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What’s Fate of Orthodox Unity and Diaspora?
From: Orthodox Christian Laity By Peter Marudas Behold now, what is so good or so joyous as for brethren to dwell together in unity? Psalm 132 In late May, a meeting of potentially enormous significance for the Orthodox Church in America will occur in New York City when all Orthodox Bishops in good standing in…
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NEWS! Divine Liturgy in Agia Sophia on Sept. 17, 2010
H/T: St. George Greek Orthodox Church Source: Greek Star Greek – Americans will conduct mass at Agia Sophia on September 17, 2010 By Kleo Mavridis Members of the “International Congregation of Agia Sophia” will make a pilgrimage to Agia Sofia in Istanbul in order to conduct mass on September 17, the day the Orthodox Church…
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Today is VE Day
(Newsreel begins at .20): And a sign of changing times:
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Episcopal Church is Going to the Dogs
It’s easy to make fun of the lunacy in the liberal wing of the Episcopalian Church (and the commentators at First Thoughts have a number of clever retorts), but this latest example of Episcopalian inclusiveness gives me the creeps. Sure, bless the animals. I bless the family dog or cat whenever I do a house…
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Greece: a nation at war with itself
London Telegraph The attack on an Athens bank that left three dead stirred memories of the blood-spattered years of Greek civil war in the 1940s. When 44-year-old Marie-Therese Iatrou, who lives in a comfortable suburb outside Athens, spoke this week to her mother, Renna Nezos, she detected a note of panic in the 78-year-old’s voice.…
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