Leadership: Is the microphone on?
March 23, 2010 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · 14 Comments
Fr. Basil Basil Biberdorf over at The Orthodox Leader laments the Orthodox silence on the recent health care legislation. Some of Fr. Basil’s comments: The recent turmoil surrounding the recent passage of healthcare legislation by the United States Congress is providing ample opportunity to look at the absence of Orthodox leadership. Despite the scandalously equivocal [...]
Fr. Peter-Michael Preble interviews Fr. Hans Jacobse about the Ecumenical Patriarchate
December 30, 2009 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · Leave a Comment
Fr. Peter-Michael Preble, host of the Shepherd of Souls radio program on Ancient Faith radio, Pastor of St. Michael’s Orthodox Christian Church, and occasional contributor to the AOI blog, recently interviewed Fr. Hans Jacobse on the subject of the Ecumenical Patriarch. Listen to the interview: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Fr. Peter blogs [...]
Antiochian monasticism speaks to the current crisis…
July 16, 2009 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · 22 Comments
From the Ochlophobist (one who has an aversion to crowds) website: The following is very important. It was written by Archim. Touma, who is said to be the most influential monastic under Antioch. He is Athonite in spirituality, he leads the most traditional monastery under the Holy Synod of Antioch, and he does not normally [...]
Canon 28 and Constantinople’s Jurisdictional Claims
May 9, 2009 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · 7 Comments
More plans for Pan-Orthodox Synod
March 13, 2009 by John Couretas · 17 Comments
Asianews has an update on the preparatory meetings for a pan-Orthodox synod, which seems to be gaining momentum. After various mishaps, in 1961 a pan-Orthodox conference was convened in Rhodes, with significant pressure from patriarch Athenagoras, for the purpose of preparing an Orthodox synod. This conference was also followed by numerous obstacles, because as theologian [...]
Turkey and Religious Liberty
November 19, 2008 by John Couretas · Leave a Comment
My interview with Turkish journalist Mustafa Akyol was published today in The Acton Institute’s Religion & Liberty quarterly. Our talk focused on the prospects for greater economic and religious liberty in Turkey. Mustafa blogs at The White Path. Excerpt: Let’s talk about religious freedom. There’s a great tension between the modern secularist path of Turkey, [...]
Orthodox Christian Patriarchs Celebrate Baptism of Russia
July 28, 2008 by John Couretas · Leave a Comment
Orthodox Churches have long been involved in ecumenical projects, such as the World Council of Churches, and affirm the Lord’s mandate “that they all may be one” (John 17:21). Yet, I can’t help thinking at times that the Orthodox Churches might work a little harder at unity in their own house. For that reason, it [...]
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