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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, 13 Jul 2013 18:35:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/a-movement-to-restore-met-jonah-video/ https://www.aoiusa.org/a-movement-to-restore-met-jonah-video/#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2012 01:31:24 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=12175 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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Apparently, a movement is gaining steam in the OCA to restore Metropolitan Jonah as evidenced by this video recently released on Youtube. To what position he should be restored isn’t made clear but presumably it is Metropolitan of the OCA. This is an internal matter to the OCA of course and you can read more […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/a-movement-to-restore-met-jonah-video/feed/ 56 https://www.aoiusa.org/removing-metropolitan-jonah-hurt-the-american-orthodox-church/ https://www.aoiusa.org/removing-metropolitan-jonah-hurt-the-american-orthodox-church/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2012 20:10:15 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=12134 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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– By Fr. Johannes L. Jacobse When the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) axed Metropolitan Jonah they snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Mediocrity was the watchword. In the jurisdiction that has been steadily losing ground for twenty years, they rejected the man who displayed the necessary gifts to bring the Gospel as it […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/removing-metropolitan-jonah-hurt-the-american-orthodox-church/feed/ 50 https://www.aoiusa.org/eastern-orthodox-lose-two-evangelical-bridges/ https://www.aoiusa.org/eastern-orthodox-lose-two-evangelical-bridges/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:22:57 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=12132 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: Christianity Today | Weston Gentry Metropolitan Jonah, by most accounts the highest-ranking, evangelical-friendly archpriest in North America’s Eastern Orthodox Church, resigned under duress in July. His removal has observers less concerned about his leadership shortcomings, which allegedly led to his removal, than about the widening gap between conservatives and the Orthodox Church. “His efforts […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/eastern-orthodox-lose-two-evangelical-bridges/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-online-metropolitan-jonah-of-the-orthodox-church-in-america-suddenly-resigns-his-office-why/ https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-online-metropolitan-jonah-of-the-orthodox-church-in-america-suddenly-resigns-his-office-why/#comments Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:26:08 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=12026 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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Unbeknownst to most Orthodox, Met. Jonah was the voice of Orthodoxy in the other Christian communions. His words reached into Baptist meetings, Episcopal assemblies, even the Vatican. He traveled these halls effortlessly because he held to the simple teaching of the Gospel but in the fullness of the Orthodox moral tradition. That enabled him to […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-online-metropolitan-jonah-of-the-orthodox-church-in-america-suddenly-resigns-his-office-why/feed/ 26 https://www.aoiusa.org/chicago-tribune-chicago-native-quits-as-leader-of-american-orthodox-church/ https://www.aoiusa.org/chicago-tribune-chicago-native-quits-as-leader-of-american-orthodox-church/#comments Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:13:13 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=12021 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: Chicago Tribune | By Manya A. Brachear The Chicago native elected to the helm of the Orthodox Church in America resigned over the weekend, saying in a letter that he has “neither the personality nor the temperament” to lead the church. […] Elected in late 2008 to lead one of several branches of Orthodox […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/chicago-tribune-chicago-native-quits-as-leader-of-american-orthodox-church/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/covering-warfare-in-a-byzantine-maze-literally/ https://www.aoiusa.org/covering-warfare-in-a-byzantine-maze-literally/#comments Tue, 10 Jul 2012 16:54:32 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=12013 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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Terry Mattingly’s advice for journalists about the coup in the OCA. A key quote: Of course, it is “politics” when an Orthodox leader defends the church’s doctrines in public. It is not “politics” when liberal activists inside the church work to silence the voice of the church, while quietly lobbying in seminaries and elsewhere to […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/covering-warfare-in-a-byzantine-maze-literally/feed/ 3 https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-jonah-addresses-assembly-anglican-church-north-america/ https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-jonah-addresses-assembly-anglican-church-north-america/#comments Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:20:22 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11918 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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This talk is so clear about the emerging divide in all corners of Christendom (Orthodox included as the debate on these pages on same-sex marriage reveals) that anyone committed to the clarification and strengthening of the Classical Western Tradition should read it. That narrative shaped Christendom for centuries — both East and West — because […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-jonah-addresses-assembly-anglican-church-north-america/feed/ 11 https://www.aoiusa.org/met-jonah-leads-prayer-at-march-for-life/ https://www.aoiusa.org/met-jonah-leads-prayer-at-march-for-life/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:18:24 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11404 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: Koinonia As reported earlier on oca.org, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah offered the opening prayer during the program that preceded the March for Life here on Monday, January 23, 2012. “Roman Catholic Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, who is in charge of pro-life activities, invited the Orthodox bishops to stand together with the Roman Bishops, as we […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/met-jonah-leads-prayer-at-march-for-life/feed/ 5 https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-jonah-at-the-american-enterprise-institute-december-6-2011-video/ https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-jonah-at-the-american-enterprise-institute-december-6-2011-video/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:12:44 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11225 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 video of Metropolitan Jonah’s talk at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) held on December 6, 2011. The event was introduced by Eric Teetsel of AEI, and Fr. Gregory Jenson introduced Met. Jonah. The title of the talk was “Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems: Faith in a Consumerist Society” with a The following post […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-jonah-at-the-american-enterprise-institute-december-6-2011-video/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-jonah-to-speak-at-the-american-enterprise-institute-on-faith-in-a-consumerist-society/ https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-jonah-to-speak-at-the-american-enterprise-institute-on-faith-in-a-consumerist-society/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 02:00:25 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11219 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 average American income is 10 percent greater today than 30 years ago, yet the debt burden of American households has more than doubled over the same time period. How should a person of faith deal with the pressures of a consumer society? At what point does materialism begin to corrupt? How does our faith […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-jonah-to-speak-at-the-american-enterprise-institute-on-faith-in-a-consumerist-society/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/met-jonah-to-headline-towards-an-american-orthodox-church-symposium/ https://www.aoiusa.org/met-jonah-to-headline-towards-an-american-orthodox-church-symposium/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:28:28 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11194 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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This looks very good. St. Cyril of Jerusalem Orthodox Christian Church P. O. Box 133234 The Woodlands, TX 77393-3234 Driving directions to St. Cyril Orthodox Church. Friday, December 2, 2011 8:00 am  –  8:45 am  Continental Breakfast 8:45 am  –  9:00 am  Morning Prayers & Welcome 9:00 am  –  9:15 am Opening Remarks  His Beatitude Metropolitan JONAH + […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/met-jonah-to-headline-towards-an-american-orthodox-church-symposium/feed/ 8 https://www.aoiusa.org/met-jonah-encyclical-on-homosexuality/ https://www.aoiusa.org/met-jonah-encyclical-on-homosexuality/#comments Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:24:14 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=10455 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 28, 201 Beloved Fathers, brothers and sisters in Christ, If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/met-jonah-encyclical-on-homosexuality/feed/ 11 https://www.aoiusa.org/met-jonah-do-not-resent-do-not-react-keep-inner-stillness/ https://www.aoiusa.org/met-jonah-do-not-resent-do-not-react-keep-inner-stillness/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 23:07:34 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=10133 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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Wisdom from the experience of a true pastor. The piece is a bit long but once you start you will want to complete because it covers matters of the heart that all serious Christians struggle with. When I was in seminary I had the great blessing of becoming the spiritual son of a Greek bishop, […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/met-jonah-do-not-resent-do-not-react-keep-inner-stillness/feed/ 17 https://www.aoiusa.org/his-beatitude-metropolitan-jonah-paschal-message-2011/ https://www.aoiusa.org/his-beatitude-metropolitan-jonah-paschal-message-2011/#respond Fri, 22 Apr 2011 23:05:24 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=9838 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: Koinonia: An Orthodox priest’s thoughts on psychology and the spiritual life]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/his-beatitude-metropolitan-jonah-paschal-message-2011/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-gregory-jenson-the-orthodox-church-and-civil-society/ https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-gregory-jenson-the-orthodox-church-and-civil-society/#comments Fri, 18 Mar 2011 21:42:32 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=9541 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: Koinonia Much like the Catholic Church, Mainline Protestant denominations and Evangelical Christians, the Orthodox Church is struggle to decide whether or not Christ has called us to take an active or a passive role in the world. By his example, Metropolitan Jonah has said we should be active–even proactive–while his critics, either out of […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-gregory-jenson-the-orthodox-church-and-civil-society/feed/ 13