Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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EP Fast Track? Homily of Met. Elpidophoros of Proussa at His Ordination
Readers will remember that Met. Elpidophoros gave the controversial speech at Holy Cross a few years back extolling the virtues of Constantinople and castigating America for ignoring it (see: Ecumenical Patriarchate: American ‘Diaspora’ must submit to Mother Church). It didn’t go over well at all. The next year he was invited to St. Vladimir’s Seminary…
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How Do We Comprehend Natural Disasters Like Earthquakes and Tsunamis?
This essay below that Fr. David Hudson sent along is timely. I have a small parish now which means that after the Divine Liturgy we always have a discussion about any topic that people want to talk about. Today we had the question: How do we make sense of the tsunami in Japan? It wasn’t…
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![Fr. Mark Arey Discusses Episcopal Assembly Updates [AUDIO]](https://www.aoiusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/episcopal-assembly-150x150.png)
Fr. Mark Arey Discusses Episcopal Assembly Updates [AUDIO]
HT: Byzantine, TX Fr. Mark Arey discusses events related to the Assembly of Canonical Bishops in North America. He also discusses the recent pan-Orthodox Chambésy meeting and what disagreements were aired there (e.g. authority of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, process of gaining autocephaly, order of the diptychs, etc.). Listen here:
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Highly Visible Russian Church to be Built in Paris
Here the Russians could learn something from Americans: Don’t build contemporary Churches; in 20 years the structure looks horribly dated. (The French should remember the Pompidou Center. The staircase looks like a tube torn out of a walk through aquarium, the vents like they belong on the Titanic.) The model of the Church looks like…
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![Orthodoxy and the Death Penalty [AUDIO]](https://www.aoiusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/IlluminedHeart.jpg)
Orthodoxy and the Death Penalty [AUDIO]
On March 9, 2011 the Governor of Illinois signed a law banning the death penalty in his state, commuting the death sentence of 15 prisoners on death row. In the current episode of The Illumined Heart, Fr Peter-Michael Preble, a staunch anti-death penalty advocate, and host Kevin Allen discuss the pros and cons of capital…
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