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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, 22 May 2010 01:16:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/the-bishops-are-coming-to-new-york-as-complex-diaspora-question-looms/ https://www.aoiusa.org/the-bishops-are-coming-to-new-york-as-complex-diaspora-question-looms/#comments Sat, 22 May 2010 01:09:14 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6728 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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Read closely. What are the greatest fears? The autocephaly of the OCA (wild card) and the Ligonier Council (precedent). The times are changing folks. The lumbering bureaucratic structures that have sublimated the nascent creativity and energy of American Orthodoxy under the weight Old World self-interest might be loosing their grip. There is more anxiety here […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/the-bishops-are-coming-to-new-york-as-complex-diaspora-question-looms/feed/ 82 https://www.aoiusa.org/pentecost-2010-springtime-for-the-church-in-the-americas/ https://www.aoiusa.org/pentecost-2010-springtime-for-the-church-in-the-americas/#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 12:28:39 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6717 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 George Matsoukas, Executive Director of Orthodox Christian Laity Behold how good and pleasant it is when brethren dwell together in unity — Psalm 133:1 During the week following Pentecost, May 26-27, 2010 sixty five Orthodox Christian bishops, who have their sees in North and Central America, have been invited to gather at the Helmsley […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/pentecost-2010-springtime-for-the-church-in-the-americas/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/%e2%80%98we-have-reached-consensus-on-the-autocephaly-procedure%e2%80%99/ https://www.aoiusa.org/%e2%80%98we-have-reached-consensus-on-the-autocephaly-procedure%e2%80%99/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 23:05:39 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6605 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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As the Inter-Orthodox Preparatory Commission for the agenda of a Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church continues its work, the issue of granting autocephaly and the diptych order has come up to its attention in the period of 2009-2010. The leader of the Russian Orthodox delegation at the Preparatory Commission meetings, Metropolitan Hilarion […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/%e2%80%98we-have-reached-consensus-on-the-autocephaly-procedure%e2%80%99/feed/ 41 https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-demetrios-on-the-way-out/ https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-demetrios-on-the-way-out/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:38:04 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6521 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: St. Andrew House Orthodox Discussion Forum Theodore Kalmoukos BOSTON- At 83 years old and beleaguered by a raft of questions about his ability to keep leading, Archbishop Demetrios may leave his position at the Archbishopric Throne of America, it emerged after intense discussions at the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople, where he traveled unannounced, as […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-demetrios-on-the-way-out/feed/ 48 https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-churches-episcopal-assembly-in-l-a/ https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-churches-episcopal-assembly-in-l-a/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:13:23 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6504 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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Source: Iglesia Catholica Apostilica Orthodoxa De Antioquia Use Google translator above. Asamblea Episcopal de Iglesias Ortodoxas en L.A. Los días del 16 al 18 de abril marcarán la historia de la Iglesia Ortodoxa en Sudamérica, por la realización de la “Primera Asamblea Episcopal de las Iglesias Ortodoxas en Sudamérica” en la sede del Arzobispado Antioqueno […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-churches-episcopal-assembly-in-l-a/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/ocl-and-abp-demetrios-discuss-episcopal-assembly/ https://www.aoiusa.org/ocl-and-abp-demetrios-discuss-episcopal-assembly/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:39:03 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6478 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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April 21, 2010 – A delegation from Orthodox Christian Laity met last week with His Eminence, Archbishop Demetrios at the headquarters of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in New York City, William Souvall, OCL President, announced today. “The main reason for our visit was to inform His Eminence of OCL’s enthusiastic support for the upcoming Episcopal […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/ocl-and-abp-demetrios-discuss-episcopal-assembly/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-jonah-requests-prayers-in-anticipation-of-north-americas-first-episcopal-assembly/ https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-jonah-requests-prayers-in-anticipation-of-north-americas-first-episcopal-assembly/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:45:35 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6469 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 News Orthodox Church in America April 21, 2010 SYOSSET, NY [OCA] — In anticipation of the first North American Episcopal Assembly, slated to convene in New York City, May 25-27, 2010, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah has asked that special petitions be included in the Litany of Fervent Supplication. Under the chairmanship of His […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-jonah-requests-prayers-in-anticipation-of-north-americas-first-episcopal-assembly/feed/ 4 https://www.aoiusa.org/ep-we-havent-omissioned-polish-hierarchs-on-purpose/ https://www.aoiusa.org/ep-we-havent-omissioned-polish-hierarchs-on-purpose/#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:03:07 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6381 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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H/T: Orthodox Beacon In a response to the information about the omission of the hierarchy of the Brazilian diocese of the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church to the Episcopal Assembly of the Orthodox Bishops of South America, chancery of metropolitan Athenagoras of Mexico stated that it was not intentional. Father Peter DiLeo-Vulic explained that this was […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/ep-we-havent-omissioned-polish-hierarchs-on-purpose/feed/ 9 https://www.aoiusa.org/the-sounds-of-silence/ https://www.aoiusa.org/the-sounds-of-silence/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 02:42:17 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6315 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 contributor who asked to remain anonymous sent me this piece earlier. It asks why we have not heard more about the Episcopal Assemblies being held next week. ++++++++++ Around six months ago, SCOBA issued a press release indicating that the first ever Episcopal Assembly for North America would take place during the Pentecostal season […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/the-sounds-of-silence/feed/ 53 https://www.aoiusa.org/first-episcopal-assembly-is-called/ https://www.aoiusa.org/first-episcopal-assembly-is-called/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:30:07 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6099 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’s really the second. The first was Ligonier. ++++++++++++++++++++ The 65 Orthodox Bishops in the Americas received their invitations to attend the first Episcopal Assembly to be held under the new Chambesy agreement last week. Writing to all as the representative of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Archbishop Demetrios stated: “Therefore, in order to comment the process […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/first-episcopal-assembly-is-called/feed/ 65 https://www.aoiusa.org/pat-kirill-on-chambesy/ https://www.aoiusa.org/pat-kirill-on-chambesy/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:48:13 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5815 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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Patriarch Kirill: Every manifestation of Orthodox unity is our common glory, common joy, while a want of unity and every tension, every conflict in the global Orthodox family is a common pain and common defeat The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church pointed to the support of fraternal relations within the family of Local Orthodox […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/pat-kirill-on-chambesy/feed/ 12 https://www.aoiusa.org/inter-orthodox-preparatory-commission-completes-its-work/ https://www.aoiusa.org/inter-orthodox-preparatory-commission-completes-its-work/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:16:08 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5153 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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Source: Moscow Patriarchate (12/17/09) The Inter-Orthodox Preparatory Commission, meeting in Chambesy, Switzerland, closed its work on December 16 with a thanksgiving. The Commission, whose task is to elaborate the agenda of a Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church, continued to consider the problem of autocephaly and ways of declaring it – the discussion […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/inter-orthodox-preparatory-commission-completes-its-work/feed/ 17 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/metropolitan-jonah-on-orthodox-christian-unity/ https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-jonah-on-orthodox-christian-unity/#respond Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:01:31 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4410 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 Orthodox Church in America’s communications department has published a summary of Metropolitan Jonah’s remarks at Orthodox Christian Laity’s recently concluded Road to Unity conference. Highlights: Central to the fabric of a united Church, Metropolitan Jonah added, is the need to “be missionary in every aspect of its existence, reaching out to bring the Gospel […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-jonah-on-orthodox-christian-unity/feed/ 0