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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, 31 Jul 2011 17:30:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/where-heaven-falls-prey-to-thieves-the-plundering-of-turkish-occupied-cyprus/ https://www.aoiusa.org/where-heaven-falls-prey-to-thieves-the-plundering-of-turkish-occupied-cyprus/#respond Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:29:40 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=10462 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: Vimeo A short documentary about the extensive art theft that has taken place in North Cyprus since the 1974 Turkish invasion. The theft has taken place with tacit or active approval from the Turkish army. The plunder not only served as a source of income for criminals in North Cyprus and shady antiquity dealers, […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/where-heaven-falls-prey-to-thieves-the-plundering-of-turkish-occupied-cyprus/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/patsourakos-turkey-must-end-its-control-of-northern-cyprus/ https://www.aoiusa.org/patsourakos-turkey-must-end-its-control-of-northern-cyprus/#respond Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:15:07 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=7784 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 Patsourakos, commentator on the AOI blog and editor of the Theology and Society blog, argues Turkey must end its occupation of Cyprus. Source: Theology and Society For the first time since Turkey invaded the island of Cyprus in 1974, it was revealed by a former Turkish general this week that Turks secretly and intentionally […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/patsourakos-turkey-must-end-its-control-of-northern-cyprus/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/bare-ruined-choirs/ https://www.aoiusa.org/bare-ruined-choirs/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:14:32 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5821 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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Soon after the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, the roof of St. Andronikos church in Kythrea caved in and fell into its sanctuary. No one came by to clear the rubble, so there’s a heap of ruins on the ground covered with tangled greenery. From where I stand, on top of that heap, I […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/bare-ruined-choirs/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-orthodox-meeting-on-cyprus-wraps-up/ https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-orthodox-meeting-on-cyprus-wraps-up/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:53:16 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4202 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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See you next year in Vienna: According to a statement released by the dialogue commission Oct. 23, the commission’s Orthodox members discussed “the negative reactions to the dialogue by certain Orthodox circles and unanimously considered them as totally unfounded and unacceptable, providing false and misleading information.” The Orthodox delegates “reaffirmed that the dialogue continues with […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-orthodox-meeting-on-cyprus-wraps-up/feed/ 3 https://www.aoiusa.org/hilarion-and-chrysostomos-meet-on-cyprus-issues/ https://www.aoiusa.org/hilarion-and-chrysostomos-meet-on-cyprus-issues/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:04:13 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4120 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 Russian Orthodox influence in the Mediterranean grows. Source: Moscow Patriarchate. On 22 October 2009, the Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk met with His Beatitude Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Nea Justiniana and All Cyprus. Taking part in the meeting that took place in Paphos, Cyprus, was Metropolitan Isaiah (Kykkotis) of […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/hilarion-and-chrysostomos-meet-on-cyprus-issues/feed/ 4 https://www.aoiusa.org/report-religious-artifacts-in-cyprus-in-great-peril/ https://www.aoiusa.org/report-religious-artifacts-in-cyprus-in-great-peril/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:40:40 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3007 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 report in the Washington Times by Julia Duin: Religious artifacts on the divided island of Cyprus are in “great peril,” according to a U.S. Helsinki Commission document to be released Tuesday afternoon. Thousands of Orthodox icons, manuscripts, frescoes and mosaics have been looted from churches, chapels and monasteries in northern Cyprus, ending up on […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/report-religious-artifacts-in-cyprus-in-great-peril/feed/ 1 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/bishop-hilarion-ecumenical-patriarchate-seeks-to-impose-roman-catholic-model-of-primacy/ https://www.aoiusa.org/bishop-hilarion-ecumenical-patriarchate-seeks-to-impose-roman-catholic-model-of-primacy/#comments Sat, 11 Apr 2009 23:53:58 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=1634 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 Interfax: Moscow Patriarchate disagrees with Constantinople desire to play special role in Orthodoxy MOSCOW (April 10) — Bishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, the head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s external church relations department, has criticized the Constantinople Patriarchate’s intention to control all church communities within the Orthodox diaspora. “I see the situation in the inter-Orthodox relations […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/bishop-hilarion-ecumenical-patriarchate-seeks-to-impose-roman-catholic-model-of-primacy/feed/ 16 https://www.aoiusa.org/turkish-film-guz-sancisi-sheds-light-on-1955-istanbul-pogrom/ https://www.aoiusa.org/turkish-film-guz-sancisi-sheds-light-on-1955-istanbul-pogrom/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:09:09 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=1419 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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For the first time, a Turkish film has taken a serious look at the anti-Greek riots in Istanbul on Sept. 6-7, 1955, a horrific mob attack that triggered the rapid decline of the Greek Christian community — at the time numbering some 120,000 to 135,000 people. Widespread destruction was wreaked on homes, businesses and Greek […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/turkish-film-guz-sancisi-sheds-light-on-1955-istanbul-pogrom/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/patr-bartholomew-to-white-house-meeting/ https://www.aoiusa.org/patr-bartholomew-to-white-house-meeting/#respond Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:12:12 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=1372 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 Greek newspaper Kathimerini is reporting that President Obama will meet Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew when he is in Istanbul on April 7 during a visit to Turkey. “However,” the paper said, “the US president is also due to hold a one-on-one meeting with the patriarch in the White House on November 3.” The plans were […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/patr-bartholomew-to-white-house-meeting/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-demetrios-compares-obama-to-alexander-the-great/ https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-demetrios-compares-obama-to-alexander-the-great/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:34:54 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=1327 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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Archbishop Demetrios, leader of the largest Orthodox Christian jurisdiction in the United States, compared President Obama to Alexander the Great at a Greek Independence Day celebration at the White House. Politico, noting that the president got “a little unexpected flattery” from the hierarch about his crisis management skills, said the archbishop told Obama: “Following the […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-demetrios-compares-obama-to-alexander-the-great/feed/ 37 https://www.aoiusa.org/obamakis-and-bidenopoulos/ https://www.aoiusa.org/obamakis-and-bidenopoulos/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:33:33 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=385 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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Political candidates follow a time-honored campaign strategy of reaching out to ethnic groups and religious communities, and Orthodox Christians have been courted this way for years. It works both ways, of course. Now, little more than a week after the election, we’re getting a good look at how politicians and political operatives of Greek descent […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/obamakis-and-bidenopoulos/feed/ 11