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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 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:07:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/church-that-held-the-7th-ecumenical-council-at-nicea-to-be-turned-into-mosque/ https://www.aoiusa.org/church-that-held-the-7th-ecumenical-council-at-nicea-to-be-turned-into-mosque/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:04:08 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11148 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: Vatican Insider Hagia Sophia in Nicea, where the Seventh Ecumenical Council was held in 787, is about to be declared a mosque by the Turkish authorities. As the Turkish press reports, the call to prayer was sung from the Muezzin last Thursday, for the first time since the founding of the Turkish Republish in […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/church-that-held-the-7th-ecumenical-council-at-nicea-to-be-turned-into-mosque/feed/ 13 https://www.aoiusa.org/news-divine-liturgy-in-agia-sophia-on-sept-17-2010/ https://www.aoiusa.org/news-divine-liturgy-in-agia-sophia-on-sept-17-2010/#comments Sat, 08 May 2010 20:18:05 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6634 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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H/T: St. George Greek Orthodox Church Source: Greek Star Greek – Americans will conduct mass at Agia Sophia on September 17, 2010 By Kleo Mavridis Members of the “International Congregation of Agia Sophia” will make a pilgrimage to Agia Sofia in Istanbul in order to conduct mass on September 17, the day the Orthodox Church […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/news-divine-liturgy-in-agia-sophia-on-sept-17-2010/feed/ 6 https://www.aoiusa.org/bureaucratic-church-and-imperial-state/ https://www.aoiusa.org/bureaucratic-church-and-imperial-state/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:14:48 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3212 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 response to comments here on this blog about whether the Byzantines will one day “save” the American Church, the answer to that, as has been observed, is that there are no Byzantines remaining to save us. What’s more, there would be little support among American Orthodox Christians for the sort of deep involvement by […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/bureaucratic-church-and-imperial-state/feed/ 36 https://www.aoiusa.org/obama-in-the-hagia-sophia/ https://www.aoiusa.org/obama-in-the-hagia-sophia/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:30:11 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=1499 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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President Barack Obama, center, is accompanied by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, rear center, and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, fourth from right, rear, as he visits the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, April 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/obama-in-the-hagia-sophia/feed/ 4