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![Where Heaven Falls Prey to Thieves: The Plundering of Turkish Occupied Cyprus [VIDEO]](https://www.aoiusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/cyprus-map.png)
Where Heaven Falls Prey to Thieves: The Plundering of Turkish Occupied Cyprus [VIDEO]
Source: Vimeo A short documentary about the extensive art theft that has taken place in North Cyprus since the 1974 Turkish invasion. The theft has taken place with tacit or active approval from the Turkish army. The plunder not only served as a source of income for criminals in North Cyprus and shady antiquity dealers,…
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Maggie Gallagher: The Chilling of Our First Amendment Rights
I am out of town all week attending a conference in Bozeman, Montana. That’s the reason updates have been infrequent. Source: National Review Online | Maggie Gallagher The First Amendment is more than a legal guarantee. It is a culture — a key American value — which holds that in a decent and free society,…
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Fr. Thomas Hopko: The Homosexual Christian
Source: OrthodoxyToday.org Many gay men and lesbians claim that the Christian faith is the guiding rule of their lives. Some of them hold that their sexual orientation is given by God, that it is good, and that there is nothing wrong or sinful with their homosexual activities. These persons say that the Bible and Church…
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![Fr. Josiah Trenham: The Orthodox Church and Same-Sex Marriage [VIDEO]](https://www.aoiusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/josiah-trenham-thumb.png)
Fr. Josiah Trenham: The Orthodox Church and Same-Sex Marriage [VIDEO]
Fr. Josiah Trenham pastor of St. Andrew Orthodox Christian Church in Riverside, California offers a two part talk responding to the August, 2010 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage in California. Fr. Josiah’s talk was given in August, 2010. Source: St. Andrew Orthodox Church Youtube Page
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Fr. Alexander F. C. Webster: A Gauntlet from Archpriest Alexis Vinogradov, Wappingers Falls, NY
Just when we begin to wonder whether some of the recent musings of OCA priests and laity on homosexuality may not be what they seem, along comes another one that raises the rhetorical ante and reminds us that we are, indeed, whether we desire it or not, engaged in spiritual warfare. In a bizarre, presumably…
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