Monachos.net, a great resource, has published a new translation by St. Tikhon, Metropolitan of Moscow, delivered in 1907 at the New York cathedral on the Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy. Monachos.net describes this as “the saint’s ‘farewell homily’ to his flock, before departing the United States, and contains important reflections on missionary zeal as […]
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Obama, Stem Cell Research, and Orthodox Christianity
March 12, 2009 Posted by: 17 Comments
Earlier this week, President Obama issued an Executive Order repealing President Bush’s August 2001 restrictions on embryonic stem cell research. This was no surprise, especially since, as Senator, he voted for the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005, which was vetoed by President Bush. While, the issues surrounding the creation and use of embryonic […]