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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 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:51:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/we-hold-these-truths/ https://www.aoiusa.org/we-hold-these-truths/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:17:09 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2777 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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I love America. Yes, I know that America is not perfect, that we have a boatload of problems, that rights for some Americans have been hard fought, that we have messed up on occasion throughout the world, and every other complaint you hear again and again. Still, I love America. And the reason I love […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/we-hold-these-truths/feed/ 7 https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-demetrios-encyclical-on-the-fourth-of-july/ https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-demetrios-encyclical-on-the-fourth-of-july/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:25:50 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2707 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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July 4, 2009 Independence Day To the Most Reverend Hierarchs, the Reverend Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, the Presidents and Members of the Parish Councils of the Greek Orthodox Communities, the Distinguished Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Day, Afternoon, and Church Schools, the Philoptochos Sisterhoods, the Youth, the Hellenic Organizations, and the […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-demetrios-encyclical-on-the-fourth-of-july/feed/ 6 https://www.aoiusa.org/wisdom-form-samuel-adams/ https://www.aoiusa.org/wisdom-form-samuel-adams/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:16:15 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=1961 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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In the May 2008 issue of The Word,* published by the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, Gregory Cook looks at the ways Orthodox Christianity may “transfigure” America. “Orthodoxy has always been open to building on what is true and extant in any nation or culture,” Cook writes. “America should be no different.” *Also […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/freedom-loving-orthodoxy/feed/ 23 https://www.aoiusa.org/independence-day/ https://www.aoiusa.org/independence-day/#respond Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:19:50 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=66 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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Thoughts on freedom as we approach the celebration of another Independence Day: From the beginning the Creator allowed human beings their freedom and a free will; they were bound only by the law of his commandment. St. Gregory the Theologian (Orations 14.25 [“On Caring for the Poor”], PG 35:892A) Freedom means being one’s own master […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/independence-day/feed/ 0