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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 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:48:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 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/in-due-course/ https://www.aoiusa.org/in-due-course/#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 13:31:06 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2395 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 “Companion to the Greek Orthodox Church,” edited by Fotios K. Litsas, was published by Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in 1984 as a guidebook to various topics in Church life. The book included the article “Orthodoxy in the United States” by Rev. Thomas FitzGerald, now dean of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, and an […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/in-due-course/feed/ 31 https://www.aoiusa.org/new-book-orthodox-christianity-at-the-crossroad-a-great-council-of-the-church-when-and-why/ https://www.aoiusa.org/new-book-orthodox-christianity-at-the-crossroad-a-great-council-of-the-church-when-and-why/#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 21:18:04 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2204 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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By Archbisop Nathaniel of Detroit. HT: Orthodox News As plans are moving ahead for the convening of preparatory meetings for a Great and Holy Council to take place in Cyprus in June 2009, you need to prepare yourself for what is at stake through these meetings.  How can you prepare yourself?  Pray that the Holy […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/new-book-orthodox-christianity-at-the-crossroad-a-great-council-of-the-church-when-and-why/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/canon-28-and-constantinoples-jurisdictional-claims/ https://www.aoiusa.org/canon-28-and-constantinoples-jurisdictional-claims/#comments Sat, 09 May 2009 13:18:09 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2146 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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]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/canon-28-and-constantinoples-jurisdictional-claims/feed/ 7 https://www.aoiusa.org/the-american-orthodox-church-at-a-crossroads/ https://www.aoiusa.org/the-american-orthodox-church-at-a-crossroads/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 14:39:09 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2132 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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George Michalopulos, frequent contributor to the AOI blog and author of several articles on the AOI website, is this week’s guest on The Illumined Heart, a program on Ancient Faith Radio. In June 2009 leaders of all autocephalous Orthodox Churches – excluding the OCA or any representatives from North America – meet in Cyprus or […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/the-american-orthodox-church-at-a-crossroads/feed/ 24 https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-kirill-welcomes-metropolitan-jonah-in-moscow/ https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-kirill-welcomes-metropolitan-jonah-in-moscow/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:13:29 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=1982 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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Official statement from the Moscow Patriarchate (HT: Byzantine, TX, and Rocor United): On the 26th of April 2009, Metropolitan Jonah of the Orthodox Church in America served liturgy with Patriarch Kirill at Christ the Savior Cathedral. The Patriarch then addressed Metropolitan Jonah with the following words: Your Eminence Jonah, Archbishop of Washington and New York, […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-kirill-welcomes-metropolitan-jonah-in-moscow/feed/ 140 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/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/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