Category: Blog Archive
-
A Blessed Nativity to our Orthodox brethren celebrating tomorrow
From TV-Novosti.
-
Russian Orthodox Church opens seminary in France
H/T: Byzantine, TX The Russian Orthodox Church has opened its first seminary outside the former Soviet Union – in a small French town outside Paris. The institution is starting modestly but has big ambitions: to serve Russia’s growing diaspora and foster closer ties between Eastern and Western Christian churches. It is a bitterly cold afternoon,…
-
Former Archbishop Spyridon Breaks A Long Silence
by Theodore Kalmoukos, The National Herald H/T Orthodox News BOSTON – In his first interview with The National Herald since his resignation ten years ago, former Archbishop Spyridon of America said he believes that “the creation of metropolises inevitably diminishes the Archbishop’s role and by definition undermines the necessary unity of the homogeneous body of…
-
Lithuania defies EU to promote family values
Some European nations are resisting the secularist and statist over-reaching of the EU bureaucracy. The article mentions the Russian Orthodox Church’s criticisms of EU cultural aggression and its overtures to the Roman Catholic Church in resisting it. Article from Mecator.net. ++++++++++++++++++++++ Sidestepping critics, Baltic nation strengthens family-friendly law on public information. Lithuania lawmakers ended their…