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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 Sun, 05 Jul 2015 02:40:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-hans-jacobse-liberty/ https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-hans-jacobse-liberty/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2015 13:55:39 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=10276 https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-hans-jacobse-liberty/feed/ 5 https://www.aoiusa.org/lifesite-news-the-orthodox-church-strongly-endorses-the-march-for-marriage-encourages-all-faithful-to-participate/ https://www.aoiusa.org/lifesite-news-the-orthodox-church-strongly-endorses-the-march-for-marriage-encourages-all-faithful-to-participate/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2015 02:16:42 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=13660 https://www.aoiusa.org/lifesite-news-the-orthodox-church-strongly-endorses-the-march-for-marriage-encourages-all-faithful-to-participate/feed/ 31 https://www.aoiusa.org/rod-dreher-the-new-battle-lines/ https://www.aoiusa.org/rod-dreher-the-new-battle-lines/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2015 15:49:51 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=13593 https://www.aoiusa.org/rod-dreher-the-new-battle-lines/feed/ 7 https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-robert-arida-why-dont-you-become-episcopalian/ https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-robert-arida-why-dont-you-become-episcopalian/#comments Thu, 06 Nov 2014 04:08:41 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=13317 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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This essay responds to Fr. Robert Arida’s essay “Never Changing Gospel; Ever Changing Culture” NOTE: Due to an outpouring of criticism, the OCA was forced to retract Arida’s article. You can read it on the WayBack Machine (internet archives). By Fr. Johannes L. Jacobse A great many of those who ‘debunk’ traditional…values have in the […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-robert-arida-why-dont-you-become-episcopalian/feed/ 8 https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-cohabitation-of-same-sex-couples-contrary-to-gospel/ https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-cohabitation-of-same-sex-couples-contrary-to-gospel/#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2014 15:26:27 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=13304 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: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese (via OCN.Net). The following is an excerpt from the Message of His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to the 42nd Clergy-Laity Congress in Philadelphia, delivered July 7, 2014 Our Lord, through His first miracle in Canaan, Galilee, blessed the holy sacrament of marriage, in which two persons of different sexes come […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-cohabitation-of-same-sex-couples-contrary-to-gospel/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/met-jonah-at-the-institute-of-religion-and-democracy-secularism-and-depersonalization-audio/ https://www.aoiusa.org/met-jonah-at-the-institute-of-religion-and-democracy-secularism-and-depersonalization-audio/#comments Sat, 29 Mar 2014 19:51:04 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=13293 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: Juicy Ecumenicism Metropolitan Jonah recently spoke at the Institute on Religion and Democracy. He served as the head of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) from November 2008 until July 2012. He spoke about “Secularism and Depersonalization” and its impact on society and the church. Listen here:]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/met-jonah-at-the-institute-of-religion-and-democracy-secularism-and-depersonalization-audio/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-josiah-trenham-protecting-religious-freedom-audio/ https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-josiah-trenham-protecting-religious-freedom-audio/#comments Thu, 13 Mar 2014 18:45:24 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=13284 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: The Voice of Russia – American Edition | Andrew Hiller WASHINGTON (VR)– Some might argue that the founding of the Americas and the keystones of the United States were largely based on three principles: fair taxation, freedom of religion, and property rights. Now, two of those seemingly are under attack in Kansas. This all […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-josiah-trenham-protecting-religious-freedom-audio/feed/ 6 https://www.aoiusa.org/information-creativity-and-surprise/ https://www.aoiusa.org/information-creativity-and-surprise/#comments Thu, 20 Feb 2014 04:17:57 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=13256 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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My review of Gilder’s book published by the Acton Institute follows these preliminary comments. I believe that the book Knowledge and Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism and How it is Revolutionizing our World is indeed revolutionary. Author George Gilder is first an economist so this book, which he sees as the culmination of his […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/information-creativity-and-surprise/feed/ 10 https://www.aoiusa.org/thank-you-to-everyone-who-contributed/ https://www.aoiusa.org/thank-you-to-everyone-who-contributed/#respond Sun, 16 Feb 2014 02:49:15 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=13252 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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Please accept my heartfelt gratitude for the support you showed to a priest in need. He has asked me to convey his gratitude as well. The situation was nothing short of a crisis and your generosity has helped him leap over a canyon. He works hard, very hard in fact, but unjust treatment, a poor […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/thank-you-to-everyone-who-contributed/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/have-icon-will-travel/ https://www.aoiusa.org/have-icon-will-travel/#comments Thu, 23 Jan 2014 18:40:02 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=13227 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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The Ministry of an Orthodox Army Chaplain in Southwest Asia Post-9/11 by Alexander F. C. Webster This article appeared in the Nov/Dec 2013 issue of Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity. At 11:20 p.m. on April 3, 2010, a loud explosion broke the night silence around the main chapel on Bagram Air Field (BAF) in […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/have-icon-will-travel/feed/ 3 https://www.aoiusa.org/estocin-four-orthodox-christian-lessons-from-martin-luther-king-jr/ https://www.aoiusa.org/estocin-four-orthodox-christian-lessons-from-martin-luther-king-jr/#comments Wed, 15 Jan 2014 17:14:54 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=13190 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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Download Four Orthodox Christian Lessons from Martin Luther King Jr. (pdf). By: Andrew F. Estocin Our Church has never hesitated to fight, when it felt it must, for the rights of mankind….there are times when we must risk everything, including life itself, for those basic American ideals of freedom, justice, and equality, without which this […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/estocin-four-orthodox-christian-lessons-from-martin-luther-king-jr/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/how-the-faith-was-lost-in-the-church-of-england/ https://www.aoiusa.org/how-the-faith-was-lost-in-the-church-of-england/#comments Sat, 04 Jan 2014 03:33:26 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=13178 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: Virtue Online | Alan Marsh When the Church becomes a fixed part of the local landscape, it ceases to preach repentance and conversion, and instead “reaches out” with social programs Mainstream churches, Catholic, Anglican and most of the Protestants have allowed themselves to become too closely identified with the surrounding society – even if […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/how-the-faith-was-lost-in-the-church-of-england/feed/ 10 https://www.aoiusa.org/pat-bartholomew-christmas-enyclical-affirms-unborn-life-and-traditonal-marriage/ https://www.aoiusa.org/pat-bartholomew-christmas-enyclical-affirms-unborn-life-and-traditonal-marriage/#comments Wed, 25 Dec 2013 03:18:39 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=13168 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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In what can only be termed as a remarkable shift in tone and emphasis, Ecumenical Patriarchate Bartholomew soundly defends the sanctity of unborn life in his recent Christmas Encyclical. His Holiness writes: The Lord assumed and sanctified all of human nature. The pre-eternal God condescended to become for us an embryo and be borne inside […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/pat-bartholomew-christmas-enyclical-affirms-unborn-life-and-traditonal-marriage/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/socrates-in-the-city-eric-metaxas-interviews-dr-stephen-meyer-on-intelligent-design-video/ https://www.aoiusa.org/socrates-in-the-city-eric-metaxas-interviews-dr-stephen-meyer-on-intelligent-design-video/#comments Thu, 19 Dec 2013 04:01:31 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=13159 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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Darwin, the scientific method, Danny DeVito, and Cher all manage to find a place in this mind-boggling and entertaining conversation between Eric Metaxas and Stephen Meyer, at the Union League Club in New York City on September 12, 2013. It’s things like this that make me wish I lived in New York. Many thanks to […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/socrates-in-the-city-eric-metaxas-interviews-dr-stephen-meyer-on-intelligent-design-video/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/a-miracle-by-elder-paisios/ https://www.aoiusa.org/a-miracle-by-elder-paisios/#comments Thu, 19 Dec 2013 01:11:01 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=13133 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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I held off talking about this miracle by Elder Paisios publicly until the miracle was complete, which it nearly is. I was asked to write an account of the miracle to be included in the papers sent to the Ecumenical Patriarchate where a decision will be made soon on the canonization of Elder Paisios as […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/a-miracle-by-elder-paisios/feed/ 13