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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 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:46:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/church-of-greece-to-state-keep-priests-on-the-payroll/ https://www.aoiusa.org/church-of-greece-to-state-keep-priests-on-the-payroll/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:46:13 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=9783 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: MSN News | January 17, 2011 ATHENS, Greece – Greece’s powerful Orthodox Church urged the government in the crisis-hit country on Monday to relax tough hiring restrictions so it can put more priests on the state payroll. The government last year paid the salaries of 10,800 priests and church staff — who are technically […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/church-of-greece-to-state-keep-priests-on-the-payroll/feed/ 8 https://www.aoiusa.org/battle-looming-over-icons-and-prayers-in-greek-schools/ https://www.aoiusa.org/battle-looming-over-icons-and-prayers-in-greek-schools/#respond Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:33:25 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5246 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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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MbEL-C7ypU[/youtube] The head of the Greek Orthodox Church has warned the country’s new socialist government that it faces a major battle over removing religious symbols from schools. The European Court in Strasbourg has ordered Italy to take down crucifixes from its classrooms, and Greece’s Justice Minister has acknowledged that it may have to follow suit. […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/battle-looming-over-icons-and-prayers-in-greek-schools/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/church-of-greece-rallies-opposition-to-crucifix-ban/ https://www.aoiusa.org/church-of-greece-rallies-opposition-to-crucifix-ban/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:21:24 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4569 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 Malcolm Brabant reporting for the BBC in Athens: The Greek Orthodox Church is urging Christians across Europe to unite in an appeal against a ban on crucifixes in classrooms in Italy. The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg ruled last week that the presence of crucifixes violated a child’s right to freedom of […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/church-of-greece-rallies-opposition-to-crucifix-ban/feed/ 3 https://www.aoiusa.org/odds-ends/ https://www.aoiusa.org/odds-ends/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:41:30 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3972 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 new book claims that the “Greek mafia” controlled not only the drug trade in Tarpon Springs but the local Greek Orthodox Church, too. Some say the book is “a bunch of garbage.” — Church of Greece bishops are anxious about the new Socialist government’s plan to tax church property. Don’t forget about property […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/odds-ends/feed/ 5 https://www.aoiusa.org/greek-socialists-seeking-diaspora-talent/ https://www.aoiusa.org/greek-socialists-seeking-diaspora-talent/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:38:14 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3807 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 roundup of news in the wake of the Socialists’ return to power in Greece: Greek Orthodox Archbishop Demetrios congratulated George Papandreou on his election victory in Greece. The Archbishop wished him success in his “manifold work for the benefit of the homeland and the Greeks abroad.” “Diplomats,” dismayed at rising xenophobia and nationalism, cheered […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/greek-socialists-seeking-diaspora-talent/feed/ 3 https://www.aoiusa.org/church-collection-box-full-to-the-brim/ https://www.aoiusa.org/church-collection-box-full-to-the-brim/#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:48:56 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3305 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 Kathimerini: The Church of Greece’s finances are in rude health, according to a report handed to Archbishop Ieronymos this week, which indicated that the church made more than 7 million euros profit in 2008. According to the internal report, which was seen by Kathimerini, almost 20 million euros of revenue flowed into the church’s […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/church-collection-box-full-to-the-brim/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/church-of-greece-seeks-state-help-for-charitable-work/ https://www.aoiusa.org/church-of-greece-seeks-state-help-for-charitable-work/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:25:23 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3229 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 Kathimerini: The Church of Greece is hoping that the government will take seriously the request it made this week for help in making best use of some of the thousands of properties it owns so it can fund a number of charity projects. Sources told Kathimerini yesterday that the Church is hopeful that Public […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/church-of-greece-seeks-state-help-for-charitable-work/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/heresy-vs-hope-dr-peter-bouteneff-on-two-texts-on-ecumenicism/ https://www.aoiusa.org/heresy-vs-hope-dr-peter-bouteneff-on-two-texts-on-ecumenicism/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:35:53 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2972 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/heresy-vs-hope-dr-peter-bouteneff-on-two-texts-on-ecumenicism/feed/ 24 https://www.aoiusa.org/greek-clergy-circulate-document-on-pan-heresy-of-ecumenism/ https://www.aoiusa.org/greek-clergy-circulate-document-on-pan-heresy-of-ecumenism/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:25:21 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2946 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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(Ecumenical News International) — A group of Orthodox clergy in Greece, led by three senior archbishops, have published a manifesto pledging to resist all ecumenical ties with Roman Catholics and Protestants. “The only way our communion with heretics can be restored is if they renounce their fallacy and repent,” the group said in a “Confession […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/greek-clergy-circulate-document-on-pan-heresy-of-ecumenism/feed/ 3 https://www.aoiusa.org/the-greek-ecclesiastical-settlement/ https://www.aoiusa.org/the-greek-ecclesiastical-settlement/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:04:26 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2712 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 really interesting passage from “The legacy of the French Revolution: Orthodoxy and nationalism,” an essay by Paschalis Kitromilides, which explains, among other things, the historical process by which the Church of Greece was granted autocephaly. While the Enlightenment confronted the church with a secular universalist ideology, which, questions of doctrine aside, could in some […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/the-greek-ecclesiastical-settlement/feed/ 3 https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-ieronymos-easter-message/ https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-ieronymos-easter-message/#respond Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:15:51 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=1779 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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Athens, 15.04.2009 Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece, in his Easter message, expressed a wish to the faithful “to meet the Risen Christ in their fellow human beings.” “The Resurrection of Christ is a reminder of the light’s supremacy over darkness,” the Archbishop mentioned, adding that in this light “the individual is met with […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-ieronymos-easter-message/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/greeks-losing-interest-in-hellenism/ https://www.aoiusa.org/greeks-losing-interest-in-hellenism/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:01:50 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=1650 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 anarchists that sank Greece into a near state of chaos late last year are now taking aim at the Church: Greece is seeing an unprecedented spate of terrorist attacks against churches. Among the churches that were hit, in one case during religious service, were the Athens Metropolitan Church, the Piraeus Metropolitan Church, and the […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/greeks-losing-interest-in-hellenism/feed/ 25 https://www.aoiusa.org/cultural-treasures-of-the-church-of-greece/ https://www.aoiusa.org/cultural-treasures-of-the-church-of-greece/#respond Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:59:48 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=1050 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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Solidarity, the main charity organization of the Church of Greece, has launched “The Cultural Treasures of the Church of Greece,” a multimedia site rich with art, architecture, manuscripts and a digital map where these can be sorted by location. The GR Reporter news site says that more than 30,000 Church treasures can be found in […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/cultural-treasures-of-the-church-of-greece/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/abp-ieronymos-redefine-our-message/ https://www.aoiusa.org/abp-ieronymos-redefine-our-message/#respond Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:28:35 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=706 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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During a visit to Ionian island of Zakynthos yesterday, Archbishop Ieronymos, the head of the Church of Greece, warned yesterday that the Church has to redefine its message for contemporary society. If today we do not, like [island patron saint] Saint Dionysios, give witness to the ecclesiastical truth in a spirit of humility, peace and […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/abp-ieronymos-redefine-our-message/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/work-to-eat-steal-to-have/ https://www.aoiusa.org/work-to-eat-steal-to-have/#respond Sun, 14 Dec 2008 05:26:29 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=676 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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What a beautiful country and what a heartbreaking spectacle of anarchy and self-hatred. A friend forwarded me this note that he received from a relative in Athens. The matter-of-fact closing line is revealing. Athenians have been coping with this malaise for a long, long time: Every person you ask will have his own take on […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/work-to-eat-steal-to-have/feed/ 0