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Christianity Isn’t Dying, It’s Being Eradicated
Source: London Telegraph It’s official: Britain is no longer a Christian nation. In banning Eunice and Owen Johns, a devout Christian couple, from fostering children, Lord Justice Munby and Mr Justice Beatson declared that we live in a secular state, and that the Johns’ religious convictions disqualified them from raising citizens of that state. We’ve…
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Inter-Orthodox Preparatory Commission Completes its Work
It looks like the discussion centers around Cyprus (Constantinople objects?) and Georgia (Moscow objects?). Since the rules state the decisions need to be unanimous, these might be sticking points for a while. I doubt the American situation got much play at all. Source: Department for External Church Relations of the Russian Orthodox Church On 26…
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![His Beatitude, Metropolitan JONAH Addresses the Faithful of the Archdiocese of Washington [VIDEO] [CLOSED]](https://www.aoiusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/met-jonah-2.png)
His Beatitude, Metropolitan JONAH Addresses the Faithful of the Archdiocese of Washington [VIDEO] [CLOSED]
Talk given by Met. Jonah at St. Nicholas Cathedral (OCA) on Sunday, February 27, 2011. TRANSCRIPT Dearly Beloved in Christ, I greet you with the feast of the Last Judgment as we prepare ourselves for the Great and Holy Lenten Fast. It is with sadness today that I address you, not because of the content…
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![Holy Synod Announces Changes [CLOSED]](https://www.aoiusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/ocalogo.jpg)
Holy Synod Announces Changes [CLOSED]
Posted on OCA.org 02/25 SYOSSET, NY [OCA] — From February 22-24, 2011, the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America participated in a retreat in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His Beatitude, Metropolitan JONAH led the hierarchs in a review of matters affecting the life of the Orthodox Church in America, including the…
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OCANews.org: +Jonah Placed on Leave of Absence by Synod [CLOSED]
This report is from OCANews.org and recently posted. Obviously there is a significant degree of tension between Syosset (OCA headquarters) and Met. Jonah. I don’t know the ins and outs of the OCA, but it appears that this report, given the extensive detail, was probably prepared for publication before the suspension (the part beginning with…
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