Patriarch Kirill ‘copying John Paul II’
June 10, 2009 by John Couretas · 25 Comments
In the New York Times, Sophia Kishkovsky files a report on Patriarch Kirill’s recent youth rallies in Moscow and St. Petersburg where he struck both nationalist and highly personal tones. Patriarch Kirill also did not mention America, but said immoral economies are doomed to collapse. “An economic system built only on the striving for profit, [...]
Greeks losing interest in Hellenism
April 14, 2009 by John Couretas · 25 Comments
The anarchists that sank Greece into a near state of chaos late last year are now taking aim at the Church: Greece is seeing an unprecedented spate of terrorist attacks against churches. Among the churches that were hit, in one case during religious service, were the Athens Metropolitan Church, the Piraeus Metropolitan Church, and the [...]
Ecumenical Patriarchate: American ‘Diaspora’ must submit to Mother Church
March 18, 2009 by John Couretas · 342 Comments
The battle is joined. Highlight: With regards to the United States, the submission to the First Throne of the Church, that is, to the Ecumenical Patriarchate is not only fitting with the American society and mentality but also it opens up the horizons of possibilities for this much-promising region, which is capable of becoming an [...]
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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