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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 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:02:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/totalitarianism-arrives-in-increments/ https://www.aoiusa.org/totalitarianism-arrives-in-increments/#respond Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:08:29 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11609 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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Behind the efforts to remove Christian symbols from the public square lurks a desire to erase Christianity from the collective memory. Why? Because Christianity references something higher than the state as the source and judge of morality and thereby affirms man serves first God and neighbor and only secondarily the state, and only then as […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/totalitarianism-arrives-in-increments/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-hilarion-accuses-west-of-leaving-egypt-christians-in-the-lurch/ https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-hilarion-accuses-west-of-leaving-egypt-christians-in-the-lurch/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:15:35 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11137 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 Episcopal Assembly could be in the forefront of this. Moscow, November 1, Interfax – Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, the head of the Synodal Department for External Church Relations has accused the West of failing to stand up for Egyptian Christians during recent violence against them and has slammed Western governments for putting economic interests […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-hilarion-accuses-west-of-leaving-egypt-christians-in-the-lurch/feed/ 15 https://www.aoiusa.org/with-the-rise-of-militant-secularism-rome-and-moscow-make-common-cause/ https://www.aoiusa.org/with-the-rise-of-militant-secularism-rome-and-moscow-make-common-cause/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:05:44 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11121 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 Acton Institute just published my essay. Source: Acton Institute | Fr. Johannes L. Jacobse The European religious press is abuzz over recent developments in Orthodox – Catholic relations that indicate both Churches are moving closer together. The diplomatic centerpiece of the activity would be a meeting of Pope Benedict and Patriarch Kyrill of the […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/with-the-rise-of-militant-secularism-rome-and-moscow-make-common-cause/feed/ 25 https://www.aoiusa.org/75-out-of-every-100-victims-of-religious-intolerance-are-christian/ https://www.aoiusa.org/75-out-of-every-100-victims-of-religious-intolerance-are-christian/#comments Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:51:37 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=9618 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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Out of every 100 victims of religious intolerance in the world, 75 are Christians. After the terrorist attack on 20 January 2011 in Alexandria, the European Parliament adopted a resolution acknowledging the fact of violation of the rights of Christians. Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, in his interview to Izvestiya daily (Issue 50 (28311), 24 March […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/75-out-of-every-100-victims-of-religious-intolerance-are-christian/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/met-hilarion-confident-pan-orthodox-synod-will-resume-in-near-future/ https://www.aoiusa.org/met-hilarion-confident-pan-orthodox-synod-will-resume-in-near-future/#respond Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:19:04 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=9609 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: Russian Orthodox Church Department for External Church Relations Your Eminence! You have recently led a delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church at the meeting of the Inter-Orthodox Preparatory Commission held in Chambesy near Geneva. Which questions did you discuss? The Inter-Orthodox Preparatory Commission is a working body which prepares the Holy and Great Council […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/met-hilarion-confident-pan-orthodox-synod-will-resume-in-near-future/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-mission-in-america-no-the-the-history-but-the-future/ https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-mission-in-america-no-the-the-history-but-the-future/#comments Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:19:31 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=7944 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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Rereading the post where I argue that the contemporary definition of Hellenism is truncated (an Islamic captivity? dhimitude?), I see it fits into an article I reread earlier this morning and posted on OrthodoxyToday.org again: Orthodox Mission in the 21st Century by Metropolitan Hilarion of the Russian Orthodox Church. A highlight: To recover the missionary […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-mission-in-america-no-the-the-history-but-the-future/feed/ 19 https://www.aoiusa.org/met-hilarions-speech-at-the-nicean-club-dinner-full-version/ https://www.aoiusa.org/met-hilarions-speech-at-the-nicean-club-dinner-full-version/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:43:24 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=7702 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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Address by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations to the Annual Nicean Club Dinner (Lambeth Palace, 9 September 2010) Speech removed until a corrected version arrives. I was informed that the speech by Met. Hilarion that I posted contains some (mostly minor) errors. Since I want to […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/met-hilarions-speech-at-the-nicean-club-dinner-full-version/feed/ 11 https://www.aoiusa.org/oca-summarizes-met-hilarions-visit/ https://www.aoiusa.org/oca-summarizes-met-hilarions-visit/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:55:02 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=7610 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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Note (from the release): “Metropolitan Hilarion affirmed the Russian Orthodox Church’s commitment to uphold its granting of autocephaly to the Orthodox Church in America in 1970,” said Father Alexander Garklavs after the meeting. My question: While I welcome the affirmation, does the Church that grants autocephaly actually have the power to rescind it? I wouldn’t […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/oca-summarizes-met-hilarions-visit/feed/ 4 https://www.aoiusa.org/met-hilarion-our-concern-is-to-preserve-and-consolidate-unity-of-russian-orthodox-church/ https://www.aoiusa.org/met-hilarion-our-concern-is-to-preserve-and-consolidate-unity-of-russian-orthodox-church/#respond Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:58:37 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=7254 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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On July 17, 2010, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, speaking in Church and World talk show, answered questions from anchorman Ivan Semenov concerning the work of the DECR as a church external policy department. – Does an Orthodox Christian in his everyday life ever encounter the […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/met-hilarion-our-concern-is-to-preserve-and-consolidate-unity-of-russian-orthodox-church/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/a-holy-alliance-between-rome-and-moscow-is-born/ https://www.aoiusa.org/a-holy-alliance-between-rome-and-moscow-is-born/#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 19:24:00 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6756 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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Again, almost incomprehensible just a few short years ago. Highlight: “The common objective: the “new evangelization” of Europe. A delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church visits the Vatican, which publishes an anthology of the patriarch’s writings. A meeting between Kirill and Benedict XVI keeps getting closer.” by Sandro Magister Chiesa Espresso ROME, May 24, 2010 […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/a-holy-alliance-between-rome-and-moscow-is-born/feed/ 9 https://www.aoiusa.org/russian-orthodox-leader-says-church-will-not-interfere-in-politics/ https://www.aoiusa.org/russian-orthodox-leader-says-church-will-not-interfere-in-politics/#comments Sat, 01 May 2010 19:57:38 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6587 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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Ecumenical News International / 30 April 2010 By Jonathan Luxmoore Warsaw, 30 April (ENI)–A leader in the Russian Orthodox Church has insisted his church has no wish to be an official State denomination and will never side with any single political force. “The threat that the church will be used by government doesn’t exist today,” […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/russian-orthodox-leader-says-church-will-not-interfere-in-politics/feed/ 11 https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-hilarion-to-visit-italy/ https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-hilarion-to-visit-italy/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:30:59 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6402 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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Moscow clearly has taken the lead in world Orthodoxy. +++++++++++++++++ Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, will visit Italy from May 14th to 20th, 2010, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. The programme of his stay will include a visit […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-hilarion-to-visit-italy/feed/ 58 https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-hilarion-of-volokolamsk-culture-is-at-risk-of-becoming-anti-culture-without-the-church/ https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-hilarion-of-volokolamsk-culture-is-at-risk-of-becoming-anti-culture-without-the-church/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:02:43 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6079 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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Brilliant! Met. Hilarion’s warning deals with what Nietzsche called the “transvaluation of values” — what his dark prophesy warned would happen in the West because “God is Dead,” by which he meant that Western culture was entering into a period where it functioned within the cultural structures shaped by Christianity but without concrete, existential communion […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-hilarion-of-volokolamsk-culture-is-at-risk-of-becoming-anti-culture-without-the-church/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/russian-church-leaders-defend-marriage-speak-out-on-family-crisis/ https://www.aoiusa.org/russian-church-leaders-defend-marriage-speak-out-on-family-crisis/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:42:36 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5818 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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Russian Orthodox Church leaders called on Christians on Thursday to be firm in defending traditional marriage and lamented the family crisis in the country. According to some estimates, over half of the marriages in Russia end in divorce. Women in the 140-million-strong country undergo some 1.5 million abortions annually. “We, Christians of different denominations, should […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/russian-church-leaders-defend-marriage-speak-out-on-family-crisis/feed/ 2