Category: Blog Archive
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Russia helps Kosovo Orthodox Church
HT: Orthodox News | Source: The Voice of Russia Under a document signed by Vladimir Putin, Russia will allocate 2 million dollars to reconstruct Orthodox monuments in Kosovo. The Prime Minister ordered to finance this work as a voluntary fee for the UNESCO for 2010 and 2011 allocated from the federal budget. Here are more…
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Praying for Christopher Hitchens
George Michalopulos sent this piece along that offers a prayer for Christopher Hitchens, one of the more well known “New Atheists.” I’m not a Hitchens basher although I’m a Hitchens critic, (i.e.: How can anyone really believe that Troskyite Marxism is defensible?). I’ve listened to some of the debates between Hitchens and Dinesh D’Souza and,…
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Christian Imagery, With Local Charm and Vitality
New York readers may be interested in this exhibit at the Museum of Biblical Art near Columbus and Broadway. In 1051 a Greek Orthodox monk named Anthony retreated to a cave overlooking the Dnieper River in Kiev. Disciples came, buildings were constructed, and, by the 17th and 18th centuries, the Monastery of the Caves embraced…
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Orthodox priests helped protect hundreds of people in Kyrgyzstan – Patriarch Kirill
I don’t know what the “serious situation” is. If anyone knows, could you post a link? HT: OBL News Gorki, July 1, Interfax – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia told Russian President Dmitry Medvedev about work of Orthodox parishes in Kyrgyzstan to support the country’s population in the serious situation developed there. “Orthodox…
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How the self governance of the OCA has benefitted Orthodox Christians on this continent
Fr. Michael Oleska, dean of St. Innocent Orthodox Cathedral in Anchorage, Alaska, writes that self-governance of the church also has an important practical dimension: corrupt bishops can be removed through the combined action of priests and laity. Self-governance in other words provides an essential check and balance that is lacking in the monarchical model of…