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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 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:20:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/what-a-structual-economic-breakdown-looks-like-greece-may-2010-june-2012/ https://www.aoiusa.org/what-a-structual-economic-breakdown-looks-like-greece-may-2010-june-2012/#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:12:45 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=12320 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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Don’t think this cannot happen in America if we don’t get our fiscal house in order. Νέο ντοκιμαντέρ – Αθήνα: Κοινωνική κατάρρευση – Ελληνική υπότιτλοι Dr Dimitris Dalakoglou explains the social meltdown which took place in Greece between May 2010 & June 2012 that is on going. This film contains videos and photos shot on […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/what-a-structual-economic-breakdown-looks-like-greece-may-2010-june-2012/feed/ 12 https://www.aoiusa.org/is-greece-european/ https://www.aoiusa.org/is-greece-european/#comments Sat, 09 Jun 2012 19:12:47 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11844 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 lived in Greece a while back and have returned five or six times since. The problems that caused Greece’s economic collapse were evident even back in the mid-1990s and like all Greeks, I learned how to play the system in order to survive. We really had no other option. Getting around the rules was […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/is-greece-european/feed/ 17 https://www.aoiusa.org/48-1-in-greece-do-not-believe-in-the-resurrection/ https://www.aoiusa.org/48-1-in-greece-do-not-believe-in-the-resurrection/#comments Sat, 21 May 2011 14:48:18 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=10046 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: Mystagogy According to a poll done by Κάπα Research published in the Sunday Vema, essential Orthodox teachings like the resurrection of Christ are being abandoned. When asked “Do you believe in the resurrection of the dead?” there appears to be a drop of 10 points since the 2008 poll. 51.3% stated ‘yes’ and ‘probably […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/48-1-in-greece-do-not-believe-in-the-resurrection/feed/ 9 https://www.aoiusa.org/beware-of-greeks-bearing-bonds/ https://www.aoiusa.org/beware-of-greeks-bearing-bonds/#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:30:31 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=7660 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: Vanity Fair As Wall Street hangs on the question “Will Greece default?,” the author heads for riot-stricken Athens, and for the mysterious Vatopaidi monastery, which brought down the last government, laying bare the country’s economic insanity. But beyond a $1.2 trillion debt (roughly a quarter-million dollars for each working adult), there is a more […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/beware-of-greeks-bearing-bonds/feed/ 27 https://www.aoiusa.org/on-the-%e2%80%98edge-of-the-abyss%e2%80%99/ https://www.aoiusa.org/on-the-%e2%80%98edge-of-the-abyss%e2%80%99/#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 19:27:03 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6608 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($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 John Couretas on the Acton blog: From the Greek daily Kathimerini: Witnesses said that protestors marching past the building ignored the bank employees’ cries for help and that a handful even shouted anti-capitalist slogans. [ … ] It took a statement from President Karolos Papoulias to best sum up Greece’s dire situation and the […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/on-the-%e2%80%98edge-of-the-abyss%e2%80%99/feed/ 31 https://www.aoiusa.org/greece-as-political-time-bomb/ https://www.aoiusa.org/greece-as-political-time-bomb/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:28:46 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5972 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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David P. Goldman posted this today on First Things’s blog First Thought.  He describes the economic situation in Greece and sketches out some of the social causes and possible outcomes.  In my heart I want what I read here to not be true–but I suspect my hopes are misplaced. In Christ, +Fr Gregory On Feb. […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/greece-as-political-time-bomb/feed/ 52 https://www.aoiusa.org/battle-looming-over-icons-and-prayers-in-greek-schools/ https://www.aoiusa.org/battle-looming-over-icons-and-prayers-in-greek-schools/#respond Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:33:25 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5246 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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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MbEL-C7ypU[/youtube] The head of the Greek Orthodox Church has warned the country’s new socialist government that it faces a major battle over removing religious symbols from schools. The European Court in Strasbourg has ordered Italy to take down crucifixes from its classrooms, and Greece’s Justice Minister has acknowledged that it may have to follow suit. […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/battle-looming-over-icons-and-prayers-in-greek-schools/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/greek-socialists-seeking-diaspora-talent/ https://www.aoiusa.org/greek-socialists-seeking-diaspora-talent/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:38:14 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3807 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 roundup of news in the wake of the Socialists’ return to power in Greece: Greek Orthodox Archbishop Demetrios congratulated George Papandreou on his election victory in Greece. The Archbishop wished him success in his “manifold work for the benefit of the homeland and the Greeks abroad.” “Diplomats,” dismayed at rising xenophobia and nationalism, cheered […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/greek-socialists-seeking-diaspora-talent/feed/ 3 https://www.aoiusa.org/wild-fires-and-church-bells/ https://www.aoiusa.org/wild-fires-and-church-bells/#respond Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:45:35 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3243 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 Telegraph: Around 1,000 firefighters and soldiers were able to take advantage of a lull in strong winds that had fanned the blaze for four days to bring some of the areas under control. The high winds were expected to ease further on Tuesday, Greece’s National Weather Service said, although the risk of flare-ups […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/wild-fires-and-church-bells/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/report-turkey-to-reopen-halki-seminary/ https://www.aoiusa.org/report-turkey-to-reopen-halki-seminary/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:31:48 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2662 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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Turkish newspapers say a deal is in the works. Will there be reciprocity from Greece? When President Obama was in Turkey, there were reports that “the recognition by Greek authorities of muftis in Thrace and financial support for Muslim schools might prompt a Turkish rethink on the Halki school.” Here is the story from Hurriyet, […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/report-turkey-to-reopen-halki-seminary/feed/ 5 https://www.aoiusa.org/turkish-film-guz-sancisi-sheds-light-on-1955-istanbul-pogrom/ https://www.aoiusa.org/turkish-film-guz-sancisi-sheds-light-on-1955-istanbul-pogrom/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:09:09 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=1419 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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For the first time, a Turkish film has taken a serious look at the anti-Greek riots in Istanbul on Sept. 6-7, 1955, a horrific mob attack that triggered the rapid decline of the Greek Christian community — at the time numbering some 120,000 to 135,000 people. Widespread destruction was wreaked on homes, businesses and Greek […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/turkish-film-guz-sancisi-sheds-light-on-1955-istanbul-pogrom/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/greece-no-faith-in-ourselves/ https://www.aoiusa.org/greece-no-faith-in-ourselves/#respond Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:51:20 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=747 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 the Foreign Policy Research Institute on Dec. 19, Cornelia A. Tsakiridou rightly points to the breakdown of the rule of law as one of the most deplorable outcomes of these riots. Tsakiridou is Associate Professor and Director of the Diplomat-in-Residence Program at La Salle University. The spectacle of young people (and assorted criminals, […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/greece-no-faith-in-ourselves/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/work-to-eat-steal-to-have/ https://www.aoiusa.org/work-to-eat-steal-to-have/#respond Sun, 14 Dec 2008 05:26:29 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=676 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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What a beautiful country and what a heartbreaking spectacle of anarchy and self-hatred. A friend forwarded me this note that he received from a relative in Athens. The matter-of-fact closing line is revealing. Athenians have been coping with this malaise for a long, long time: Every person you ask will have his own take on […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/work-to-eat-steal-to-have/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/greece-in-self-destruct-mode/ https://www.aoiusa.org/greece-in-self-destruct-mode/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:56:56 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=629 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 Toronto Star: “The central core of Athens has been in chaos,” says Andre Gerolymatos, a professor of Hellenic studies at Simon Fraser University, who was caught in the rioting when he arrived at his hotel. “There are anarchists, students, hoodlums and thieves breaking windows of stores and looting.” From Alexis Papachelas, writing in […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/greece-in-self-destruct-mode/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/amazing-grace-nana-mouskouri/ https://www.aoiusa.org/amazing-grace-nana-mouskouri/#respond Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:00:42 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=22 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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Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me. I once was lost but now am found, Was blind, but now I see. T’was Grace that taught my heart to fear. And Grace, my fears relieved. How precious did that Grace appear The hour I first believed. Through many dangers, toils and […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/amazing-grace-nana-mouskouri/feed/ 0