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Met. Jonah to Headline “Towards an American Orthodox Church Symposium”
This looks very good. St. Cyril of Jerusalem Orthodox Christian Church P. O. Box 133234 The Woodlands, TX 77393-3234 Driving directions to St. Cyril Orthodox Church. Friday, December 2, 2011 8:00 am – 8:45 am Continental Breakfast 8:45 am – 9:00 am Morning Prayers & Welcome 9:00 am – 9:15 am Opening Remarks His Beatitude Metropolitan JONAH +…
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WND: Bonhoeffer in Harlem
When I attended seminary over 20 years ago, one of my favorite activities was the inter-seminary dialogues. Once a month about seven or eight of us would drive down to Jewish Theological Seminary in Manhattan to meet up with Jewish rabbinical students and seminarians from Union Theological Seminary (Protestant) and St. Joseph’s (Catholic). You’d think…
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After the Desert: A Faithful Catholic’s Reflection on Same-Sex Attraction
Steve Gershom (a pseudonym), the author of the following essay, is a faithful Catholic who has abandoned the homosexual life-style. Gershom affirms many points made earlier on the AOI Observer: the term gay, or even homosexual describes behavior and should never be construed ontologically, as a constituent of self-identity; homosexual actions are always sinful; the…
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![Nigel Farage on the EU Descent into Bureaucratic Facism and Roger Scruton on the Recovery of Western Culture [VIDEO]](https://www.aoiusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/nigel-farage-thumb.png)
Nigel Farage on the EU Descent into Bureaucratic Facism and Roger Scruton on the Recovery of Western Culture [VIDEO]
Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Independence Party, delivered a stinging rebuke to European Union bureaucrats recently accusing them of using the mechanisms of the EU to stifle democratic forces in Europe. The UKIP leader says Europe’s crisis is ‘like an Agatha Christie novel’, trying to guess who’ll be bumped off next. ‘The difference is…
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![Alexander Tsiaras: Conception to Birth — Visualized [VIDEO]](https://www.aoiusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ted-talks-thumb.png)
Alexander Tsiaras: Conception to Birth — Visualized [VIDEO]
Image-maker Alexander Tsiaras shares a powerful medical visualization, showing human development from conception to birth and beyond. (Some graphic images.) TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Alexander Tsiaras is…
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