A Muslim Preacher Converts to Orthodoxy
February 26, 2010 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · 20 Comments
HT: Notes on Arab Orthodoxy The interview was presumably conducted in English, posted in Russian here, translated to French here by Claude Lopez-Ginisty, whence the present translation. We’re speaking in London with a new Orthodox Christian who was baptized today with the name Daniel. Daniel is not a Muslim name, far from it [actually, it [...]
‘Brotherly, prayerful relations’ for ROCOR & OCA
September 11, 2009 by John Couretas · 13 Comments
An interview with Metropolitan Hilarion (Kapral) of Eastern America and New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, was published on the ROCOR Web site. The metropolitan was interviewed by Alexander Bondarev, editor of the magazine Tribuna russkoj mysli [Tribune of Russian Thought], and by Anataly Stepanov, editor of the information [...]
SCOBA’s Fr. Arey on Chambesy
August 28, 2009 by John Couretas · 26 Comments
On the Orthodox Christian Network, Fr. Mark Arey, the General Secretary of the Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA), discusses the Fourth Pre-Conciliar Pan-Orthodox Conference that met in Chambésy, Switzerland, in June, in an interview with Fr. Chris Metropulos. “If we’re serious, really serious about Orthodox unity, well my friends, [...]
Church Landscape Begins to Change in North America
July 18, 2009 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · 18 Comments
Ed. We tend to avoid speculation at AOI blog but this tidbit caught our eye. HT: Orthodox England. As a result of a teleconference on 1 July, the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church in America has divided its Washington and New York Diocese into two. This means that it has changed the title of [...]
ROCOR-OCA: Time to heal?
May 10, 2009 by John Couretas · 8 Comments
A report from the regular session of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, held May 5-7 in New York, discloses a plan to form a joint commission with the Orthodox Church in America to discuss issues that have kept the Churches apart. HT: Joe. The report says: It was [...]
Archbishop Demetrios Visits ROCOR
May 7, 2009 by John Couretas · 4 Comments
Greek Orthodox Archbishop Demetrios pays a visit to ROCOR’s Metropolitan Hilarion, the first visit of a Greek primate in four decades. The Metropolitan greeted the Archbishop as the “Chief Orthodox Archpastor of America and the Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.” [ROCOR release] Archbishop Demetrios, Head of the Greek Archdiocese in North America, Visits the Synod [...]
It Is Time To Be Direct
May 7, 2009 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · 2 Comments
An interview published in the Russian language Blagovest-Info on April 28, 2009. Highlight: Blagovest-Info: During the six months you have occupied the chair of the Archbishop of Washington, you had to prove yourself a leader unafraid of expressing your stance, even if, to some, it may seem not to be politically correct. Suffice it to [...]
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