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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, 09 Jun 2009 13:29:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/our-freedom-never-fully-realized/ https://www.aoiusa.org/our-freedom-never-fully-realized/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:08:05 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2453 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 1981, the Very Rev. Leonidas C. Contos delivered a lecture titled “2001: The Church in Crisis.” Fr. Contos said the title was chosen because the American Orthodox Church had been in a crisis “for a very long time” and he wanted to fix a reference point for speculations on what the Church’s situation might […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/our-freedom-never-fully-realized/feed/ 6 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/holy-cross-faculty-weighs-in-on-distinctive-prerogatives-of-ecumenical-patriarch/ https://www.aoiusa.org/holy-cross-faculty-weighs-in-on-distinctive-prerogatives-of-ecumenical-patriarch/#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 02:22:10 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2178 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 Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, Mass., released a “Faculty Statement on the Ecumenical Patriarchate” on April 30 and posted it on the school’s Web site on May 8. HT: Andrew. Text follows: The Leadership of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Significance of Canon 28 of Chalcedon The Ecumenical Patriarchate of […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/holy-cross-faculty-weighs-in-on-distinctive-prerogatives-of-ecumenical-patriarch/feed/ 23 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/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 https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-harakas-st-athanasius-the-supreme-model/ https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-harakas-st-athanasius-the-supreme-model/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:45:59 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=1105 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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Orthodox Christians have “a message and a way of life” that they must present as “an alternative to the morally and spiritually down-spiraling contemporary American lifestyle,” says Fr. Stanley Harakas, Archbishop Iakovos Professor of Orthodox Theology Emeritus at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology. Fr. Harakas was the keynote speaker at Fordham University’s Orthodoxy […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-harakas-st-athanasius-the-supreme-model/feed/ 4