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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 Sun, 02 Jan 2011 01:39:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/church-renews-fight-over-site/ https://www.aoiusa.org/church-renews-fight-over-site/#respond Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:08:19 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=8532 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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Wall Street Journal A claim filed against the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey by church leaders and the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America on Monday accused the agency, which is overseeing Ground Zero’s rebuilding, of engaging in “arrogance, bad faith and fraudulent conduct” and “shabby and unlawful treatment.” Under state law, the […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/church-renews-fight-over-site/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/former-gov-pataki-george-demos-we-must-rebuild-greek-orthodox-church-at-ground-zero-updated-%c2%bb/ https://www.aoiusa.org/former-gov-pataki-george-demos-we-must-rebuild-greek-orthodox-church-at-ground-zero-updated-%c2%bb/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:07:22 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=7499 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: New York Daily News By Celeste Katz (Many thanks to our Erik Badia for his help with this report:) Former Gov. George Pataki joined NY-1 congressional hopeful George Demos and clergy at the former site of the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in an attempt to get stalled negotiations between the Port Authority and […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/former-gov-pataki-george-demos-we-must-rebuild-greek-orthodox-church-at-ground-zero-updated-%c2%bb/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/how-the-self-governance-of-the-oca-has-benefitted-orthodox-christians-on-this-continent/ https://www.aoiusa.org/how-the-self-governance-of-the-oca-has-benefitted-orthodox-christians-on-this-continent/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 03:27:40 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=7084 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. Michael Oleska, dean of St. Innocent Orthodox Cathedral in Anchorage, Alaska, writes that self-governance of the church also has an important practical dimension: corrupt bishops can be removed through the combined action of priests and laity. Self-governance in other words provides an essential check and balance that is lacking in the monarchical model of […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/how-the-self-governance-of-the-oca-has-benefitted-orthodox-christians-on-this-continent/feed/ 6 https://www.aoiusa.org/the-bishops-are-coming-to-new-york-as-complex-diaspora-question-looms/ https://www.aoiusa.org/the-bishops-are-coming-to-new-york-as-complex-diaspora-question-looms/#comments Sat, 22 May 2010 01:09:14 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6728 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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Read closely. What are the greatest fears? The autocephaly of the OCA (wild card) and the Ligonier Council (precedent). The times are changing folks. The lumbering bureaucratic structures that have sublimated the nascent creativity and energy of American Orthodoxy under the weight Old World self-interest might be loosing their grip. There is more anxiety here […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/the-bishops-are-coming-to-new-york-as-complex-diaspora-question-looms/feed/ 82 https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-demetrios-on-the-way-out/ https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-demetrios-on-the-way-out/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:38:04 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6521 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. Andrew House Orthodox Discussion Forum Theodore Kalmoukos BOSTON- At 83 years old and beleaguered by a raft of questions about his ability to keep leading, Archbishop Demetrios may leave his position at the Archbishopric Throne of America, it emerged after intense discussions at the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople, where he traveled unannounced, as […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-demetrios-on-the-way-out/feed/ 48 https://www.aoiusa.org/the-future-of-the-goa-rests-on-32-celibate-clergy/ https://www.aoiusa.org/the-future-of-the-goa-rests-on-32-celibate-clergy/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:17:07 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6131 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 gene pool is shrinking. HT: Mystagogy According to the National Herald, the future leadership of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America rests on 32 qualified celibate priests out of the approximately 600 reported priests of the GOA. These numbers were issued out of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on 16 September 2009. Out of the 32 […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/the-future-of-the-goa-rests-on-32-celibate-clergy/feed/ 17 https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-demetrios-issues-encyclical-calling-for-prayers-and-help-for-the-earthquake-victims-in-haiti/ https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-demetrios-issues-encyclical-calling-for-prayers-and-help-for-the-earthquake-victims-in-haiti/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:30:38 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5431 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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NEW YORK – With great sadness, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios received the tragic news of the devastating destruction and the loss of human lives in Haiti following the earthquake in that country yesterday, January 12, 2010. “Our thoughts and prayers are now with the people of Haiti,” said […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-demetrios-issues-encyclical-calling-for-prayers-and-help-for-the-earthquake-victims-in-haiti/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/editorial-turkeys-mildly-islamist-government/ https://www.aoiusa.org/editorial-turkeys-mildly-islamist-government/#respond Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:38:37 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4728 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 today’s Washington Post. Turkish journalists say that a pall of fear has fallen across their business. Editors practice self-censorship. Many journalists are believed to be among the more than 100,000 people whose phones have been tapped by the government in recent years. Some, including the chief executive of Dogan Yayin, have been swept up […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/editorial-turkeys-mildly-islamist-government/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/green-patriarch-absolute-limits-to-our-survival-are-being-reached/ https://www.aoiusa.org/green-patriarch-absolute-limits-to-our-survival-are-being-reached/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:31:06 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4049 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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His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew lost no time ringing the alarmist bell as he officially opened the symposium, “Restoring Balance: The Great Mississippi River” today. He said that, “we have reached a defining moment in our history … the point where absolute limits to our survival are being reached … instead of living on […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/green-patriarch-absolute-limits-to-our-survival-are-being-reached/feed/ 52 https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-demetrios-encyclical-for-the-beginning-of-the-ecclesiastical-new-year/ https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-demetrios-encyclical-for-the-beginning-of-the-ecclesiastical-new-year/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:08:49 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3264 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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Aug 24, 2009 | Protocol 63/09 | September 1, 2009 Day for the Protection of our Natural Environment 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, […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-demetrios-encyclical-for-the-beginning-of-the-ecclesiastical-new-year/feed/ 55 https://www.aoiusa.org/chambesy-statement-posted-on-the-goarch-website/ https://www.aoiusa.org/chambesy-statement-posted-on-the-goarch-website/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:30:13 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3117 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 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese has just posted the official English version of the Chambesy statement, the decision to form conciliar committees in the churches of the diaspora (.pdf file).]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/chambesy-statement-posted-on-the-goarch-website/feed/ 20 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