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https://www.aoiusa.org A Research and Educational Organization that engages the cultural issues of the day within the Orthodox Christian Tradition Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:07:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-patriarchate-is-dying/ https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-patriarchate-is-dying/#respond Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:07:17 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5286 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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’We cannot breathe, the Patriarchate is dying,’ says patriarch ASLI AYDINTAŞBAŞ ISTANBUL – Milliyet Thursday, December 24, 2009 Following criticism of his controversial statement to a U.S. television network describing his community’s problems, Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew says his comments were emphasized, but the serious problem of opening Halki seminary needs to be addressed. Criticized […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-patriarchate-is-dying/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/eve-of-the-nativity-of-christ/ https://www.aoiusa.org/eve-of-the-nativity-of-christ/#respond Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:07:52 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5279 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2AfqVNs_50[/youtube] Kontakion in the Third Tone On this day the Virgin cometh to a cave to give birth to God the Word ineffable, Who was before all the ages. Dance for joy, O earth, on hearing the gladsome tidings; with the Angels and the shepherds now glorify Him Who is willing to be gazed on […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/eve-of-the-nativity-of-christ/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/wave-of-clergy-killings-in-russia/ https://www.aoiusa.org/wave-of-clergy-killings-in-russia/#respond Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:06:41 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5281 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Source: Voice of America Peter Fedynsky | Moscow 23 December 2009 The second murder of a Russian priest in as many months has prompted a call by the Orthodox Church for Russians to think about their country’s spiritual and moral condition. The killings follow more violence this year directed against Muslim clerics in Russia’s troubled […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/wave-of-clergy-killings-in-russia/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/report-phanar-backtracks-on-crucifixion-remark/ https://www.aoiusa.org/report-phanar-backtracks-on-crucifixion-remark/#comments Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:30:54 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5268 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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From Today’s Zaman (Dec. 24). No statement yet on the Patriarchate’s site. The patriarchate’s statement said: “There are similar idioms in all languages, and they are not evaluated in their narrow meanings but in their broad sense in that language. While answering questions in that regard, the patriarch obviously did not intend to imply any […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/report-phanar-backtracks-on-crucifixion-remark/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/before-the-manhattan-declaration-a-letter-from-americas-religious-leaders-in-defense-of-marriage/ https://www.aoiusa.org/before-the-manhattan-declaration-a-letter-from-americas-religious-leaders-in-defense-of-marriage/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:46:40 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5257 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Given the vitriol, smug arrogance, and sectarian sentiment with which some Orthodox Christians have greeted Orthodox Christian participation in the Manhattan Declaration, let us review the 2006 letter below which was signed by Archbishop Demetrios and Metropolitan Herman. In fact — and this may be upsetting to some readers so brace yourself — Archbishop Demetrios […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/before-the-manhattan-declaration-a-letter-from-americas-religious-leaders-in-defense-of-marriage/feed/ 11 https://www.aoiusa.org/battle-looming-over-icons-and-prayers-in-greek-schools/ https://www.aoiusa.org/battle-looming-over-icons-and-prayers-in-greek-schools/#respond Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:33:25 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5246 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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[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. […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/battle-looming-over-icons-and-prayers-in-greek-schools/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/to-the-anonymous-priest-critic-of-the-manhattan-declaration/ https://www.aoiusa.org/to-the-anonymous-priest-critic-of-the-manhattan-declaration/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:58:58 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5236 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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George Michalopulos answers the “Orthodox Priest” (name withheld) whose critical comments about the Manhattan Declaration were posted on The Observer (here) by Harry Katopodis: A Response to an Orthodox Priest Regarding the Manhattan Declaration Dec 21, 2009 Reverend Father, bless! Christ is in our midst! As you can tell by my name, I am a […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/to-the-anonymous-priest-critic-of-the-manhattan-declaration/feed/ 27 https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodoxy-and-hellenism-group-cites-islamic-charter-in-defense-of-patriarchate/ https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodoxy-and-hellenism-group-cites-islamic-charter-in-defense-of-patriarchate/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:46:47 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5225 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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An unsigned “call to action” in defense of the Ecumenical Patriarchate was published today on the “Faith: An Endowment for Orthodoxy and Hellenism” Web site. This appeal asks readers to sign a Web-based petition which demands that the “Turkish government … take steps to guarantee the recognition, safety, and protection of His All Holiness, Ecumenical […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodoxy-and-hellenism-group-cites-islamic-charter-in-defense-of-patriarchate/feed/ 6 https://www.aoiusa.org/turkish-journalist-we-are-crucifying-the-patriarch/ https://www.aoiusa.org/turkish-journalist-we-are-crucifying-the-patriarch/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:19:20 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5218 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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By Mehmet Ali Birand in Hurriyet (Monday, December 21, 2009): It might be true, we are crucifying the patriarch I don’t agree with Foreign Minister Davutoğlu. The patriarch is right. The state, with its ignorance of a Turkish institution for 38 years, has not been able to keep its word and has crucified the patriarch. […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/turkish-journalist-we-are-crucifying-the-patriarch/feed/ 7 https://www.aoiusa.org/editorial-who-will-pay-the-taxes/ https://www.aoiusa.org/editorial-who-will-pay-the-taxes/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:13:54 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5212 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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From the National Herald: Judging from the massive, angry reaction of our readers so far, it is obvious that we have hit a nerve with our editorial in last week’s edition entitled “Give Us Your Property”, rejecting Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew’s demand for “at least” a building from each one of our nine metropolises, in order, […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/editorial-who-will-pay-the-taxes/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-on-cbs-60-minutes-text-and-video/ https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-on-cbs-60-minutes-text-and-video/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:36:30 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5208 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Watch CBS News Videos Online Also see video “extras” on CBS site. Transcript from CBS via National Herald: Text of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew’s interview on CBS’s ’60 Minutes’ (CBS) Would it surprise you to learn that one of the world’s most important Christian leaders, second only to the pope, lives in a country where 99 […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-on-cbs-60-minutes-text-and-video/feed/ 11 https://www.aoiusa.org/science-and-the-demands-of-virtue/ https://www.aoiusa.org/science-and-the-demands-of-virtue/#comments Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:32:33 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5189 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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A new commentary by Fr. Jensen (Source: Acton Institute, Dec. 15, 2009) —– Science and the Demands of Virtue by Rev. Gregory Jensen Contrary to the popular understanding, the natural sciences are not morally neutral. Not only do the findings of science have moral implications, the actual work of scientific research presupposes that the researcher […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/science-and-the-demands-of-virtue/feed/ 3 https://www.aoiusa.org/in-memoriam-his-eminence-archbishop-job-archbishop-of-chicago-and-the-midwest/ https://www.aoiusa.org/in-memoriam-his-eminence-archbishop-job-archbishop-of-chicago-and-the-midwest/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:46:32 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5169 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Posted 12/18 SYOSSET, NY [OCA Communications] — On Friday, December 18, 2009, His Eminence, Archbishop Job of Chicago and the Midwest unexpectedly fell asleep in the Lord. His Eminence, Archbishop Job was born Richard John Osacky in Chicago on March 18, 1946. He completed university studies at Northern Illinois University and, after graduating from Saint […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/in-memoriam-his-eminence-archbishop-job-archbishop-of-chicago-and-the-midwest/feed/ 6 https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-i-feel-crucified/ https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-i-feel-crucified/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:06:59 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5162 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Watch CBS News Videos Online (CBS) — Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the leader of the 300 million-member Orthodox Christian Church, feels “crucified” living in Turkey under a government he says would like to see his nearly 2,000-year-old Patriarchate die out. His All Holiness speaks to 60 Minutes correspondent Bob Simon for a story to be broadcast […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-i-feel-crucified/feed/ 13 https://www.aoiusa.org/inter-orthodox-preparatory-commission-completes-its-work/ https://www.aoiusa.org/inter-orthodox-preparatory-commission-completes-its-work/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:16:08 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5153 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Source: Moscow Patriarchate (12/17/09) The Inter-Orthodox Preparatory Commission, meeting in Chambesy, Switzerland, closed its work on December 16 with a thanksgiving. The Commission, whose task is to elaborate the agenda of a Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church, continued to consider the problem of autocephaly and ways of declaring it – the discussion […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/inter-orthodox-preparatory-commission-completes-its-work/feed/ 17