For a renewed Christian witness

This article by Elisabeth Behr-Sigel, drawn from a theological conference, examines the conditions for a renewed Christian witness at the dawn of the third millennium. Drawing on the thought of Father Alexander Men, whose phrase "Christianity is only just beginning" serves as a guiding thread, the author develops a reflection in the mode of engaged theological meditation. The central idea is that fidelity to the living Tradition does not imply fixism, but a dynamic advance in the Holy Spirit, according to the Pauline tension between the "already" and the "not yet." The article's contribution is twofold: it draws on neo-patristic theology — notably Meyendorff — to distinguish living Tradition from rigid traditionalism, and it identifies concrete areas of work (bioethics, the place of women, Church-State relations, ecumenical dialogue) where a renewed Orthodox thinking proves both necessary and possible.