Timothy George on the Manhattan Declaration
June 21, 2010 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · 1 Comment
HT: Peter and Helen Evans “The best dialogue occurs among people who are of great conviction about what they believe. … I do not believe in an ecumenism of accommodation. I do believe in an ecumenism of conviction.” Interviewer: Peter and Helen Evans.
An orangutan and a dog become friends
April 21, 2010 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · Leave a Comment
I like nature shows. This is a pleasant diversion from those animal eats animal shows on Animal Planet.
Peter Kreeft: Moral exhortations
February 15, 2010 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · Leave a Comment
H/T: Mere Orthodoxy Peter Kreeft is an incisive social thinker who draws from Catholic social teaching for insight into the deeper currents of American culture. The Orthodox and Catholics see eye to eye on many of his points.
James J. Jatras on the Manhattan Declaration
January 27, 2010 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · Leave a Comment
James J. Jatras, advisor to AOI, explains why he signed the Manhattan Declaration. For more video go to Peter and Helen Evans website.
Robert P. George: Why I signed the Manhattan Declaration
January 24, 2010 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · Leave a Comment
Peter and Helen Evans are posting interviews with signers of the Manhattan Declaration. The latest is Robert P. George. They have around 20 interviews including some Orthodox signers on their site www.peterandhelenevans.com.
Life a bit hard right now? Watch this.
January 8, 2010 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · 1 Comment
Met. Jonah: Why I signed the Manhattan Declaration
December 28, 2009 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · 1 Comment
Met. Jonah explains why he signed the Manhattan Declaration. H/T Peter and Helen Evans Interviewer: Why did you sign the Manhattan Declaration? Met. Jonah: …I believe in the same basic principles that are enunciated in the Manhattan Declaration. I believe also that many of them are the basic teachings of the Church regarding human life [...]
Battle looming over icons and prayers in Greek schools
December 22, 2009 by John Couretas · Leave a Comment
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MbEL-C7ypU[/youtube] The head of the Greek Orthodox Church has warned the country’s new socialist government that it faces a major battle over removing religious symbols from schools. The European Court in Strasbourg has ordered Italy to take down crucifixes from its classrooms, and Greece’s Justice Minister has acknowledged that it may have to follow suit. [...]
Fr. Chad Hatfield: Introductory Remarks at Manhattan Declaration unveiling
December 19, 2009 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · 11 Comments
Fr. Chad Hatfield, Chancellor of St. Vladimir’s Seminary, was an original co-signer of the Manhattan Declaration. Below are his introductory remarks at the unveiling of the document at the National Press Club on November, 20, 2009.
‘Orthodoxy is the key to the Russian soul’
December 15, 2009 by John Couretas · 4 Comments
Archimandrite Zacchaeus, the Dean of the American Orthodox Church in Moscow, talks about Orthodoxy as he walks the Russia Today crew around the Church of St. Catherine the Great Martyr. “It’s very important for someone from the West coming to Russia to learn as much as possible about the Orthodox faith,” says Archimandrite Zacchaeus, “Because [...]
Funeral service of Patriarch of Serbia Pavle
November 19, 2009 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · 2 Comments
VOA: Green Patriarch Brings Environmentalism to U.S. Capital
November 6, 2009 by John Couretas · 1 Comment
From Voice of America: Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of close to 300 million Orthodox Christians around the world, recently visited Washington, D.C. to speak about environmental issues. The Patriarch met with U.S. leaders to encourage them to push for environmental initiatives. VOA’s Elizabeth Lee has the details. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT3pN48GNDE[/youtube]
Το μνημόσυνο του Εθνικού Σταρ για τον Michael Jackson
October 16, 2009 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · 4 Comments
Even if you don’t understand Greek, you will still understand what is going on.
Who is Fr. Themi?
October 8, 2009 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · 2 Comments
Green Patriarch on YouTube
October 2, 2009 by John Couretas · 2 Comments
Clips from Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew’s various environmental symposia are now on YouTube. This first video is from the patriarch’s address in Santa Barbara, Calif., in 1997 which, the accompanying text says, “was the first time any religious leader had ever called harming the environment a sin.” The second video is from former Vice President Al [...]
St. Vladimir’s Seminary featured on CNN’s “The Economic Report”
September 26, 2009 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · Leave a Comment
Ligonier 1994: ‘A New Era Has Begun’
September 7, 2009 by John Couretas · 8 Comments
Watch and listen as American Orthodox metropolitans and bishops make a case for administrative unity — 15 years ago. The Ligonier Meeting was a gathering of twenty-eight or twenty-nine Orthodox Christian hierarchs in North America, specifically those affiliated with SCOBA, held Nov. 30 to Dec. 2, 1994, at Antiochian Village in Ligonier, Pa. In Part [...]
Russia Today: Patriarch Kirill’s Trip to Ukraine
July 29, 2009 by John Couretas · 1 Comment
Metropolitan Jonah speaks to Anglican assembly
June 29, 2009 by John Couretas · Leave a Comment
From Anglican TV. Metropolitan Jonah of the Orthodox Church in America addresses The Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) Assembly at St. Vincent’s Cathedral in Bedford, Texas, which was held June 21-25. The ACNA claims 100,000 Anglicans in 700 parishes with some 28 or more dioceses. It is bigger than the Anglican provinces of Wales [...]
Memorial Day: The Greek Battalion
May 26, 2009 by John Couretas · Leave a Comment
A really interesting video from the Greek Heritage Society of Southern California, a nonprofit organization established in 1985, which is raising funds for a documentary project (HT: Daily Frappe). This short talks about the formation of a Greek Battalion in the U.S. Army during WW II. You also see the rapid integration of an immigrant [...]
Met. Jonah to Old World bishops: Hands Off the American Church!
April 7, 2009 by John Couretas · 171 Comments
In a stinging rebuke to the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Metropolitan Jonah of the Orthodox Church in America issued a call for a unified American Church and rejected any path to unity that would mean “we surrender the freedom we have embraced as American Orthodox Christians to a patriarchate still under Islamic domination.” The video here records [...]
Archbishop Demetrios Compares Obama to Alexander the Great
March 25, 2009 by John Couretas · 36 Comments
Archbishop Demetrios, leader of the largest Orthodox Christian jurisdiction in the United States, compared President Obama to Alexander the Great at a Greek Independence Day celebration at the White House. Politico, noting that the president got “a little unexpected flattery” from the hierarch about his crisis management skills, said the archbishop told Obama: “Following the [...]
Obama Waffling on Armenian Genocide Declaration?
March 18, 2009 by John Couretas · 1 Comment
The Los Angeles Times reports that the Obama administration “is hesitating on a promised presidential declaration that Armenians were the victims of genocide in the early 20th century, fearful of alienating Turkey when U.S. officials badly want its help.” The L. A. Times, in “Obama wavers on pledge to declare Armenian genocide,” says Obama and [...]
Reception of 30 converts from the Episcopalian Church into the Orthodox Church
January 9, 2009 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · 53 Comments
30 former Charismatic Episcopal Church members and others are received into the Orthodox Church on Holy Saturday (2008). [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4_yEagBxGw[/youtube] In addition you can see the new building and renovations that took place during Lent to accommodate the new members. St. John the Theologian Orthodox Church, San Juan Capistrano, California.
Met. Jonah: Episcopacy, Primacy, and the Mother Churches
November 28, 2008 by John Couretas · 11 Comments
In June, Metropolitan Jonah of the Orthodox Church in America delivered a talk on “Episcopacy, Primacy, and the Mother Churches: A Monastic Perspective” at the Conference of the Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius at St. Vladimir’s Theological Seminary. The audio of the talk is available on Ancient Faith Radio along with the other [...]
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