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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 Sat, 10 Aug 2013 23:21:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/antiochian-orthodox-church-affirms-traditional-marriage/ https://www.aoiusa.org/antiochian-orthodox-church-affirms-traditional-marriage/#comments Sat, 10 Aug 2013 15:43:53 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=12916 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 resolution affirming heterosexual marriage was passed unanimously at the Antiochian Convention in July of this year. I was present when the resolution came to the floor and would have tweaked it a bit by using the term “sex” instead of “gender” (the collapse of sex — biological particularity — into gender is one […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/antiochian-orthodox-church-affirms-traditional-marriage/feed/ 55 https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-philip-saliba-on-the-record/ Thu, 14 Oct 2010 06:09:53 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=7965 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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Note October 14, 2010: A few days ago I posted this interview (a very good one, BTW), then took it down, but I am putting it back up but disabling comments. Why did I take it down? I took it down because Met. Philip, a flash-point in the blogosphere right now, is also my hierarch. […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/bishop-thomas-on-the-manhattan-declaration/ https://www.aoiusa.org/bishop-thomas-on-the-manhattan-declaration/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:32:45 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4843 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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Thomas, Bishop of Charleston/Oakland and Assistant to Metropolitan Philip of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese, posted an informational item on the Manhattan Declaration and included links to educational resources on the sanctity of life and marriage. Bishop Thomas encouraged his flock to share his message with parishioners in the diocese. Key paragraphs: 1. With regard […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/bishop-thomas-on-the-manhattan-declaration/feed/ 18 https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodoxy-and-obamas-conscience-clause/ https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodoxy-and-obamas-conscience-clause/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:28:42 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3047 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 friend sent me an email earlier today. Search Google, he said, with the terms conscience rule obama catholic bishops and conscience rule obama orthodox bishops and then compare the two. Not very impressive. (Actually, the AOI blog article on Abp. Demetrios’ awkward praise of Pres. Obama ranks first in Google, but that’s beside the […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodoxy-and-obamas-conscience-clause/feed/ 22 https://www.aoiusa.org/antiochian-monasticism-speaks-to-the-current-crisis/ https://www.aoiusa.org/antiochian-monasticism-speaks-to-the-current-crisis/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:00:43 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2967 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 the Ochlophobist (one who has an aversion to crowds) website: The following is very important. It was written by Archim. Touma, who is said to be the most influential monastic under Antioch. He is Athonite in spirituality, he leads the most traditional monastery under the Holy Synod of Antioch, and he does not normally […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/antiochian-monasticism-speaks-to-the-current-crisis/feed/ 22 https://www.aoiusa.org/deception-power-mongering-and-even-forgery/ https://www.aoiusa.org/deception-power-mongering-and-even-forgery/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:34:36 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2932 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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It is now a police matter. David Yonke, religion editor at the Toledo Blade, has a very thorough report on the unjust and spectacularly un-Christian treatment Antiochian Orthodox Bishop Mark of Toledo has received at the hands of Walid Khalife, of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., who sent threatening emails to the bishop and other clergy. As […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/deception-power-mongering-and-even-forgery/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/aoca-verdict-invalid-inapplicable-inconsistent-ill-advised/ https://www.aoiusa.org/aoca-verdict-invalid-inapplicable-inconsistent-ill-advised/#comments Sun, 17 May 2009 23:29:04 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2275 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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HT: Orthodox Christians for Accountability (Initial summary written by Mark Stokoe of Orthodox Christians for Accountability and edited by AOI.) In a 15-page opinion offered to Metropolitan Philip, the Local Synod and the Board of Trustees of the Antiochian Archdiocese, dated May 13th, the Chancellors of the Archdiocese Robert Koory and Charles Ajalat shredded both […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/aoca-verdict-invalid-inapplicable-inconsistent-ill-advised/feed/ 5 https://www.aoiusa.org/church-on-sunday/ https://www.aoiusa.org/church-on-sunday/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 19:37:31 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2092 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 well-written, thoughtful, and thoroughly engaging article on what American Orthodoxy increasingly looks like. He looks like a regular young guy — maybe late 20s or early 30s. Head shaved to mask a receding hairline, a black goatee to offset the baldness, the gold rim of his glasses glinting beneath his dark brows. A regular […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/church-on-sunday/feed/ 3 https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-philip-paschal-greetings/ https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-philip-paschal-greetings/#respond Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:18:53 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=1811 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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Paschal Greetings of Metropolitan PHILIP “He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one to His own way; and the Lord has laid on Him […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-philip-paschal-greetings/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/transcription-of-met-jonahs-speech/ https://www.aoiusa.org/transcription-of-met-jonahs-speech/#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2009 02:53:30 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=1516 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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Sermon delivered at St. Seraphim Orthodox Cathedral in Dallas, Texas on April 5, 2009. It is a great joy to see everybody here this evening from so many different communities, from different traditions. Orthodoxy is a celebration of diversity in unity, and unity in diversity. Our unity is in our one Lord and Savior Jesus […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/transcription-of-met-jonahs-speech/feed/ 9 https://www.aoiusa.org/met-jonah-to-old-world-bishops-hands-off-the-american-church/ https://www.aoiusa.org/met-jonah-to-old-world-bishops-hands-off-the-american-church/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:08:12 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=1468 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 a stinging rebuke to the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Metropolitan Jonah of the Orthodox Church in America issued a call for a unified American Church and rejected any path to unity that would mean “we surrender the freedom we have embraced as American Orthodox Christians to a patriarchate still under Islamic domination.” The video here records […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/met-jonah-to-old-world-bishops-hands-off-the-american-church/feed/ 171 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/fr-peter-guilquist-interviews-met-philip/ https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-peter-guilquist-interviews-met-philip/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:58:31 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=1064 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 this historic interview on Ancient Faith Radio, Metropolitan Philip talks candidly about such things as Orthodox unity, music, our witness to the world, his most memorable accomplishments as well as his biggest disappointments. This two part interview was conducted by Fr. Peter Gillquist, Chairman of the Department of Missions and Evangelism in the Antiochian […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-peter-guilquist-interviews-met-philip/feed/ 22 https://www.aoiusa.org/maddex-to-lead-conciliar-media-ministries/ https://www.aoiusa.org/maddex-to-lead-conciliar-media-ministries/#comments Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:10:12 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=842 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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Congratulations to John Maddex, the guiding light at Ancient Faith Radio, who was named president and chief executive officer of Conciliar Media Ministries. Maddex assumes responsibility for Conciliar Press, Conciliar’s publishing company, while continuing to serve as general manager of Ancient Faith Radio, Conciliar’s online radio and podcast ministry. Conciliar is the publishing and online […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/maddex-to-lead-conciliar-media-ministries/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/the-nativity-of-our-lord-2008/ https://www.aoiusa.org/the-nativity-of-our-lord-2008/#respond Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:55:23 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=767 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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Now then I pray you accept His Conception, and leap before Him; if not like John from the womb, yet like David, because of the resting of the Ark. Revere the enrolment on account of which thou wast written in heaven, and adore the Birth by which thou wast loosed from the chains of thy […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/the-nativity-of-our-lord-2008/feed/ 0