Comments on: Odds and Ends http://www.aoiusa.org/blog/2009/07/odds-and-ends/ American Orthodox Institute Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:17:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: John Couretas http://www.aoiusa.org/blog/2009/07/odds-and-ends/comment-page-1/#comment-5195 John Couretas Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:59:55 +0000 http://www.aoiusa.org/blog/?p=2722#comment-5195 George: No takers. It's been strangely ... quiet. George: No takers. It’s been strangely … quiet.

]]> By: George Michalopulos http://www.aoiusa.org/blog/2009/07/odds-and-ends/comment-page-1/#comment-5188 George Michalopulos Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:53:13 +0000 http://www.aoiusa.org/blog/?p=2722#comment-5188 John, can we start a clock ticking for your offer to any GOA priest? Perhaps we can sweeten the deal with a reward of an icon of "All Saints of North America"? John,

can we start a clock ticking for your offer to any GOA priest? Perhaps we can sweeten the deal with a reward of an icon of “All Saints of North America”?

]]> By: George Michalopulos http://www.aoiusa.org/blog/2009/07/odds-and-ends/comment-page-1/#comment-5157 George Michalopulos Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:14:28 +0000 http://www.aoiusa.org/blog/?p=2722#comment-5157 John, it's been about three weeks. Have you had any takers yet? Just curious. John,

it’s been about three weeks. Have you had any takers yet? Just curious.

]]> By: cherokee steve http://www.aoiusa.org/blog/2009/07/odds-and-ends/comment-page-1/#comment-4890 cherokee steve Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:29:16 +0000 http://www.aoiusa.org/blog/?p=2722#comment-4890 John, I just wanted to say you did a really, really great job! Keep up the good work. It is about time some of us in the orthodox world spoke up. Cherokee Steve Cherokee Nation Dist. Oklahoma John,

I just wanted to say you did a really, really great job! Keep up the good work. It is about time some of us in the orthodox world spoke up.

Cherokee Steve
Cherokee Nation Dist.
Oklahoma

]]> By: Fr. Johannes Jacobse http://www.aoiusa.org/blog/2009/07/odds-and-ends/comment-page-1/#comment-4889 Fr. Johannes Jacobse Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:12:54 +0000 http://www.aoiusa.org/blog/?p=2722#comment-4889 Fr. John has started a new website: <a href="http://preachersinstitute.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Preachers Institute</a> Fr. John has started a new website: Preachers Institute

]]> By: George Michalopulos http://www.aoiusa.org/blog/2009/07/odds-and-ends/comment-page-1/#comment-4888 George Michalopulos Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:53:01 +0000 http://www.aoiusa.org/blog/?p=2722#comment-4888 Andrew, Fr John Peck was a GOA priest who wrote presciently and prophetically but he was silenced. If what you say is true, that the majority of GOA priests "don't care" or more likely, are too complacent to upset the status quo, then no introspection will take place. What's funny about this is that we laymen are constantly exhorted to "repent." Entire sermons are given on the meaning of metanoia and how it means "a change of will" more than simply feeling sorry for our sins. Again, if what you're saying is true, it's ironic that so many prelates and clerics in the GOA don't feel that metanoia applies to them. Andrew, Fr John Peck was a GOA priest who wrote presciently and prophetically but he was silenced. If what you say is true, that the majority of GOA priests “don’t care” or more likely, are too complacent to upset the status quo, then no introspection will take place.

What’s funny about this is that we laymen are constantly exhorted to “repent.” Entire sermons are given on the meaning of metanoia and how it means “a change of will” more than simply feeling sorry for our sins.

Again, if what you’re saying is true, it’s ironic that so many prelates and clerics in the GOA don’t feel that metanoia applies to them.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.aoiusa.org/blog/2009/07/odds-and-ends/comment-page-1/#comment-4886 Andrew Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:57:53 +0000 http://www.aoiusa.org/blog/?p=2722#comment-4886 Lets not forget Fr. John Peck whose prescient essay The Orthodox Church of Tomorrow is one of the most significant contributions in recent times. George may be right about priests uniting and writing in but I was just told by one priest the nobody cares about American Orthodoxy and it is just a distraction. Lets not forget Fr. John Peck whose prescient essay The Orthodox Church of Tomorrow is one of the most significant contributions in recent times.

George may be right about priests uniting and writing in but I was just told by one priest the nobody cares about American Orthodoxy and it is just a distraction.

]]> By: George Michalopulos http://www.aoiusa.org/blog/2009/07/odds-and-ends/comment-page-1/#comment-4882 George Michalopulos Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:19:54 +0000 http://www.aoiusa.org/blog/?p=2722#comment-4882 I personally think that the dam might break if some GOA priests actually start contributing to this and other like-minded blogs in an overt fashion. It's quickly becoming apparant that among the big three, only the OCA has become intellectually honest, while the AOCA is probably on this same trajectory. Let us pray that this happens with the GOA. (It was a good first step that +Demetrius took when he wrote his recent encyclical. A very good step.) I personally think that the dam might break if some GOA priests actually start contributing to this and other like-minded blogs in an overt fashion. It’s quickly becoming apparant that among the big three, only the OCA has become intellectually honest, while the AOCA is probably on this same trajectory. Let us pray that this happens with the GOA. (It was a good first step that +Demetrius took when he wrote his recent encyclical. A very good step.)

]]> By: Fr. Peter Preble http://www.aoiusa.org/blog/2009/07/odds-and-ends/comment-page-1/#comment-4881 Fr. Peter Preble Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:15:32 +0000 http://www.aoiusa.org/blog/?p=2722#comment-4881 Well said and we all need to work together to bring the truth into the light no matter how bad it is and we all need to work for a united Orthodoxy and we all need to help those bishops who speak out on the social issues as well as the united Orthodox question. This blog is a blessing keep up the good work! Well said and we all need to work together to bring the truth into the light no matter how bad it is and we all need to work for a united Orthodoxy and we all need to help those bishops who speak out on the social issues as well as the united Orthodox question.

This blog is a blessing keep up the good work!

]]> By: Andrew http://www.aoiusa.org/blog/2009/07/odds-and-ends/comment-page-1/#comment-4876 Andrew Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:10:05 +0000 http://www.aoiusa.org/blog/?p=2722#comment-4876 Well said John. Lets remember this blog is one of the few isles of freedom in the Orthodox Media Well said John.

Lets remember this blog is one of the few isles of freedom in the Orthodox Media

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