Category: Blog Archive
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Two ways to help the Copts
From Magdy Baiady: Dear all, Please sign these two letters (two links below) to help the Christian of Egypt (Copts) as soon as you get it. http://capwiz.com/copticassembly/utr/2/?a=14549671&i=97433648&c= http://www.petitiononline.com/dptm5401/ We need all the help we can get to stop blood shed in Egypt, by Islam and the Muslims. Also share this email with your email list.
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There are more Buddhists in America today than Eastern Orthodox Christians
Kevin Allen wrote this back in 2007 (see: Can Orthodox Christianity Speak To Eastern Religions?) but it hit the Orthodox blogosphere again because it remains timely, especially as we emerge from our ethnic enclaves to engage American culture with meaning and purpose. H/T: Preachers Institute and Orrologion (both sites worth watching). Can Orthodox Christianity Speak…
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Antiochian Church defends life
Of the Big 3, the OCA and Antiochian jurisdictions stand solidly within the moral tradition and are clear on its teaching. The GOA, by its silence, equivocates. January 17, 2010, is the Sunday that precedes the 35th anniversary of the tragic Supreme Court Decision of Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion in the United States.…
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Metropolitan Jonah offers condolences to Coptic Pope Shenouda after Christmas eve murders
SYOSSET, NY [OCA] — As widely reported in the international media, six Coptic Orthodox Christians and a Muslim security guard died in a drive-by shooting in front of the Church of Saint John in Nag Hamadi, Egypt, after services on January 6, 2010, the eve of the Great Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord…