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Archbishop Demetrios Visits ROCOR
Greek Orthodox Archbishop Demetrios pays a visit to ROCOR’s Metropolitan Hilarion, the first visit of a Greek primate in four decades. The Metropolitan greeted the Archbishop as the “Chief Orthodox Archpastor of America and the Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.” [ROCOR release] Archbishop Demetrios, Head of the Greek Archdiocese in North America, Visits the Synod…
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It Is Time To Be Direct
An interview published in the Russian language Blagovest-Info on April 28, 2009. Highlight: Blagovest-Info: During the six months you have occupied the chair of the Archbishop of Washington, you had to prove yourself a leader unafraid of expressing your stance, even if, to some, it may seem not to be politically correct. Suffice it to…
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WOF Survey Trends In US Religion — Who are the “Nones”?
Roman Catholic priest Fr. Robert Barron offers a sociological analysis on the emergence of the “Nones” — the people who eschew atheism but avoid churches. HT: Frank Johnson
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Church on Sunday?
A well-written, thoughtful, and thoroughly engaging article on what American Orthodoxy increasingly looks like. He looks like a regular young guy — maybe late 20s or early 30s. Head shaved to mask a receding hairline, a black goatee to offset the baldness, the gold rim of his glasses glinting beneath his dark brows. A regular…
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Using ‘Human Rights’ to Squelch Free Speech
In the June issue of Reason Magazine, Ezra Levant details his long and unnecessary struggle with Canadian human rights watchdogs over charges that he insulted a Muslim extremist, who claimed to be a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad. This sorry episode also cost Levant, the former publisher of Canada’s Western Standard magazine, about $100,000.…
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