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An interview with the Creator of “Good Guys Wear Black”
HT: OrthodoxNet Blog and Byzantine, TX Fr. John A. Peck serves at St. George Orthodox Church in Prescott, AZ and is already well known as the administrator of the “Preachers Institute” and “Journey to Orthodoxy” websites. Recently he launched a site called “Good Guys Wear Black,” which aims to provide a resource for men discerning…
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Bp. Michael (OCA) Defends Traditional Marriage
The letter by Bishop Michael (Orthodox Church in America) defending traditional marriage responds to the legislation passed in New York allowing same-sex marriage. The bill contained religious exemptions, but if these will hold up is anyone’s guess (probably not). Still, the bill should not have been passed at all. Does anyone know if the GOA…
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Fr. Michael Butler: Orthodoxy and Environmentalism [AUDIO]
As a companion to the text of His Beatitude Metropolitan Jonah’s address (“Ascestism and the Consumer Society“) at Acton University published here, we’re posting the audio from a lecture by the Very Rev. Michael Butler on Orthodoxy and Environmentalism. We’re grateful to the Acton Institute for making this lecture available to AOI. To purchase a…
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Abp. Chaput: America Becoming ‘Much Less Friendly’ to Religious Freedom
Although written for a Catholic audience, the ideas expressed by Archbishop Chaput apply to Christians across the board. Take special care reading the section “A Less Friendly America” where Abp. Chaput warns us the coming hostility towards religion and how anti-religionists will use the power of the state to diminish the cultural influence of Christianity.…
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Patriarch Kirill: European Population Will Die if it Fails to Come Back to its Spiritual Sources
Source: Interfax Moscow, June 22, Interfax – Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill urged European religious leaders to make collective efforts to pursue the revival of Christianity within the continent. “The Russian Orthodox Church proposes that European Christian communities unite to become partners of the states and European civil community in pursuing the revival…
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