Category: Blog Archive
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The Assembly of Bishops and the Devil in the Details
The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops issued a statement on their recent meeting in Chicago (read it on OCA News). Of particular interest are three statements on social issues: We recognize the tremendous social pressures to conform to secular standards, but we exhort you to stand firm and hold fast to the traditions that you…
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Removing Metropolitan Jonah Hurt the American Orthodox Church
– By Fr. Johannes L. Jacobse When the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) axed Metropolitan Jonah they snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Mediocrity was the watchword. In the jurisdiction that has been steadily losing ground for twenty years, they rejected the man who displayed the necessary gifts to bring the Gospel as it…
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Eastern Orthodox Lose Two Evangelical Bridges
Source: Christianity Today | Weston Gentry Metropolitan Jonah, by most accounts the highest-ranking, evangelical-friendly archpriest in North America’s Eastern Orthodox Church, resigned under duress in July. His removal has observers less concerned about his leadership shortcomings, which allegedly led to his removal, than about the widening gap between conservatives and the Orthodox Church. “His efforts…
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The Rise of the Militant Godless
– Source: Real Clear Religion | Philip Jenkins It sounds like a scriptwriter’s dream. Here we have Russia, a vastly powerful country with a floundering democracy, facing the imminent threat of tyranny. That danger is personified by Vladimir Putin, a former KGB man who looks like, well, a former KGB man, as imagined by John…
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Chick-Fil-A CEO is a Profile in Moral Courage
Source: OrthodoxyToday.org | Fr. George Morelli The one who is not with Me is against Me; and the one who gathereth not with Me scattereth. (Mt. 12:30) Whosoever then shall break one of the least of these commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called least in the kingdom of the heavens; but…