Homosexuality

Official Orthodox Statements

• SCOBA's Statement on Homosexual Unions
• Statement from the Coptic Orthodox Church
• On Same-Sex Unions - Epistle of the Clergy of the Western Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (2004)

Articles from an Orthodox Perspective

• [http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/articles/ethics/hopko_homosexual_christian.htm The

 Homosexual Christian] - by Fr. Thomas Hopko 

• <[http://www.beliefnet.com/frameset.asp?pageLoc=/story/41/story_4187_1.html&boardID=5444 Gays

 and the Orthodox Church: Can I still join the Church if I'm a homosexual?] - 
 Fr. Ted Stylianopoulos

• [http://www.htaoc.com/library/articles/homosexuality.html Homosexuality

 and the Church] - by V. Rev. William Caldaroni

• [http://www.holy-trinity.org/morality/homosexuality.html Orthodoxy,

 Homosexuality, the NCCC and the UFMCC] - From Holy-Trinity.org

• Homosexuality and the Church - by H.H. Pope Shenouda III, also available in PDF format(495k)
• Christianity and Homosexuality: Russians Speak Out by Srdja Trifkovic, August 17, 2000

Personal Testimonies

• "I was in Hell" - A light-bearing post from Huw Raphael

Non-Orthodox Sources

• Considerations Regarding Proposals To Give Legal Recognition To Unions Between Homosexual Persons - from the Roman Catholic Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Recommended Books

• Straight & Narrow: Compassion & Clarity in the Homosexuality Debate by Thomas E. Schmidt

Other Resources

• NARTH
• Exodus International