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https://www.aoiusa.org A Research and Educational Organization that engages the cultural issues of the day within the Orthodox Christian Tradition Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:00:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/the-agenda-at-chambesy/ https://www.aoiusa.org/the-agenda-at-chambesy/#respond Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:00:52 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5078 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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12. December 2009 – 9:00 (Source: Serbian Orthodox Church) The Inter-Orthodox Preparatory Commission, responsible for preparation of agenda of an upcoming Holy and Great Assembly of the Orthodox Church, began working 10th December at the Orthodox Center of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Chambésy, near Geneve. The Commission will discuss the three topics from pre-prepared catalogue: […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/the-agenda-at-chambesy/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/report-20-orthodox-bishops-apply-for-turkish-citizenship/ https://www.aoiusa.org/report-20-orthodox-bishops-apply-for-turkish-citizenship/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:41:10 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5024 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Writing for AsiaNews.it, Nat da Polis in Istanbul reveals “very important” news: At the suggestion of Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan, there is the possibility of granting citizenship to the metropolitans of the Turkish Diaspora. This fact satisfies the ecumenical will of Bartholomew and unlocks the door to the possibility that in future a bishop who […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/report-20-orthodox-bishops-apply-for-turkish-citizenship/feed/ 16 https://www.aoiusa.org/scoba-calls-first-episcopal-assembly-for-may-2010/ https://www.aoiusa.org/scoba-calls-first-episcopal-assembly-for-may-2010/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:19:31 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3651 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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SCOBA Hierarchs Convene For Special Session New York, NY – A Special Session of the Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA) met on September 25, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., hosted by the Chairman of SCOBA, Archbishop Demetrios of America, at the headquarters of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/scoba-calls-first-episcopal-assembly-for-may-2010/feed/ 181 https://www.aoiusa.org/archons-concerning-the-ranks-of-churches/ https://www.aoiusa.org/archons-concerning-the-ranks-of-churches/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:47:00 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3570 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Who’s on first? The Order of St. Andrew the Apostle has posted an article harshly critical of what it describes as the Moscow Patriarchate’s uncanonical move to assert its status as one of “the five most significant Churches” or the Pentarchy of the ancient patriarchates. The writer of the article, Fr. Makarios Griniezakis, a professor […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/archons-concerning-the-ranks-of-churches/feed/ 19 https://www.aoiusa.org/official-statement-on-the-diaspora-from-the-chambesy-conference/ https://www.aoiusa.org/official-statement-on-the-diaspora-from-the-chambesy-conference/#comments Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:33:01 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2810 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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THE FOURTH PRE-CONCILIAR PAN-ORTHODOX CONFERENCE The Orthodox Center of the Ecumenical Patriarchate Chambésy, 6-13 June 2009 THE ORTHODOX DIASPORA Decision The Fourth Pre-Conciliar Pan-Orthodox Conference was convened by His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, with the consensus of Their Beatitudes the Primates of the Most Holy Orthodox Churches expressed during their Sacred Synaxis at the […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/official-statement-on-the-diaspora-from-the-chambesy-conference/feed/ 13 https://www.aoiusa.org/bartholomew-kirill-hold-patriarchal-summit-in-istanbul/ https://www.aoiusa.org/bartholomew-kirill-hold-patriarchal-summit-in-istanbul/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:52:50 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2790 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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A quick roundup: Andrei Zolotov, Jr., Chief Editor of Russia Profile and Deputy Director of the RIA Novosti Foreign Service, says that the recent Chambesy conference organized to discuss the “diaspora” resulted in Constantinople making concessions to Moscow. A report in the Kyiv Post says the patriarchs are putting on “a united front” despite the […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/bartholomew-kirill-hold-patriarchal-summit-in-istanbul/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/moscow-patriarchate-reports-on-chambesy-meeting/ https://www.aoiusa.org/moscow-patriarchate-reports-on-chambesy-meeting/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:27:08 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2701 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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The Moscow Patriarchate has released a statement, in English, on the work of the all-Orthodox pre-conciliar meeting in Chambesy, Switzerland, earlier this month. The patriarchate explains how “episcopal assemblies” are to be constituted. Text follows: The 4th Pan-Orthodox Pre-Council Conference, which took place at the Patriarchate of Constantinople’s Orthodox Center in Chambesy near Geneva, completed […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/moscow-patriarchate-reports-on-chambesy-meeting/feed/ 3 https://www.aoiusa.org/asianews-historic-decision-in-chambesy/ https://www.aoiusa.org/asianews-historic-decision-in-chambesy/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:06:43 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2556 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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On the Roman Catholic site AsiaNews, Nat da Polis files a report on the Fourth Pre-Conciliar meeting of Orthodox hierarchs who assembled last week in Switzerland to discuss the problem of the “diaspora.” Da Polis views the pending trip of Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill to the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul as a “significant step” in […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/asianews-historic-decision-in-chambesy/feed/ 6 https://www.aoiusa.org/moscow-no-episcopal-monopoly/ https://www.aoiusa.org/moscow-no-episcopal-monopoly/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:10:19 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2549 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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More on the episcopal assemblies announced at the pre-conciliar meeting last week in Switzerland: “Anti-monopoly” proposals of the Moscow Patriarchate are taken into account in Chambesy Moscow, June 15, Interfax – The Fourth Pan-Orthodox Pre-Council Conference in Chambesy (Switzerland) has agreed in its final decision to the need of equal management of the Orthodox Diaspora […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/moscow-no-episcopal-monopoly/feed/ 88 https://www.aoiusa.org/communique-from-chambesy/ https://www.aoiusa.org/communique-from-chambesy/#comments Sun, 14 Jun 2009 03:36:46 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2527 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Orthodox Report, a UK site, has a translation of the official French-language communiqué issued by the Fourth Pre-Conciliar Pan-Orthodox Conference that met June 6-12 in Chambesy, Switzerland, to discuss the problem of the Orthodox “diaspora.” [Orthodox hierarchs pictured above at the meeting] The news release is available in Greek and Russian, for those who can […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/communique-from-chambesy/feed/ 11 https://www.aoiusa.org/on-the-gradual-consolidation-of-the-orthodox-diasporas/ https://www.aoiusa.org/on-the-gradual-consolidation-of-the-orthodox-diasporas/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:39:15 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2444 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Comments from Russian Orthodox Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk on the pre-conciliar deliberations at Chambesy, Switzerland, which was to address, in part, “problems in the Orthodox diaspora.” In this interview with the Russian news service Interfax, before leaving for the meeting, the archbishop talks about the “many faces” of the Orthodox ‘diaspora’ and the agenda setting […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/on-the-gradual-consolidation-of-the-orthodox-diasporas/feed/ 8 https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-hilarion-predicts-new-local-churches/ https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-hilarion-predicts-new-local-churches/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:58:39 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2418 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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From Interfax: Archbishop Hilarion contemplates the establishment of new local Orthodox Churches Moscow, June 1, – Head of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk believes that the current Inter-Orthodox consultations may cause the establishment of new local Orthodox churches. “It is our opinion that the progressive consolidation of Orthodox […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-hilarion-predicts-new-local-churches/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/on-a-summoning-of-the-great-council/ https://www.aoiusa.org/on-a-summoning-of-the-great-council/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 16:53:53 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2361 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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In response to the “First Pre-Conciliar Conference” held in Chambesy, Switzerland (near Geneva) in November 1976, Archimandrite Dr. Justin Popovic composed “On A Summoning of the Great Council of the Orthodox Church.” In this, Fr. Popovic (1894-1979), spiritual father of the monastery of Celie Valjevo (Serbia), expressed his “grievous considerations for the future council.” The […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/on-a-summoning-of-the-great-council/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/all-orthodox-pre-conciliar-consultation-set-for-chambesy-in-june/ https://www.aoiusa.org/all-orthodox-pre-conciliar-consultation-set-for-chambesy-in-june/#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 17:44:49 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2355 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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From Interfax: Moscow, May 26 – The 4th all-Orthodox pre-conciliar consultation is to be held in the Constantinople Patriarchate Orthodox center in Chambésy on June 6-13, 2009. “Participants will touch upon the topic of organizing Orthodox diaspora (Orthodox believers living out of borders of any local Orthodox church),” Acting Secretary of the Moscow Patriarchate Department […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/all-orthodox-pre-conciliar-consultation-set-for-chambesy-in-june/feed/ 60