Queer Sexuality in Mythology and the Old Testament
Let’s begin with mythology, which originally formed the worldview of ancient humans. Myths were a pre-scientific form of knowledge; other “forms” simply did not exist at that time.
Sexual attraction to young men in the history of monastic life
On the motivation of early ascetics to renounce their families In the first century CE, we see Jesus, John the Baptist, and the Apostle Paul, who did not
Mission 2.0 or On the New Missionaryism of the Russian Orthodox Church
In the 2000s there was an unprecedented flowering of Orthodoxy in Russia. Millions of Russians flocked to churches in search of their identity, the meaning of life, and
The demise of Sodom
This ancient settlement, 14 kilometres northeast of the Dead Sea, dates from the Chalcolithic period (around 4300-3600 BC) but its heyday came somewhat later, in the Bronze Age.
The Bible does not condemn homosexuality
Does the Bible condemn homosexuality? To begin with, homosexuality is not mentioned in the Bible at all. The Bible has no knowledge of sexual orientation in general. Sexual