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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, 24 Jun 2015 10:56:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/green-patriarch-absolute-limits-to-our-survival-are-being-reached/ https://www.aoiusa.org/green-patriarch-absolute-limits-to-our-survival-are-being-reached/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:31:06 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4049 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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His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew lost no time ringing the alarmist bell as he officially opened the symposium, “Restoring Balance: The Great Mississippi River” today. He said that, “we have reached a defining moment in our history … the point where absolute limits to our survival are being reached … instead of living on […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/green-patriarch-absolute-limits-to-our-survival-are-being-reached/feed/ 52 https://www.aoiusa.org/the-green-patriarch-has-landed/ https://www.aoiusa.org/the-green-patriarch-has-landed/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:34:25 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4024 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 Patriarch Bartholomew arrives at New Orleans’ Louis Armstrong Airport on October 20, 2009. He’s here for the RSE Symposium on the Mississippi. (HT on the video to Byzantine, TX) [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ6D80H-HTU[/youtube]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/the-green-patriarch-has-landed/feed/ 40 https://www.aoiusa.org/thinking-about-the-bulletin-insert-on-the-green-patriarchs-visit/ https://www.aoiusa.org/thinking-about-the-bulletin-insert-on-the-green-patriarchs-visit/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:25:12 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3893 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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Pardon my skepticism but does anyone else find the effusive praise in the handout to Greek Orthodox parishioners last Sunday overbearing? The author tries so hard to convince us of Patriarch Bartholomew’s stratospheric virtues that the entire piece has an “Our Dear Leader” feel to it. It reads, I am sad to say, like propaganda. […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/thinking-about-the-bulletin-insert-on-the-green-patriarchs-visit/feed/ 78