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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, 24 Dec 2011 18:36:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/renewing-christendom-ts-eliot-the-journey-of-the-magi-audio/ https://www.aoiusa.org/renewing-christendom-ts-eliot-the-journey-of-the-magi-audio/#respond Sat, 24 Dec 2011 18:12:30 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11283 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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Below is a rare recording taken from a live interview T.S. Eliot did for the BBC during World War II. Eliot reads his poem “The Journey of Magi” where the sojourner retraces the steps of the Magi in his own time and place. The poem recalls a time when the knowledge of Christ was more […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/renewing-christendom-ts-eliot-the-journey-of-the-magi-audio/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/frederica-mathewes-green-gay-rights-audio/ https://www.aoiusa.org/frederica-mathewes-green-gay-rights-audio/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:52:52 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11153 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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Frederica’s podcast does not offer the definitive answer on homosexuality, but it is laced with the graciousness, compassion, and fidelity to Orthodox teaching that has become her hallmark over the years. It’s worth a listen, even if only as a reminder that good people struggle with same-sex attraction who don’t adopt the ideological rigidity of […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/frederica-mathewes-green-gay-rights-audio/feed/ 29 https://www.aoiusa.org/interview-with-met-hilarion-on-unity-and-primacy-in-the-orthodox-church-audio/ https://www.aoiusa.org/interview-with-met-hilarion-on-unity-and-primacy-in-the-orthodox-church-audio/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:28:43 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11040 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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I published the article below earlier, but after listening to the recording of the interview, there’s a lot more to report. The planning for a Pan-Orthodox Council continues, and one of the benefits is that thorny issues raised in the past such as the granting of autocephaly, the role of the Patriarch of Constantinople in […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/interview-with-met-hilarion-on-unity-and-primacy-in-the-orthodox-church-audio/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/two-podcasts-from-fr-peter-heer-on-new-martyr-fr-daniel-sysoev-audio/ https://www.aoiusa.org/two-podcasts-from-fr-peter-heer-on-new-martyr-fr-daniel-sysoev-audio/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:29:36 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=9596 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 is a broad-ranging talk containing many good ideas that reveal deep insight about living our faith in Christ in modern culture. About Fr Peter Heer: From his mountaintop village, Petrokerasa, Greece, Fr. Peter Heer shares with us his ten years of experience of living the Faith and serving the Church in Greece, and in […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/two-podcasts-from-fr-peter-heer-on-new-martyr-fr-daniel-sysoev-audio/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/what-can-evangelicals-and-orthodox-learn-from-one-another-audio/ https://www.aoiusa.org/what-can-evangelicals-and-orthodox-learn-from-one-another-audio/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:53:28 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=9504 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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Met. Timothy Ware: “We Orthodox have the fullness of the faith but we do not live it out. Our treasures remain hidden and we do not live up to what we should be doing…Orthodox Christians are nominal and formal in their faith.” A lecture delivered at North Park University in Chicago in Feb of 2011 […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/what-can-evangelicals-and-orthodox-learn-from-one-another-audio/feed/ 7 https://www.aoiusa.org/wrr-dallas-interview-with-met-hilarion-meets-former-president-george-bush/ https://www.aoiusa.org/wrr-dallas-interview-with-met-hilarion-meets-former-president-george-bush/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:35:09 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=9180 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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WRR Classical 101.1 in Dallas interviewed Met. Hilarion the afternoon before his concert. In the interview he discusses how he composes the music, his 20 year hiatus from composition, and more. It’s an engaging interview that reveals some of the personal side of Met. Hilarion. Earlier that day Met. Hilarion met with former President George […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/wrr-dallas-interview-with-met-hilarion-meets-former-president-george-bush/feed/ 6 https://www.aoiusa.org/living-in-the-ruins-of-christendom-part-2/ https://www.aoiusa.org/living-in-the-ruins-of-christendom-part-2/#respond Thu, 22 Apr 2010 01:51:41 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6463 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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Medical doctor (M.D.) and doctor of Philosophy (PhD.), author and university professor, Dr (Herman) Tristram Engelhardt, Jr. explains why our culture is post-Christian and post-metaphysical, how it got that way, and what the implications and challenges are for the Orthodox family. Interview by Kevin Allen. Listen to Part 1 here. Listen here:]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/living-in-the-ruins-of-christendom-part-2/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/living-in-the-ruins-of-christendom-part-1/ https://www.aoiusa.org/living-in-the-ruins-of-christendom-part-1/#respond Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:33:30 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6460 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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Medical doctor (M.D.) and doctor of Philosophy (PhD.), author and university professor, Dr (Herman) Tristram Engelhardt, Jr. explains why our culture is post-Christian and post-metaphysical, how it got that way, and what the implications and challenges are for the Orthodox family. Interview by Kevin Allen. Listen to Part 2 here. Listen here:]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/living-in-the-ruins-of-christendom-part-1/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/evangelism-and-orthodoxy-part-2/ https://www.aoiusa.org/evangelism-and-orthodoxy-part-2/#respond Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:30:30 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6451 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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Does the Church merely provide religious lubrication for secular pursuits? All too often it does, answers Fr. Andrew Damick in his latest “Road to Emmaeus” podcast. The belief that “evangelism is not something the Orthodox Church does, or should be doing” is the overwhelming opinion of many Orthodox believers who have been “asleep for centuries.” […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/evangelism-and-orthodoxy-part-2/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/podcast-the-animal-rights-movement-from-an-orthodox-perspective/ https://www.aoiusa.org/podcast-the-animal-rights-movement-from-an-orthodox-perspective/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:20:14 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6101 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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Human exceptionalism advocate and author Wesley J. Smith speaks with host Kevin Allen about the animal rights-animal liberation movement and its insistence on the “moral equivalence” between animals and humans! How does this compare with Orthodox teachings about the “brotherhood” of humans, animals and inanimate nature (St Gregory Palamas)? Listen and find out ! Listen […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/podcast-the-animal-rights-movement-from-an-orthodox-perspective/feed/ 5 https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-andrew-stephen-damick-home-community-church/ https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-andrew-stephen-damick-home-community-church/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:28:32 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5996 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 podcast: “We are called to be pilgrims in this world. But if you have ever gone on a pilgrimage, you know the experience is dominated by place — whether it’s the destination, or the journey to it. One cannot be a pilgrim and be nowhere. The pilgrim is where he is. He is […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-andrew-stephen-damick-home-community-church/feed/ 7 https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-chad-hatfield-the-manhattan-declaration/ https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-chad-hatfield-the-manhattan-declaration/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:47:59 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5902 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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Ancient Faith Radio Fr. Chad Hatfield, discusses The Manhattan Declaration, “a call of Christian conscience” that he helped produce, and defends Orthodox participation in such cultural manifestos. Listen here:]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-chad-hatfield-the-manhattan-declaration/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/father-arseny-fact-or-fiction/ https://www.aoiusa.org/father-arseny-fact-or-fiction/#respond Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:31:21 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5795 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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Some of you may be aware that there is a discussion occurring asking whether Fr. Arseny actually existed as a real person or is he a literary creation. Dr. Peter Bouteneff in his podcast “Sweeter than Honey” examines this question in light of recent Soviet history, particularly how history was often erased in the Soviet […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/father-arseny-fact-or-fiction/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/pan-orthodox-sanctity-of-life-sunday-presentation/ https://www.aoiusa.org/pan-orthodox-sanctity-of-life-sunday-presentation/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:19:01 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5654 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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Ancient Faith Radio presents Frederica Mathewes-Green speaking at the second annual Pan-Orthodox Sanctity of Life Sunday Presentation. The presentation was sponsored by the Orthodox Christian Clergy Association of Greater Chicago and took place at St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church in Cicero, Illinois. Listen here:]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/pan-orthodox-sanctity-of-life-sunday-presentation/feed/ 3 https://www.aoiusa.org/wheaton-and-the-fathers/ https://www.aoiusa.org/wheaton-and-the-fathers/#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:50:53 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5635 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 Ancient Faith Radio: Wheaton College, the epicenter of Evangelical Protestantism, has just opened a Center for Early Christian Studies that will immerse students in the fields of Patristics, the Ecumenical Councils, and early Christian literature. This audio documentary, exclusive to AFR, explores the reasons for the sudden Evangelical interest in the Church Fathers, as […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/wheaton-and-the-fathers/feed/ 8