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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, 12 Apr 2011 16:48:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/death-warrant-of-ancient-christianity/ https://www.aoiusa.org/death-warrant-of-ancient-christianity/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:48:06 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=9732 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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If American liberals and neo-cons get their way and America invades Syria, the Syrian Christians will be persecuted and forced out of their ancient homeland. Source: Real Clear Politics | Philip Jenkins Ever since the wave of popular movements started sweeping the Middle East, Western media have rarely found much good to say about the […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/death-warrant-of-ancient-christianity/feed/ 13 https://www.aoiusa.org/wrr-dallas-interview-with-met-hilarion-meets-former-president-george-bush/ https://www.aoiusa.org/wrr-dallas-interview-with-met-hilarion-meets-former-president-george-bush/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:35:09 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=9180 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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WRR Classical 101.1 in Dallas interviewed Met. Hilarion the afternoon before his concert. In the interview he discusses how he composes the music, his 20 year hiatus from composition, and more. It’s an engaging interview that reveals some of the personal side of Met. Hilarion. Earlier that day Met. Hilarion met with former President George […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/wrr-dallas-interview-with-met-hilarion-meets-former-president-george-bush/feed/ 6 https://www.aoiusa.org/sporadic-postings-this-week/ https://www.aoiusa.org/sporadic-postings-this-week/#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2010 11:55:52 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=8279 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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I’m flying to Phoenix, Arizona in about four hours to give a retreat on culture and the Church later this week to the Arizona Orthodox clergy. Updates will be sporadic and I will check in when I can. I’ll turn the presentation into a paper and post it when I get back. 11:03 am. Sitting […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/sporadic-postings-this-week/feed/ 3 https://www.aoiusa.org/george-michalopulos-launches-monomakhos/ https://www.aoiusa.org/george-michalopulos-launches-monomakhos/#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 02:38:38 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=8116 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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George Michalopulos, author and frequent contributor to AOI just launched the Monomakhos blog (it means one who fights alone) with this theme in mind: Enough of the ethic stagnation and Ruritanian triumphalism. It’s time for our bishops to get on the stick and stop playing games. This country’s too great to let us watch it […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/george-michalopulos-launches-monomakhos/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/get-religion-now-on-facebook/ https://www.aoiusa.org/get-religion-now-on-facebook/#respond Mon, 13 Sep 2010 21:46:44 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=7682 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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Check it out here.]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/get-religion-now-on-facebook/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/pope-shenouda-calls-for-freedom-of-worship/ https://www.aoiusa.org/pope-shenouda-calls-for-freedom-of-worship/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:11:30 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5826 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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H/T: St. Andrew House Discussion Forum “And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” Rev. 6:10 “And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.” Rev. 7:17 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/pope-shenouda-calls-for-freedom-of-worship/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/a-thought-experiment/ https://www.aoiusa.org/a-thought-experiment/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:17:30 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5823 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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Let me offer you a thought experiment. Yesterday on the Orthodox Church in America’s website there was an interesting press release recounting a “discussion between members of the Holy Synod of Bishops [of the OCA] and a number of congressmen during a late-January 2010 meeting in the US capital” (OCA Holy Synod members share human […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/a-thought-experiment/feed/ 15 https://www.aoiusa.org/orphangate-reopened/ https://www.aoiusa.org/orphangate-reopened/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:17:52 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5808 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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H/T: Orthodox Beacon The Orthodox Beacon quotes the National Herald: BOSTON  — The Executive Committee of the Archdiocesan Council of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, in a letter to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew dated January 15, demanded that the Patriarch reprimand Metropolitan Theoleptos of Iconium for his letter castigating Archbishop Demetrios for his refusal to help […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/orphangate-reopened/feed/ 18 https://www.aoiusa.org/new-years-doesnt-do-much-for-me-but-this-is-cool/ https://www.aoiusa.org/new-years-doesnt-do-much-for-me-but-this-is-cool/#respond Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:06:48 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5341 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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H/T Byzantine Tx (an excellent blog, BTW) I’m not much of a New Year’s fan (just can’t get my head around celebrating a new year) but it sure makes for some nice pictures. Oh yes, Happy New Year (that part I get)!]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/new-years-doesnt-do-much-for-me-but-this-is-cool/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-patriarchate-is-dying/ https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-patriarchate-is-dying/#respond Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:07:17 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5286 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 cannot breathe, the Patriarchate is dying,’ says patriarch ASLI AYDINTAŞBAŞ ISTANBUL – Milliyet Thursday, December 24, 2009 Following criticism of his controversial statement to a U.S. television network describing his community’s problems, Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew says his comments were emphasized, but the serious problem of opening Halki seminary needs to be addressed. Criticized […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-patriarchate-is-dying/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/wave-of-clergy-killings-in-russia/ https://www.aoiusa.org/wave-of-clergy-killings-in-russia/#respond Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:06:41 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5281 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: Voice of America Peter Fedynsky | Moscow 23 December 2009 The second murder of a Russian priest in as many months has prompted a call by the Orthodox Church for Russians to think about their country’s spiritual and moral condition. The killings follow more violence this year directed against Muslim clerics in Russia’s troubled […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/wave-of-clergy-killings-in-russia/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/report-phanar-backtracks-on-crucifixion-remark/ https://www.aoiusa.org/report-phanar-backtracks-on-crucifixion-remark/#comments Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:30:54 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5268 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 Today’s Zaman (Dec. 24). No statement yet on the Patriarchate’s site. The patriarchate’s statement said: “There are similar idioms in all languages, and they are not evaluated in their narrow meanings but in their broad sense in that language. While answering questions in that regard, the patriarch obviously did not intend to imply any […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/report-phanar-backtracks-on-crucifixion-remark/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/battle-looming-over-icons-and-prayers-in-greek-schools/ https://www.aoiusa.org/battle-looming-over-icons-and-prayers-in-greek-schools/#respond Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:33:25 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5246 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=-MbEL-C7ypU[/youtube] The head of the Greek Orthodox Church has warned the country’s new socialist government that it faces a major battle over removing religious symbols from schools. The European Court in Strasbourg has ordered Italy to take down crucifixes from its classrooms, and Greece’s Justice Minister has acknowledged that it may have to follow suit. […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/battle-looming-over-icons-and-prayers-in-greek-schools/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodoxy-and-hellenism-group-cites-islamic-charter-in-defense-of-patriarchate/ https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodoxy-and-hellenism-group-cites-islamic-charter-in-defense-of-patriarchate/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:46:47 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5225 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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An unsigned “call to action” in defense of the Ecumenical Patriarchate was published today on the “Faith: An Endowment for Orthodoxy and Hellenism” Web site. This appeal asks readers to sign a Web-based petition which demands that the “Turkish government … take steps to guarantee the recognition, safety, and protection of His All Holiness, Ecumenical […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodoxy-and-hellenism-group-cites-islamic-charter-in-defense-of-patriarchate/feed/ 6 https://www.aoiusa.org/turkish-journalist-we-are-crucifying-the-patriarch/ https://www.aoiusa.org/turkish-journalist-we-are-crucifying-the-patriarch/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:19:20 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5218 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 Mehmet Ali Birand in Hurriyet (Monday, December 21, 2009): It might be true, we are crucifying the patriarch I don’t agree with Foreign Minister Davutoğlu. The patriarch is right. The state, with its ignorance of a Turkish institution for 38 years, has not been able to keep its word and has crucified the patriarch. […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/turkish-journalist-we-are-crucifying-the-patriarch/feed/ 7