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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, 24 Jul 2010 20:22:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/tulsa-world-speaker-didnt-reflect-the-churchs-views/ https://www.aoiusa.org/tulsa-world-speaker-didnt-reflect-the-churchs-views/#comments Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:18:10 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=7279 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: Tulsa World By: GEORGE C. MICHALOPULOS Recently, the Tulsa Interfaith Council sponsored an appearance by Frank Schaeffer. I had the pleasure of attending one of Frank’s lectures. As a fellow Orthodox Christian it’s always good to see Frank. Whether you agree with him or not, you know you’re in for a good and lively […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/tulsa-world-speaker-didnt-reflect-the-churchs-views/feed/ 43 https://www.aoiusa.org/to-the-anonymous-priest-critic-of-the-manhattan-declaration/ https://www.aoiusa.org/to-the-anonymous-priest-critic-of-the-manhattan-declaration/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:58:58 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5236 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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George Michalopulos answers the “Orthodox Priest” (name withheld) whose critical comments about the Manhattan Declaration were posted on The Observer (here) by Harry Katopodis: A Response to an Orthodox Priest Regarding the Manhattan Declaration Dec 21, 2009 Reverend Father, bless! Christ is in our midst! As you can tell by my name, I am a […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/to-the-anonymous-priest-critic-of-the-manhattan-declaration/feed/ 27 https://www.aoiusa.org/to-frank-schaeffer-im-sorry-doesnt-cut-it/ https://www.aoiusa.org/to-frank-schaeffer-im-sorry-doesnt-cut-it/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:11:25 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2505 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: Orthodoxy Today) The State of Kansas vs Frank Schaeffer in the Murder of Dr. George Tiller By George C. Michalopulos Recently, the notorious abortionist Dr George Tiller was gunned down in his church in Wichita, Kansas. The killer was a man who appears to be a dysfunctional loner with grave psychological problems. Nobody in […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/to-frank-schaeffer-im-sorry-doesnt-cut-it/feed/ 30 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/the-american-orthodox-church-at-a-crossroads/ https://www.aoiusa.org/the-american-orthodox-church-at-a-crossroads/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 14:39:09 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2132 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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George Michalopulos, frequent contributor to the AOI blog and author of several articles on the AOI website, is this week’s guest on The Illumined Heart, a program on Ancient Faith Radio. In June 2009 leaders of all autocephalous Orthodox Churches – excluding the OCA or any representatives from North America – meet in Cyprus or […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/the-american-orthodox-church-at-a-crossroads/feed/ 24 https://www.aoiusa.org/ocl-responds-to-ep-talk-at-holy-cross/ https://www.aoiusa.org/ocl-responds-to-ep-talk-at-holy-cross/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:28:26 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=1364 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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George Michalopulos, Orthodox Christian Laity board member and frequent contributor to the AOI blog, penned the official OCL response to Arch. Elpidophoros Lambriniadis’ recent talk at Holy Cross School of Theology. Original article is posted on the OCL website. An OCL Board Member Responds to the Message of Chief Secretary of The Holy and Sacred […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/ocl-responds-to-ep-talk-at-holy-cross/feed/ 8 https://www.aoiusa.org/e-pluribus-unum-one-church-from-many/ https://www.aoiusa.org/e-pluribus-unum-one-church-from-many/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:49:57 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=1268 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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The American Orthodox Institute has published a new paper on Orthodox unity by George Michalopulos that examines the historical usage of the title “metropolitan,” the role of the metropolitan in Church administration, and the “crucial” pastoral duty defined in the Divine Liturgy as “rightly dividing the Word of [God’s] Truth.” In “E Pluribus Unum: One […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/e-pluribus-unum-one-church-from-many/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/culture-wars-fr-jacobse-on-ancient-faith-radio/ https://www.aoiusa.org/culture-wars-fr-jacobse-on-ancient-faith-radio/#comments Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:47:36 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=854 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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Kevin Allen, host of Ancient Faith Radio’s Illumined Heart program, interviews AOI President Fr. Hans Jacobse for a fascinating discussion on “The Culture War and Orthodox Christianity.” Fr. Hans talks about the need for Eastern Orthodox Christians to engage in the moral and social debates — call them Culture Wars if you will — that […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/culture-wars-fr-jacobse-on-ancient-faith-radio/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/disarray-disunity-and-the-metropolitans/ https://www.aoiusa.org/disarray-disunity-and-the-metropolitans/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:42:14 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=798 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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AOI has published an article by George C Michalopulos titled “The Role of Metropolitan and Its Relationship within the Episcopate: A Reappraisal.” This original work looks at the historical antecedents of the office of the Metropolitan from early Christianity to today. Along the way, we discover that although the office arose out of the episkopos […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/disarray-disunity-and-the-metropolitans/feed/ 8 https://www.aoiusa.org/michalopulos-responds-to-katopodis-on-orthodox-dominionists/ https://www.aoiusa.org/michalopulos-responds-to-katopodis-on-orthodox-dominionists/#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:02:28 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=201 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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George C. Michalopulos has submitted the following in response to Harry Katopodis’ article on Orthodox Dominionists. Michalopulos is co-author, with Herb Ham, of “The American Orthodox Church — A History of its Beginnings” (Regina Orthodox Press). Michalopulos: It never ceases to amaze me how certain benighted and theologically inept individuals take upon themselves the task […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/michalopulos-responds-to-katopodis-on-orthodox-dominionists/feed/ 15