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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, 19 May 2009 02:55:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/patriarch-kirill-a-global-reach/ https://www.aoiusa.org/patriarch-kirill-a-global-reach/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 02:55:44 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2282 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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Russia’s new patriarch is “proving to be a capable administrator” and has surrounded himself with a team of “well-trained and capable younger clerics,” say Leonid Sevastyanov and Robert Moynihan in the Moscow Times. In “100 Days of Patriarch Kirill,” the writers also say that the new leader of the Russian Orthodox Church has a “fully […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/patriarch-kirill-a-global-reach/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/russia-welcomes-patriarch-kirill/ https://www.aoiusa.org/russia-welcomes-patriarch-kirill/#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:34:16 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=934 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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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zbtVDt1NgQ[/youtube] In the Moscow Times, Leonid Sevastyanov and Robert Moynihan write that the new Russian Patriarch Kirill “has deep convictions about the role of the Christian faith in the future of Russia and about Russia’s role in the future of Europe and the world.” The writers say that the Patriarch is convinced that only a […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/russia-welcomes-patriarch-kirill/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/alexy-ii-a-transitional-patriarch/ https://www.aoiusa.org/alexy-ii-a-transitional-patriarch/#respond Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:05:42 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=652 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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Vladimir Berezansky, Jr., a U.S. lawyer with experience in Russia and former Soviet republics, recalls an interview with Patriarch Alexy II in 1991. Like many Russians at the time, the Patriarch was coping with a “disorienting change” following the fall of the Soviet Empire, Berezansky writes. At the time, he seemed overcome by the changes […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/alexy-ii-a-transitional-patriarch/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/the-church-and-the-terror-state/ https://www.aoiusa.org/the-church-and-the-terror-state/#respond Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:48:30 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=635 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 Moscow Times reports on the funeral of Russian Patriarch Alexy II: Candles flickered and white-robed elders chanted prayers as the country bade farewell Tuesday to Patriarch Alexy II, who guided the country’s dominant Russian Orthodox Church through its remarkable recovery after decades of Communist-era repression. Nuns, believers and government officials looked on as prayers […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/the-church-and-the-terror-state/feed/ 0