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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, 12 Apr 2010 14:38:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/barbarians-among-us/ https://www.aoiusa.org/barbarians-among-us/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 02:55:23 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6327 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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Essays like Fr. Gregory Jensen’s below, give me hope. It reveals the new thinking needed in American Orthodoxy, the kind that is thoughtful and responsibly self-critical. An excerpt is included below. You can read the full article on either the new and improved! Orthodoxy Today, or the AOI main page. (Click the pic for a […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/barbarians-among-us/feed/ 57 https://www.aoiusa.org/politics-polemics-and-reconcilation/ https://www.aoiusa.org/politics-polemics-and-reconcilation/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:15:07 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4578 https://www.aoiusa.org/politics-polemics-and-reconcilation/feed/ 3 https://www.aoiusa.org/freedom-and-the-churchs-american-exile/ https://www.aoiusa.org/freedom-and-the-churchs-american-exile/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:57:56 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2592 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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Both on the AOI blog and my own my post, “Pentecost, Lincoln and the American Experiment,” brought some very interesting and thought provoking comments. Your thoughts have helped me think a bit more deeply about the relationship between the Tradition of the Orthodox Church and the American Experiment. For this I thank you all. And […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/freedom-and-the-churchs-american-exile/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/st-vladimirs-summer-conference-the-council-and-the-tomos/ https://www.aoiusa.org/st-vladimirs-summer-conference-the-council-and-the-tomos/#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 17:32:35 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2242 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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St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary has announced the topic for its summer institute and a very interesting lineup of speakers. The full announcement is available on the OCA site here. HT: orrologion CRESTWOOD, NY [SVS/May 13, 2009] — Recent exchanges of views about Orthodoxy in America, the role of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, and the […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/st-vladimirs-summer-conference-the-council-and-the-tomos/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/met-gerasimos-blasts-met-jonah-talk/ https://www.aoiusa.org/met-gerasimos-blasts-met-jonah-talk/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:32:06 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=1926 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 what can only be described as a radical restructuring of an increasingly public discussion, Met. Gerasimos (GOA, San Francisco) blasts Met. Jonah (OCA) for his recent criticism of the address by Fr. Elpidophoros Lambriniadis at Holy Cross Seminary last month. In the address, Fr. Elpidophoros laid out the rationale for submission of all American […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/met-gerasimos-blasts-met-jonah-talk/feed/ 14 https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-alexander-schmemann-on-primacy-in-the-orthodox-church/ https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-alexander-schmemann-on-primacy-in-the-orthodox-church/#respond Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:49:28 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=1615 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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Many of the current jurisdictional controversies within the Orthodox Church involving the Ecumenical Patriarch, relations between Constantinople and Moscow, the status of the “autocephalies” — even the future of the American Orthodox Church — hinge on the question of primacy. While Orthodox Christians have rejected the Roman model of primacy as “supreme power” over the […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-alexander-schmemann-on-primacy-in-the-orthodox-church/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/achieving-orthodox-unity/ https://www.aoiusa.org/achieving-orthodox-unity/#comments Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:38:51 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=1384 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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Fr. Gleb McFatter, who pastors St. Demetrius Orthodox Church in Naples, Florida offered the following homily at the Sunday of Orthodoxy Vespers. Highlight: Orthodox unity will only be achieved when the laity, parish priests and monastics lovingly unify themselves and exhibit that unity to the hierarchs. One thing those of us in the Orthodox Church […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/achieving-orthodox-unity/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarchate-american-diaspora-must-submit-to-mother-church/ https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarchate-american-diaspora-must-submit-to-mother-church/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:16:56 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=1242 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 battle is joined. Highlight: With regards to the United States, the submission to the First Throne of the Church, that is, to the Ecumenical Patriarchate is not only fitting with the American society and mentality but also it opens up the horizons of possibilities for this much-promising region, which is capable of becoming an […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarchate-american-diaspora-must-submit-to-mother-church/feed/ 346 https://www.aoiusa.org/met-philip-offers-background-on-new-archpastoral-directive/ https://www.aoiusa.org/met-philip-offers-background-on-new-archpastoral-directive/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:01:33 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=1159 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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Metropolitan Philip, the head of the Antiochian Orthodox Church in North America, issued a statement today explaining some of the background to the Archpastoral Directive of March 3. The letter follows: Beloved Hierarchs and Clergy, Members of the Board of Trustees of the Archdiocese, Parish Councils and Faithful of this God-Protected Archdiocese: Greetings and blessings […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/met-philip-offers-background-on-new-archpastoral-directive/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/recalibrating-the-conversation/ https://www.aoiusa.org/recalibrating-the-conversation/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:59:55 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=1081 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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One of the great things about a blog is that it’s a conversation, not a monologue. The Observer is a moderated blog, but we keep it fairly open to encourage this conversation and the learning that goes on here. Those of us associated with AOI are grateful for your readership and the constant feedback. I […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/recalibrating-the-conversation/feed/ 7 https://www.aoiusa.org/met-philip-on-canon-28-and-orthodoxy-unity/ https://www.aoiusa.org/met-philip-on-canon-28-and-orthodoxy-unity/#comments Sat, 24 Jan 2009 02:25:44 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=876 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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Posted on the main page is direction to an address delivered by Met. Philip of the Antiochian Archdiocese dealing with Constantinople’s interpretation of Canon 28. From the introduction: “Of all the canons dealing with Church authority and jurisdiction, there is probably none more controversial and debated in inter-Orthodox circles today than Canon 28 of the […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/met-philip-on-canon-28-and-orthodoxy-unity/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-church-of-america-at-march-for-life/ https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-church-of-america-at-march-for-life/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:38:41 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=827 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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SYOSSET, NY (OCA Communications) – On Thursday, January 22, 2009, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah will join Orthodox Christian clergy and faithful from across America for the 36th annual March for Life in Washington, DC. On the evening of Wednesday, January 21, 2008, Metropolitan Jonah will celebrate Vespers at St. Nicholas Cathedral, Washington, DC, at 7:00 […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-church-of-america-at-march-for-life/feed/ 4 https://www.aoiusa.org/reception-of-30-converts-from-the-episcopalian-church-into-the-orthodox-church/ https://www.aoiusa.org/reception-of-30-converts-from-the-episcopalian-church-into-the-orthodox-church/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:56:27 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=809 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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30 former Charismatic Episcopal Church members and others are received into the Orthodox Church on Holy Saturday (2008). [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4_yEagBxGw[/youtube] In addition you can see the new building and renovations that took place during Lent to accommodate the new members.  St. John the Theologian Orthodox Church, San Juan Capistrano, California.]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/reception-of-30-converts-from-the-episcopalian-church-into-the-orthodox-church/feed/ 53 https://www.aoiusa.org/met-jonah-episcopacy-primacy-and-the-mother-churches/ https://www.aoiusa.org/met-jonah-episcopacy-primacy-and-the-mother-churches/#comments Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:06:14 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=544 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 June, Metropolitan Jonah of the Orthodox Church in America delivered a talk on “Episcopacy, Primacy, and the Mother Churches: A Monastic Perspective” at the Conference of the Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius at St. Vladimir’s Theological Seminary. The audio of the talk is available on Ancient Faith Radio along with the other […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/met-jonah-episcopacy-primacy-and-the-mother-churches/feed/ 11 https://www.aoiusa.org/met-jonah-vision-for-america/ https://www.aoiusa.org/met-jonah-vision-for-america/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:27:42 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=452 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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Rod Dreher over at Crunch Con believes the OCA has turned a corner: Amazing. Just amazing. And prophetic. This is a national religious leader who is right for the time. Listen to it here by clicking on the “Vision for the Future” audio link. Excerpts (forgive any transcribing errors, please): He talks about the need […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/met-jonah-vision-for-america/feed/ 6