Tag: Episcopal Assemby
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[SCOBA] Message of the Episcopal Assembly Of the Canonical Orthodox Hierarchs of North and Central America May 26-28, 2010
Putting aside all the speculations about where the American Church is headed for the moment, think about the true significance of the meeting. All in all, this is a very constructive event regardless of the divisions that exist. The divisions are real, but clearly the need to transcend those divisions is more pressing and that…
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Group photo of EA bishops
NEW YORK – The first Episcopal Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Hierarchs in North and Central America was convened Wednesday May 26, 2010 by His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America at the Helmsley Park Lane Hotel in New York City. The 55 Orthodox Hierarchs who participated at the two day meeting were photographed after the conclusion…
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Metropolitan Philip addresses Episcopal Assemby
Antiochian Archdiocese Highlights: Who can dissolve SCOBA except SCOBA itself?…I believe that some of our churches in the Old World are in “Diaspora.”…(N)o Primate of any jurisdiction should be excluded from the Executive Committee…The Mother Churches must realize that Orthodoxy in America is the best gift to the world…If we do not bury the burdens…
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Keep your eye on the prize
By George E. Matsoukas, Executive Director of Orthodox Christian Laity To all constant bloggers, ecclesiastical colonialists, ecclesiastical bureaucrats, enablers of foreign domination — i.e. journalists, lobbyists, and other special interest groups dedicated to keeping the church in disunity, disorder and dependent — I say: KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE PRIZE that Christ’s Orthodox Christian Church…