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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 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:21:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/turkey-offers-citizenship-to-orthodox-archbishops/ https://www.aoiusa.org/turkey-offers-citizenship-to-orthodox-archbishops/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:21:05 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=7272 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: Today’s Zamann Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan has quietly led the gesture to the Orthodox, who face a shortage of candidates to succeed İstanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, 70, and serve on the Holy Synod, which administers patriarchate affairs. Turkish law requires the patriarch to be a citizen. But the Orthodox community in Turkey, an overwhelmingly […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/turkey-offers-citizenship-to-orthodox-archbishops/feed/ 16 https://www.aoiusa.org/patriarchal-flag-to-fly-over-goa-churches/ https://www.aoiusa.org/patriarchal-flag-to-fly-over-goa-churches/#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:24:39 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6310 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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Word on the street is that Met. Methodios of Boston (GOA) told his priests yesterday that each parish must start flying the patriarchal flag. The Archons are donating the flag pole.]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/patriarchal-flag-to-fly-over-goa-churches/feed/ 51 https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-patriarchate-is-dying/ https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-patriarchate-is-dying/#respond Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:07:17 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5286 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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’We cannot breathe, the Patriarchate is dying,’ says patriarch ASLI AYDINTAŞBAŞ ISTANBUL – Milliyet Thursday, December 24, 2009 Following criticism of his controversial statement to a U.S. television network describing his community’s problems, Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew says his comments were emphasized, but the serious problem of opening Halki seminary needs to be addressed. Criticized […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-patriarchate-is-dying/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/report-phanar-backtracks-on-crucifixion-remark/ https://www.aoiusa.org/report-phanar-backtracks-on-crucifixion-remark/#comments Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:30:54 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5268 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 Today’s Zaman (Dec. 24). No statement yet on the Patriarchate’s site. The patriarchate’s statement said: “There are similar idioms in all languages, and they are not evaluated in their narrow meanings but in their broad sense in that language. While answering questions in that regard, the patriarch obviously did not intend to imply any […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/report-phanar-backtracks-on-crucifixion-remark/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodoxy-and-hellenism-group-cites-islamic-charter-in-defense-of-patriarchate/ https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodoxy-and-hellenism-group-cites-islamic-charter-in-defense-of-patriarchate/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:46:47 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5225 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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An unsigned “call to action” in defense of the Ecumenical Patriarchate was published today on the “Faith: An Endowment for Orthodoxy and Hellenism” Web site. This appeal asks readers to sign a Web-based petition which demands that the “Turkish government … take steps to guarantee the recognition, safety, and protection of His All Holiness, Ecumenical […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodoxy-and-hellenism-group-cites-islamic-charter-in-defense-of-patriarchate/feed/ 6 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/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/report-serious-violations-of-human-rights-in-turkey/ https://www.aoiusa.org/report-serious-violations-of-human-rights-in-turkey/#respond Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:05:41 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4888 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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Here’s an introductory clip from Forum 18’s “TURKEY: Religious freedom survey, November 2009”: Ahead of the UN Human Rights Council May 2010 Universal Periodic Review of Turkey, Forum 18 News Service has found that the country continues to see serious violations of international human rights standards on freedom of religion or belief. A long-standing crucially […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/report-serious-violations-of-human-rights-in-turkey/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/no-progress-in-turkey/ https://www.aoiusa.org/no-progress-in-turkey/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:07:37 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4232 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 Forum 18: Religious communities in Turkey have seen no significant progress in 2009 in resolving the long-standing property problems faced by communities as diverse as Alevi Muslims, Catholics, the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Greek Orthodox, Protestants, and the Syrian Orthodox Church. Several legal cases in 2009 highlight the difficulties religious minority communities face in regaining […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/no-progress-in-turkey/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/moscow-limited-jurisdiction-for-constantinople/ https://www.aoiusa.org/moscow-limited-jurisdiction-for-constantinople/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:10:06 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3735 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 Moscow Patriarchate’s report on the recent meeting between Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk and Pope Benedict XVI: Archbishop Hilarion stressed the importance of the Orthodox and Catholic common witness to traditional Christian values in face of the secular world. He pointed to the identity of the Orthodox and Catholic Churches’ views on such themes […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/moscow-limited-jurisdiction-for-constantinople/feed/ 6 https://www.aoiusa.org/archons-concerning-the-ranks-of-churches/ https://www.aoiusa.org/archons-concerning-the-ranks-of-churches/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:47:00 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3570 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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Who’s on first? The Order of St. Andrew the Apostle has posted an article harshly critical of what it describes as the Moscow Patriarchate’s uncanonical move to assert its status as one of “the five most significant Churches” or the Pentarchy of the ancient patriarchates. The writer of the article, Fr. Makarios Griniezakis, a professor […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/archons-concerning-the-ranks-of-churches/feed/ 19 https://www.aoiusa.org/scobas-fr-arey-on-chambesy/ https://www.aoiusa.org/scobas-fr-arey-on-chambesy/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:36:13 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3291 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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On the Orthodox Christian Network, Fr. Mark Arey, the General Secretary of the Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA), discusses the Fourth Pre-Conciliar Pan-Orthodox Conference that met in Chambésy, Switzerland, in June, in an interview with Fr. Chris Metropulos. “If we’re serious, really serious about Orthodox unity, well my friends, […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/scobas-fr-arey-on-chambesy/feed/ 26 https://www.aoiusa.org/postcards-from-greece-phyletism/ https://www.aoiusa.org/postcards-from-greece-phyletism/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:04:05 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3065 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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On a new Postcards from Greece, Fr. Peter Alban Heers explains the heresy of Phyletism, which means placing one’s ethnic identity above the Orthodox faith. Fr. Peter shares with us his ten years of experience of living the Faith and serving the Church in Greece, and in particular the ancient Church of the Thessalonians. On […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/postcards-from-greece-phyletism/feed/ 19 https://www.aoiusa.org/halki-same-old-story/ https://www.aoiusa.org/halki-same-old-story/#respond Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:36:37 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3037 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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Nat da Polis, in a new report in AsiaNews, quotes a “senior lecturer” from the “almost non existent Orthodox community” in Istanbul on the Halki Seminary question. The lecturer, a Greek, expects little movement from Turkish authorities toward reopening the seminary. “In short it’s the same old story,” says the lecturer. Full report follows: Despite […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/halki-same-old-story/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/opening-halki-a-done-deal/ https://www.aoiusa.org/opening-halki-a-done-deal/#respond Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:14:38 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2908 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. Dositheos Anagnostopoulos, spokesman for the Ecumenical Patriarchate, says the issue concerning the reopening of the Halki Seminary has been resolved: In an interview published yesterday in the Taraf daily, … Anagnostopoulos said: “Erdoğan will certainly etch his name in history. He is the first politician to directly address issues, avoiding euphemisms when referring to […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/opening-halki-a-done-deal/feed/ 0