Suggest to your priest that he include special prayers for peace in the Liturgy. Let us use not only the power of prayer but of fasting to confront the powers and principalities which promote violence and division in our world. Arrange for special collections in your parish to benefit the efforts of International Orthodox Christian Charities or other organizations working to help war victims. Give donation to our Decani Relief Fund . Keep informed Local newspapers are rarely enough in time of war.
Every partisan group generates fog banks of propaganda.
The internet can give you the chance to sift through different points of view. Talk to people Talking starts with listening. Think of articles you can photocopy and share with them that will help them see the ways war only makes the situation worse for everyone in the region. Write letters Spend time every few days to write to the press, your representatives, your president or prime minister, or other officials who play a role in the war. Write and phone editors of newspapers and directors of television news programs.