fr. James Guirgius

Legal Background of Capital Punishment by Jessie Kirchner

My Civic Duty by Andrew Boyd

On Capital Punishment by Fr. Ted Bobosh

Volume 1 Number 1: “Engaging Modern Atheism”

No Atheists in Foxholes? by Fr. Sean Levine

Evicting the Gods by Andrew Boyd

The Challenges and Opportunities of Atheism by Logan Johnson

How to ‘Grill the Christian’ by Andrew Boyd

More articles from this issue are regularly added to this page. Please check back soon or contact the managing editor (wonder@oca.org) to request specific articles in .pdf format.


The Following articles from Volume 2 (2011) are currently available for download in .pdf format:

Volume 2 Number 12: Our Consumer Culture

Volume 2 Number 11: Romance and Dating

Volume 2 Number 10: Christians in the Workplace

Volume 2 Number 9: Icon, Image, and Modern Culture

Volume 2 Number 8: The Mission of Orthodox Youth in America

Volume 2 Number 7: Stories from Church Camp

Volume 2 Number 6: Experiences of Campus Ministry

Doing The Right Thing by Deacon Alexander Cadman

Volume 2 Number 5: Faith and the Creative Process

The Community of Joy by Kh. Krista West

Mediocrity Revisted: The Sacred, the Secular, and the Artist’s Soul by Father Joel Weir

“Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty” by Christopher Burkett

Man as Priest of Creation by Father Christopher Foley

Volume 2 Number 4: Christianity and Partisan Politics

On The Essence of True Morality by Archbishop Lazar [Puhalo]

Orthodoxy and Political Conservatism by Scott Miller

Orthodoxy and The Political Left by Fr. John Culbreath-Frazier

The Problem of Partisanship by Dr. David Wagschal

Volume 2 Number 3: The Oriental Churches

A Larger Orthodoxy by Dr. Peter Bouteneff

Some Thoughts on The Armenian Church by Deacon Ryan Tellalian

Christians in Egypt by Sam Williams

The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church in India by Fr. Samji George

Volume 2 Number 2: Preparing for Great Lent

“Chocolat” and The Great Fast by Henry William Reineke

Fasting from Guilt by Luke Beecham

Nourishing Our Bodies During Great Lent by Chris Masterjohn

Fasting and Forgiveness by Metropolitan Anthony (Bloom)

Volume 2 Number 1: Water and the Spirit

The Nature of Water is Sanctified by William Kopcha

Blessing Water, Homes, Fire Engines, Beehives by Fr. Steven Belonick

Water; Creation and Conservation by David Wanik

Meeting Christ at the Well on Theophany by Maria Simakova