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  • Patriarch Bartholomew Will Visit Russia in May

    It’s no secret that Moscow doesn’t take kindly to Pat. Bartholomew’s claims of universal authority (see: A Letter To The Ecumenical Patriarch Concerning The Situation Of The Diaspora by Patriarch Alexios written in 2005) so the sentence below “within the canonical order that was installed over centuries of church tradition” (quotes in Russian original) undoubtedly…

  • There are more Buddhists in America today than Eastern Orthodox Christians

    Kevin Allen wrote this back in 2007 (see: Can Orthodox Christianity Speak To Eastern Religions?) but it hit the Orthodox blogosphere again because it remains timely, especially as we emerge from our ethnic enclaves to engage American culture with meaning and purpose. H/T: Preachers Institute and Orrologion (both sites worth watching). Can Orthodox Christianity Speak…

  • Antiochian Church defends life

    Of the Big 3, the OCA and Antiochian jurisdictions stand solidly within the moral tradition and are clear on its teaching. The GOA, by its silence, equivocates. January 17, 2010, is the Sunday that precedes the 35th anniversary of the tragic Supreme Court Decision of Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion in the United States.…

  • Metropolitan Jonah offers condolences to Coptic Pope Shenouda after Christmas eve murders

    SYOSSET, NY [OCA] — As widely reported in the international media, six Coptic Orthodox Christians and a Muslim security guard died in a drive-by shooting in front of the Church of Saint John in Nag Hamadi, Egypt, after services on January 6, 2010, the eve of the Great Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord…

  • What is social justice?

    Recalling the conversation a few weeks back, the term “social justice” is all too often a euphemism that hides statist intentions as the cure for the vexing cultural problems facing us. Rather than fostering self-reliance, self-respect, self-control, and the other virtues necessary for independence, the programs and prescriptions that ostensibly cure the ills in fact…

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