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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, 23 Mar 2010 16:02:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/leadership-is-the-microphone-on/ https://www.aoiusa.org/leadership-is-the-microphone-on/#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:25:57 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6153 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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Fr. Basil Basil Biberdorf over at The Orthodox Leader laments the Orthodox silence on the recent health care legislation. Some of Fr. Basil’s comments: The recent turmoil surrounding the recent passage of healthcare legislation by the United States Congress is providing ample opportunity to look at the absence of Orthodox leadership. Despite the scandalously equivocal […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/leadership-is-the-microphone-on/feed/ 14 https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-peter-michael-preble-interviews-fr-hans-jacobse-about-the-ecumenical-patriarchate/ https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-peter-michael-preble-interviews-fr-hans-jacobse-about-the-ecumenical-patriarchate/#respond Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:48:29 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5311 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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Fr. Peter-Michael Preble, host of the Shepherd of Souls radio program on Ancient Faith radio, Pastor of St. Michael’s Orthodox Christian Church, and occasional contributor to the AOI blog, recently interviewed Fr. Hans Jacobse on the subject of the Ecumenical Patriarch. Listen to the interview: Fr. Peter blogs at the Fr. Peter-Michael Preble blog.]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-peter-michael-preble-interviews-fr-hans-jacobse-about-the-ecumenical-patriarchate/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/antiochian-monasticism-speaks-to-the-current-crisis/ https://www.aoiusa.org/antiochian-monasticism-speaks-to-the-current-crisis/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:00:43 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2967 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 Ochlophobist (one who has an aversion to crowds) website: The following is very important. It was written by Archim. Touma, who is said to be the most influential monastic under Antioch. He is Athonite in spirituality, he leads the most traditional monastery under the Holy Synod of Antioch, and he does not normally […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/antiochian-monasticism-speaks-to-the-current-crisis/feed/ 22 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/more-plans-for-pan-orthodox-synod/ https://www.aoiusa.org/more-plans-for-pan-orthodox-synod/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:52:01 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=1222 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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Asianews has an update on the preparatory meetings for a pan-Orthodox synod, which seems to be gaining momentum. After various mishaps, in 1961 a pan-Orthodox conference was convened in Rhodes, with significant pressure from patriarch Athenagoras, for the purpose of preparing an Orthodox synod. This conference was also followed by numerous obstacles, because as theologian […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/more-plans-for-pan-orthodox-synod/feed/ 17 https://www.aoiusa.org/turkey-and-religious-liberty/ https://www.aoiusa.org/turkey-and-religious-liberty/#respond Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:57:38 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=489 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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My interview with Turkish journalist Mustafa Akyol was published today in The Acton Institute’s Religion & Liberty quarterly. Our talk focused on the prospects for greater economic and religious liberty in Turkey. Mustafa blogs at The White Path. Excerpt: Let’s talk about religious freedom. There’s a great tension between the modern secularist path of Turkey, […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/turkey-and-religious-liberty/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-christian-patriarchs-celebrate-baptism-of-russia/ https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-christian-patriarchs-celebrate-baptism-of-russia/#respond Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:15:47 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=77 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 Churches have long been involved in ecumenical projects, such as the World Council of Churches, and affirm the Lord’s mandate “that they all may be one” (John 17:21). Yet, I can’t help thinking at times that the Orthodox Churches might work a little harder at unity in their own house. For that reason, it […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-christian-patriarchs-celebrate-baptism-of-russia/feed/ 0