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Inter-Orthodox Preparatory Commission completes its work
Source: Moscow Patriarchate (12/17/09) The Inter-Orthodox Preparatory Commission, meeting in Chambesy, Switzerland, closed its work on December 16 with a thanksgiving. The Commission, whose task is to elaborate the agenda of a Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church, continued to consider the problem of autocephaly and ways of declaring it – the discussion…
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Archbishop Hilarion’s interview with Der Spiegel
Source: Moscow Patriarchate Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, answered questions from Der Spiegel magazine. Below is the text of the talk His Eminence Hilarion had with the magazine’s correspondents. The interview was published in Der Spiegel’s issue No. 51, 2009. (This transcript is the source of…
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Moscow thanks Pope for not pressing on meeting
From Interfax (2009-12-16): Moscow — The Moscow Patriarchate is grateful to Pope Benedict XVI for understanding problems between the two Churches and not pressing on with visiting Russia and meeting with the Patriarch. “Pope Benedict XVI perfectly understands the existing difficulties and therefore is not pressing on his meeting with the Patriarch, not to mention…
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Preachers Institute runs Nativity sermon series
Take a look over at Preachers Institute. Fr. John Peck, occasional contributor to the AOI blog and director of PI, is running a series of patristic sermons that is nothing short of stellar. Look at how they used to preach! The quality of Fr. John’s postings is sure to make PI a repository of the…
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