Current Issues in the Orthodox Church: Book 1Paperback: 62 pages On Football, On Smoking, On the Internet, On AIDS, Homosexuality or Marriage? This book examines a number of current issues and puts them into an Orthodox perspective. It contains the prophetic warning of Elder Barsanuphius of Optina concerning football; writings on the harmful effects of smoking by Saint Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain and Elder Ambrose of Optina; and Orthodox commentaries on the controversial issues of the