Tag: News
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Why he signed the Manhattan Declaration
R. Albert Mohler Jr, the president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, writes on his blog that he is not usually “inclined to sign manifestos or petitions.” Because he is not reluctant to speak out on matters of faith and on public square issues, he is not usually “impressed” with public statements such as the…
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A ‘Controversial’ Priest
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…
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Letters to Metropolitan Gerasimos and Rep. Dina Titus
From the Solomon Hezekiah blog: His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco 245 Valencia Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Your Eminence As an American member of the Greek Orthodox Church currently living abroad, I was appalled when I learned that a member of your diocese serving in the United State House of…
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A pious Patriarch
Slobodan Georgijev takes the measure of the man: … Pavle was a man with an untainted biography, devoted to the work of the church. As Patriarch, he would travel to work on public transport shunning the luxury trappings and expensive cars that formerly came with the office. “If they drive around in such expensive cars…