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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 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:50:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-bishops-speak-out-against-hhh-mandate/ https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-bishops-speak-out-against-hhh-mandate/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:50:02 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11434 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: Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops – The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America, which is comprised of the 65 canonical Orthodox bishops in the United States, Canada and Mexico, join their voices with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and all those who adamantly protest the recent decision by […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-bishops-speak-out-against-hhh-mandate/feed/ 51 https://www.aoiusa.org/why-is-the-episcopal-assembly-silent-as-religious-liberty-erodes/ https://www.aoiusa.org/why-is-the-episcopal-assembly-silent-as-religious-liberty-erodes/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:36:00 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11395 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: Fr. Peter-Michael Preble Blog (The Church Under Attack) | Fr. Peter-Michael Preble – In the Gospels Jesus warns us that the world will hate us. He is giving us a warning that being a Christian will not be easy and that it will be a fight, every day, for what we believe in. The […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/why-is-the-episcopal-assembly-silent-as-religious-liberty-erodes/feed/ 55 https://www.aoiusa.org/ocl-laments-few-tangible-results-at-episcopal-assembly/ https://www.aoiusa.org/ocl-laments-few-tangible-results-at-episcopal-assembly/#comments Sat, 04 Jun 2011 20:11:38 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=10116 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: Orthodox Christian Laity I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm – neither hot nor cold – I am about to spit you out of my mouth.” Rev. 3:16-17, The tone of the meeting was polite. The […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/ocl-laments-few-tangible-results-at-episcopal-assembly/feed/ 7 https://www.aoiusa.org/9904/ https://www.aoiusa.org/9904/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 20:47:38 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=9904 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 letter from Orthodox Christian Laity president William Souvall. Highlights: …The need for thorough committee work is understood, but it should not delay palpable unity-related activities which can be undertaken immediately: such as increased and highly visible Pan-Orthodox worship services throughout America. With few exceptions, the Orthodox presently worship together only on the Sunday of […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/9904/feed/ 3 https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-mark-arey-discusses-episcopal-assembly-updates/ https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-mark-arey-discusses-episcopal-assembly-updates/#comments Sat, 19 Mar 2011 21:41:41 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=9551 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: Byzantine, TX Fr. Mark Arey discusses events related to the Assembly of Canonical Bishops in North America. He also discusses the recent pan-Orthodox Chambésy meeting and what disagreements were aired there (e.g. authority of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, process of gaining autocephaly, order of the diptychs, etc.). Listen here:]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-mark-arey-discusses-episcopal-assembly-updates/feed/ 24 https://www.aoiusa.org/harry-coin-wag-the-dog/ https://www.aoiusa.org/harry-coin-wag-the-dog/#comments Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:32:32 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=8983 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 Harry Coin How much grand significance and control is due the old world churches? Consider these few arial photography offerings by the BCC offering a unique perspective by superimposing the old world places aiming to direct the future of Orthodoxy …onto …. well … see for yourself (link opens new tab): Rome’s boundaries laid […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/harry-coin-wag-the-dog/feed/ 15 https://www.aoiusa.org/the-episcopal-assembly-hopes-and-realities/ https://www.aoiusa.org/the-episcopal-assembly-hopes-and-realities/#respond Mon, 01 Nov 2010 01:07:42 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=8272 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. Andrews Orthodox Forum By Fr. John Erickson Orthodox Christian Laity Annual Meeting Salt Lake City, Utah October 15-16, 2010 In June 2009 representatives of the fourteen universally recognized Orthodox churches gathered at the Center of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Chambésy, near Geneva, Switzerland. This Fourth Preconciliar Commission meeting issued an official decision concerning […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/the-episcopal-assembly-hopes-and-realities/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/the-ea-has-a-website/ https://www.aoiusa.org/the-ea-has-a-website/#comments Sun, 17 Oct 2010 11:14:00 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=8059 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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…and a new logo too. See Episcopal Assembly. But more interesting is this news from the Orthodox Christian Fellowship of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. On the occasion of the Episcopal Assembly of all canonical Orthodox Bishops of Oceania and Asia, which will take place in Sydney from 16th-18th October 2010, there will be on […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/the-ea-has-a-website/feed/ 8 https://www.aoiusa.org/maybe-i%e2%80%99m-just-too-american-for-this-orthodox-church/ https://www.aoiusa.org/maybe-i%e2%80%99m-just-too-american-for-this-orthodox-church/#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:11:29 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=7009 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 Protodeacon Eric Wheeler | HT: OCANews I firmly believe that America offers the potential for the Orthodox Faith to flourish and grow like in no other land or culture. Unfortunately, at times, we cannot free ourselves from the “old world” mentality which mires us in our “ancient” faith. Consequently, it makes it difficult for […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/maybe-i%e2%80%99m-just-too-american-for-this-orthodox-church/feed/ 37 https://www.aoiusa.org/mattingly-the-orthodox-question-for-2010/ https://www.aoiusa.org/mattingly-the-orthodox-question-for-2010/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:26:40 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6907 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 TERRY MATTINGLY – Scripps Howard News Service | tmatt.net The first Orthodox missionaries to reach Alaska traveled with the early Russian explorers and, in 1794, a party of monks established the Orthodox Christian Mission to America. […] “Before the 1920s, there was only one jurisdiction in North America — that of the Russian Orthodox […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/mattingly-the-orthodox-question-for-2010/feed/ 3 https://www.aoiusa.org/it-is-time-to-finish-what-began-at-ligonier/ https://www.aoiusa.org/it-is-time-to-finish-what-began-at-ligonier/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 00:21:54 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6701 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 St. Andrew House, Center for Orthodox Christian Studies www.standrewhouse.com Board of Directors: Steve Lionas, Dean Calvert, Myke Jacobs, Warren David Visit the St. Andrew House “Orthodox Episcopal Assembly” on Facebook Sixteen years ago the bishops of the various jurisdictions of the Orthodox Churches in America met in Ligonier, Pennsylvania, to map out the road […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/it-is-time-to-finish-what-began-at-ligonier/feed/ 10 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/greek-lobby-bartholomew-leads-u-s-church-into-canonical-normalization/ https://www.aoiusa.org/greek-lobby-bartholomew-leads-u-s-church-into-canonical-normalization/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:56:35 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3994 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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Hellenes Abroad News, one of the primary voices of the Greek lobby, reports that Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will meet with SCOBA during his visit to the United States, which kicked off yesterday. The article makes a startling assertion: Under the leadership of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the worldwide Orthodox Church has moved significantly in the past […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/greek-lobby-bartholomew-leads-u-s-church-into-canonical-normalization/feed/ 6 https://www.aoiusa.org/chambesy-ready-for-the-new-world/ https://www.aoiusa.org/chambesy-ready-for-the-new-world/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:55:31 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3842 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. Ted Bobosh, an OCA priest and author, offers an analysis of the Rules of Operation for the forthcoming episcopal assembly scheduled for May 2010 in the United States. The chairmanship of the Episcopal Assemblies is key because it is the chairman who basically set the agenda for the work of the Assemblies. In other […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/chambesy-ready-for-the-new-world/feed/ 8 https://www.aoiusa.org/scoba-calls-first-episcopal-assembly-for-may-2010/ https://www.aoiusa.org/scoba-calls-first-episcopal-assembly-for-may-2010/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:19:31 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3651 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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SCOBA Hierarchs Convene For Special Session New York, NY – A Special Session of the Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA) met on September 25, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., hosted by the Chairman of SCOBA, Archbishop Demetrios of America, at the headquarters of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/scoba-calls-first-episcopal-assembly-for-may-2010/feed/ 181