Category: Blog Archive
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Living in the Ruins of Christendom – Part 1
Medical doctor (M.D.) and doctor of Philosophy (PhD.), author and university professor, Dr (Herman) Tristram Engelhardt, Jr. explains why our culture is post-Christian and post-metaphysical, how it got that way, and what the implications and challenges are for the Orthodox family. Interview by Kevin Allen. Listen to Part 2 here. Listen here:
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Evangelism and Orthodoxy – Part 2
Does the Church merely provide religious lubrication for secular pursuits? All too often it does, answers Fr. Andrew Damick in his latest “Road to Emmaeus” podcast. The belief that “evangelism is not something the Orthodox Church does, or should be doing” is the overwhelming opinion of many Orthodox believers who have been “asleep for centuries.”…
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An orangutan and a dog become friends
I like nature shows. This is a pleasant diversion from those animal eats animal shows on Animal Planet.
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Bringing humanity back to the abortion debate
This is the next stage in the great abortion debates. ++++++++++++ Mark A. Theissen Washington Post Can an unborn child feel pain? That question will dominate the abortion debate in America for the next several years thanks to Gov. Dave Heineman of Nebraska. Last week, Heineman signed the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act into…
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Appeal from the Patriarch of Romania and a response
The Romanian Patriarch issued an appeal on February 11, 2010 “…to all Romanian Orthodox clerics and faithful abroad, who are, without blessing, in other sister Orthodox Churches or in non-canonical church structures, to restore their direct communion with their Mother Church, under the canonical jurisdiction of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church.” Taking…