Category: Blog Archive
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(Lutheran) Jerusalem bishop denounces killing of Coptic Christians in Egypt
When are we going to hear from the Orthodox? Geneva (ENI). Jerusalem Lutheran Bishop Munib Younan has denounced the killing of six Coptic Christians in Egypt and he offered support to the patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria.
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Bishop Thomas of the Coptic Orthodox Church on “The Myth of Islamic Tolerance and Peaceful Coexistence”
Bishop Thomas speaking at the Hudson Institute (seven videos). See more videos:
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A Hierarch that pierces through the fog of political correctness
In this brief statement on environmental care, Abp. Hilarion of the Russian Orthodox Church correctly challenges two axioms of the environmentalist agenda: 1) stewardship and exploitation of the earth are synonymous, and 2) calls for population control are not to be challenged. Archbishop Hilarion: Human beings initiate ecological problems unless they see in environment a…
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American Orthodox demographics, 1906-1936
HT: OrthodoxHistory.org. This data and chart is from OrthodoxHistory.org. Author: Matthew Namee. Every ten years, from 1906 to 1936, the US Census Bureau compiled a Census of Religious Bodies. These censuses are gold mines of information on early American Orthodoxy. Also, unlike so many of the inflated numbers that you’re likely to see floating around,…