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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, 17 Dec 2009 17:00:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/moscow-thanks-pope-for-not-pressing-on-meeting/ https://www.aoiusa.org/moscow-thanks-pope-for-not-pressing-on-meeting/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:20:58 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5137 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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From Interfax (2009-12-16): Moscow — The Moscow Patriarchate is grateful to Pope Benedict XVI for understanding problems between the two Churches and not pressing on with visiting Russia and meeting with the Patriarch. “Pope Benedict XVI perfectly understands the existing difficulties and therefore is not pressing on his meeting with the Patriarch, not to mention […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/moscow-thanks-pope-for-not-pressing-on-meeting/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/moscow-clarifies-its-position-on-orthodoxy-in-america/ https://www.aoiusa.org/moscow-clarifies-its-position-on-orthodoxy-in-america/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:53:36 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5104 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: Yahoo! Groups [From the December 2009 Orthodox Christian Laity newsletter, vol. 5, Number 2] The following letter translated from the Russian dated November 13, 2009 was received at the OCL Office via fax November 16. It is addressed to former OCL President Peter Petkas. It is from the Moscow Patriarchate, Russian Orthodox Church Holy […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/moscow-clarifies-its-position-on-orthodoxy-in-america/feed/ 12 https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-hilarion-responds-to-u-s-state-dept-report-on-religious-freedom/ https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-hilarion-responds-to-u-s-state-dept-report-on-religious-freedom/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:36:21 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4950 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 late October, the State Department released the 2009 Report on International Religious Freedom, a study annually submitted to Congress. Remarks on the study by Michael H. Posner, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, are available here. (The country report for Turkey is available here.) The Russian foreign ministry said, on publication […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-hilarion-responds-to-u-s-state-dept-report-on-religious-freedom/feed/ 14 https://www.aoiusa.org/a-controversial-priest/ https://www.aoiusa.org/a-controversial-priest/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:26:24 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4799 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 Russian Orthodox priest gunned down in his church last week was buried yesterday in Moscow. There has been an intense amount of media coverage of this crime and most of the speculation, by the media and police authorities, centers on a suspected Islamist killer in light of Fr. Daniel Sysoyev’s outspoken and aggressive campaign […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/a-controversial-priest/feed/ 6 https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-hilarion-on-orthodox-catholic-relations/ https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-hilarion-on-orthodox-catholic-relations/#respond Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:09:28 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4588 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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From the Moscow Patriarchate, Nov. 12, 2009: During his meeting with foreign media people on 11 November 2009, Archbishop Hilarion spoke on burning issues of inter-Christian relations. He said in particular that considerable improvements took shape in relations with the Roman Catholic Church in recent years. ‘There is a regular mechanism of mutual consultations and […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-hilarion-on-orthodox-catholic-relations/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-hilarion-on-social-problems/ https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-hilarion-on-social-problems/#comments Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:06:05 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4583 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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From the Moscow Patriarchate, Nov. 12, 2009: During his meeting with foreign journalists on 11 November 2009, Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk answered questions concerning urgent problems of society today. Asked about the Church’s view of some problems of bioethics, especially the use of artificial life-support systems to prolong the life of a patient, he said, […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-hilarion-on-social-problems/feed/ 8 https://www.aoiusa.org/russian-monasticism-and-the-legacy-of-communism/ https://www.aoiusa.org/russian-monasticism-and-the-legacy-of-communism/#respond Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:19:46 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4449 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 Zenit news service interviews Fr. Peter Mescerinov, vice-director of the Center for the Spiritual Formation of Children and Adolescents of the Moscow Patriarchate, about the “new and enduring challenges of Russian monasticism.” ZENIT: What is the reality of these [monastic] communities today? Father Mescerinov: The principal tragedy of our ecclesial life today is the […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/russian-monasticism-and-the-legacy-of-communism/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/patriarch-kirill-to-u-s-in-2010/ https://www.aoiusa.org/patriarch-kirill-to-u-s-in-2010/#respond Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:33:03 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4213 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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Alex at ROCOR United, citing two sources, says Patriarch Kirill may be paying a visit to the United States: Our sources in Russia have told us that Patriarch Kirill will be coming for an official visit to the USA in early 2010. The same news is also coming from other bloggers including Voices of Russia. […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/patriarch-kirill-to-u-s-in-2010/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/hilarion-and-chrysostomos-meet-on-cyprus-issues/ https://www.aoiusa.org/hilarion-and-chrysostomos-meet-on-cyprus-issues/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:04:13 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4120 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 Russian Orthodox influence in the Mediterranean grows. Source: Moscow Patriarchate. On 22 October 2009, the Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk met with His Beatitude Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Nea Justiniana and All Cyprus. Taking part in the meeting that took place in Paphos, Cyprus, was Metropolitan Isaiah (Kykkotis) of […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/hilarion-and-chrysostomos-meet-on-cyprus-issues/feed/ 4 https://www.aoiusa.org/patriarch-kirills-birthday-greetings-to-metropolitan-jonah/ https://www.aoiusa.org/patriarch-kirills-birthday-greetings-to-metropolitan-jonah/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:25:17 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4037 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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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia congratulates the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America on his 50th birthday. Source: Moscow Patriarchate. Your Beatitude, Beloved Brother and Concelebrant in the Lord: I wholeheartedly greet and congratulate you on the your 50th birthday. On this day, I lift up an ardent prayer to God for […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/patriarch-kirills-birthday-greetings-to-metropolitan-jonah/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/moscow-no-meeting-with-pope-in-the-works/ https://www.aoiusa.org/moscow-no-meeting-with-pope-in-the-works/#respond Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:54:02 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3803 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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From Interfax (Oct. 7): Head of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk has denied reports that Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia might visit the Vatican in the near future. “No preparations are being made for the Patriarch’s trip to the Vatican and his meeting with the Pope […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/moscow-no-meeting-with-pope-in-the-works/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/moscow-limited-jurisdiction-for-constantinople/ https://www.aoiusa.org/moscow-limited-jurisdiction-for-constantinople/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:10:06 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3735 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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From the Moscow Patriarchate’s report on the recent meeting between Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk and Pope Benedict XVI: Archbishop Hilarion stressed the importance of the Orthodox and Catholic common witness to traditional Christian values in face of the secular world. He pointed to the identity of the Orthodox and Catholic Churches’ views on such themes […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/moscow-limited-jurisdiction-for-constantinople/feed/ 6 https://www.aoiusa.org/archons-concerning-the-ranks-of-churches/ https://www.aoiusa.org/archons-concerning-the-ranks-of-churches/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:47:00 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3570 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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Who’s on first? The Order of St. Andrew the Apostle has posted an article harshly critical of what it describes as the Moscow Patriarchate’s uncanonical move to assert its status as one of “the five most significant Churches” or the Pentarchy of the ancient patriarchates. The writer of the article, Fr. Makarios Griniezakis, a professor […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/archons-concerning-the-ranks-of-churches/feed/ 19 https://www.aoiusa.org/a-catholic-orthodox-union/ https://www.aoiusa.org/a-catholic-orthodox-union/#comments Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:23:36 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3488 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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We should all be extremely cautious about the recent comments about a Catholic-Orthodox union (Fr. Peter-Michael Preble has already raised important questions about these reports). Outside of the obvious and thorny theological questions – on both sides – that would arise, is there any way such a union could take place without first convening an […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/a-catholic-orthodox-union/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/scobas-fr-arey-on-chambesy/ https://www.aoiusa.org/scobas-fr-arey-on-chambesy/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:36:13 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3291 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 the Orthodox Christian Network, Fr. Mark Arey, the General Secretary of the Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA), discusses the Fourth Pre-Conciliar Pan-Orthodox Conference that met in Chambésy, Switzerland, in June, in an interview with Fr. Chris Metropulos. “If we’re serious, really serious about Orthodox unity, well my friends, […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/scobas-fr-arey-on-chambesy/feed/ 26