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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, 23 Jun 2012 20:31:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/deconstructing-an-internal-contradiction-in-the-goa/ https://www.aoiusa.org/deconstructing-an-internal-contradiction-in-the-goa/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:16:46 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11482 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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Andrew Estocin asks: Father JJ, how do you see this internal contradiction playing out with regards to the riots and unrest in Greece? The GOA has never addressed the moral and social underpinnings of these problems. Is the GOA so captive to the fantasy narrative of the Greek Community in America that it is unable […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/deconstructing-an-internal-contradiction-in-the-goa/feed/ 20 https://www.aoiusa.org/bishop-demetrios-goa-speaks-on-sanctity-of-life-sunday-in-chicago/ https://www.aoiusa.org/bishop-demetrios-goa-speaks-on-sanctity-of-life-sunday-in-chicago/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:17:06 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11408 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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Below is the address given by Bishop Demetrios of Mokissos at the Pan-Orthodox Sanctity of Life Vespers held in Chicago on January 22, 2012. To his credit, Bp. Demetrios has been unequivocal in his support of the sanctity of unborn life, including participation in the March for Life in Washington, DC four or five years […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/bishop-demetrios-goa-speaks-on-sanctity-of-life-sunday-in-chicago/feed/ 14 https://www.aoiusa.org/greece-synod-condemns-liturgy-in-modern-greek/ https://www.aoiusa.org/greece-synod-condemns-liturgy-in-modern-greek/#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:41:38 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6391 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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(ANSAmed) – ATHENS- The Greek-Orthodox Synod has condemned the Mass in modern language officiated in the diocese of Nicopolis, claiming that it puts ”the Church’s unity” at risk. Bishop Meletio of Nicopolis, in the northern region of Epirus, a long time ago authorised the translation of the Mass from liturgical Greek (close to the ancient […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/greece-synod-condemns-liturgy-in-modern-greek/feed/ 38 https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-george-nicozin-the-mission-of-the-greek-orthodox-church-in-america/ https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-george-nicozin-the-mission-of-the-greek-orthodox-church-in-america/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:40:22 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6121 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. George Nicozisin was one of the most respected clergy in the Greek Orthodox Church of the last generation. Reading through this essay he wrote a while back (I could not find the date), you can see why. There were (and presumably still are) men who understood the evangelical mission of the Orthodox Church. Fr. […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-george-nicozin-the-mission-of-the-greek-orthodox-church-in-america/feed/ 4 https://www.aoiusa.org/more-evidence-that-the-eps-global-warming-stance-was-reckless/ https://www.aoiusa.org/more-evidence-that-the-eps-global-warming-stance-was-reckless/#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:58:27 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5554 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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We warned the Ecumenical Patriarch that endorsing the global warming agenda was reckless. Anyone with eyes to see clearly saw that global warming (since renamed “climate change” — a harbinger that the effort might freeze over) was a political, not scientific, enterprise designed to wrestle control of economies away from nation-states and hand it over […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/more-evidence-that-the-eps-global-warming-stance-was-reckless/feed/ 21 https://www.aoiusa.org/met-isaiah-speaks-out-against-same-sex-marriage/ https://www.aoiusa.org/met-isaiah-speaks-out-against-same-sex-marriage/#comments Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:20:15 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5296 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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Protocol 09–12 September 24, 2009 The Reverend Clergy, and The Pious Faithful of the Holy Metropolis of Denver Beloved in the Lord, Earlier this year I attended the 25th Anniversary Banquet of one of our parishes, and was invited to offer a few remarks before the final prayer, which I did. As I do at […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/met-isaiah-speaks-out-against-same-sex-marriage/feed/ 7 https://www.aoiusa.org/%cf%84%ce%bf-%ce%bc%ce%bd%ce%b7%ce%bc%cf%8c%cf%83%cf%85%ce%bd%ce%bf-%cf%84%ce%bf%cf%85-%ce%b5%ce%b8%ce%bd%ce%b9%ce%ba%ce%bf%cf%8d-%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b1%cf%81-%ce%b3%ce%b9%ce%b1-%cf%84%ce%bf%ce%bd-michael/ https://www.aoiusa.org/%cf%84%ce%bf-%ce%bc%ce%bd%ce%b7%ce%bc%cf%8c%cf%83%cf%85%ce%bd%ce%bf-%cf%84%ce%bf%cf%85-%ce%b5%ce%b8%ce%bd%ce%b9%ce%ba%ce%bf%cf%8d-%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b1%cf%81-%ce%b3%ce%b9%ce%b1-%cf%84%ce%bf%ce%bd-michael/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:39:43 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3989 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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Even if you don’t understand Greek, you will still understand what is going on.]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/%cf%84%ce%bf-%ce%bc%ce%bd%ce%b7%ce%bc%cf%8c%cf%83%cf%85%ce%bd%ce%bf-%cf%84%ce%bf%cf%85-%ce%b5%ce%b8%ce%bd%ce%b9%ce%ba%ce%bf%cf%8d-%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b1%cf%81-%ce%b3%ce%b9%ce%b1-%cf%84%ce%bf%ce%bd-michael/feed/ 4 https://www.aoiusa.org/who-is-fr-themi/ https://www.aoiusa.org/who-is-fr-themi/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:32:16 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3831 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/who-is-fr-themi/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/to-grow-a-hard-task/ https://www.aoiusa.org/to-grow-a-hard-task/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:29:32 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2855 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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Ed. Harry Coin, an occasional commentator on AOI published this editorial on Orthodox News recently. By Harry Coin | July 6, 2009 The people who consider the church a ‘home near home’ come with the expectation that it is a place where the right thing happens most of the time, and the higher the authority […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/to-grow-a-hard-task/feed/ 8 https://www.aoiusa.org/in-due-course/ https://www.aoiusa.org/in-due-course/#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 13:31:06 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2395 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 “Companion to the Greek Orthodox Church,” edited by Fotios K. Litsas, was published by Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in 1984 as a guidebook to various topics in Church life. The book included the article “Orthodoxy in the United States” by Rev. Thomas FitzGerald, now dean of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, and an […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/in-due-course/feed/ 31 https://www.aoiusa.org/met-methodios-implicity-criticizes-met-jonahs-reproof-of-ep-primacy-claim-presumably/ https://www.aoiusa.org/met-methodios-implicity-criticizes-met-jonahs-reproof-of-ep-primacy-claim-presumably/#comments Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:56:29 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=1618 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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It’s hard to know for sure because it’s an oblique reference, but a betting man might wager that Met. Methodios’ criticism that other “Orthodox presences…do anything but foster love and cooperation in this land” referred to Met. Jonah’s rebuke of the address given by the emissary of the Ecumenical Patriarch several weeks ago. Speaking at […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/met-methodios-implicity-criticizes-met-jonahs-reproof-of-ep-primacy-claim-presumably/feed/ 47 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/archbishop-demetrios-compares-obama-to-alexander-the-great/ https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-demetrios-compares-obama-to-alexander-the-great/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:34:54 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=1327 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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Archbishop Demetrios, leader of the largest Orthodox Christian jurisdiction in the United States, compared President Obama to Alexander the Great at a Greek Independence Day celebration at the White House. Politico, noting that the president got “a little unexpected flattery” from the hierarch about his crisis management skills, said the archbishop told Obama: “Following the […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-demetrios-compares-obama-to-alexander-the-great/feed/ 37 https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-iakovos-speaks-out-on-illinois-reproductive-health-and-access-act/ https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-iakovos-speaks-out-on-illinois-reproductive-health-and-access-act/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:51:00 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=1291 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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Greek Orthodox Metropoiltan Iakovos has issued a “call to action” on an Illinois bill that right-to-life advocates describe as a state level Freedom of Choice Act. The metropolitan has posted a clear and forceful letter on the Metropolis of Chicago Web site condemning the proposed HB 2354 as unjust and a violation of “the very […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-iakovos-speaks-out-on-illinois-reproductive-health-and-access-act/feed/ 14 https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarchate-american-diaspora-must-submit-to-mother-church/ https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarchate-american-diaspora-must-submit-to-mother-church/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:16:56 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=1242 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 battle is joined. Highlight: With regards to the United States, the submission to the First Throne of the Church, that is, to the Ecumenical Patriarchate is not only fitting with the American society and mentality but also it opens up the horizons of possibilities for this much-promising region, which is capable of becoming an […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarchate-american-diaspora-must-submit-to-mother-church/feed/ 346