John Chryssavgis

Rev. John Chryssavgis is archdeacon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and honorary professor of the Sydney College of Divinity. A clergyman of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, he lives in Maine.

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An Eagerness for Encounter

John Chryssavgis celebrates the life and work of the man Pope Francis called “the greatest Christian theologian of our generation.”

By John Chryssavgis

February 9, 2023

Ecumenism

Theology

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As It Was in the Beginning

Cyprus’ Orthodox Christians will soon head to the polls to vote for a new archbishop—dispelling the secrecy that normally characterizes the selection of hierarchs.

By John Chryssavgis

December 3, 2022

Religion

Bishops

Article

Alfeyev & Lavrov

In Russia, the state uses the Orthodox Church to advance its revisionist agenda, while the Church uses the state to fulfill its own hegemonic ambitions.

By John Chryssavgis

June 25, 2021

Foreign Affairs

Russia

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The Orthodox Church & Social Teaching

A new social document from the Orthodox Church brings the political responsibilities of the church to the fore, tackling inequality, refugees, and many other topics.

By John Chryssavgis

March 23, 2020

Social Justice

Secularism and Modernity

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Prosperity & Philanthropy

Big business has a growing public relations problem. But the whims of wealthy philanthropists alone cannot bring about the economic justice envisioned by the gospel.

September 11, 2019

Must Reads

Politics

All a Matter of Perspective?

Can Catholic health care find a viable middle way between strident voices on both the Right and Left?

By Bernard G. Prusak

January 27, 2023

Religion

Renunciation and Christian Happiness

If union with God in self-sacrificing love is the highest end of a life, providing true happiness, how can we achieve it?

By Zena Hitz

March 20, 2023

Culture

On Tradition and the Passion Play

How a Bavarian village’s once-a-decade Passion play became a wrenching, intimate, sometimes chaotic psychological theo-drama

By Susan Bigelow Reynolds

March 15, 2023

Books

Two Sides of Dignity

By letting civility happen, we take better care not only of others and of the world itself, but of ourselves.

By Costică Brădăţan

November 2, 2022

Books

Work of Human Hands

We shouldn’t be fearful of further transformations in the appearance of the Bible. The Word of God can speak as well in a laptop as from a manuscript.

By Luke Timothy Johnson

August 19, 2022

Collections

Pope Francis at Ten Years

A wide-ranging collection of Commonweal’s coverage of the remarkable pontificate of Pope Francis.

By The Editors

March 12, 2023