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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, 10 Jul 2012 17:43:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-online-metropolitan-jonah-of-the-orthodox-church-in-america-suddenly-resigns-his-office-why/ https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-online-metropolitan-jonah-of-the-orthodox-church-in-america-suddenly-resigns-his-office-why/#comments Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:26:08 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=12026 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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Unbeknownst to most Orthodox, Met. Jonah was the voice of Orthodoxy in the other Christian communions. His words reached into Baptist meetings, Episcopal assemblies, even the Vatican. He traveled these halls effortlessly because he held to the simple teaching of the Gospel but in the fullness of the Orthodox moral tradition. That enabled him to […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-online-metropolitan-jonah-of-the-orthodox-church-in-america-suddenly-resigns-his-office-why/feed/ 26 https://www.aoiusa.org/covering-warfare-in-a-byzantine-maze-literally/ https://www.aoiusa.org/covering-warfare-in-a-byzantine-maze-literally/#comments Tue, 10 Jul 2012 16:54:32 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=12013 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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Terry Mattingly’s advice for journalists about the coup in the OCA. A key quote: Of course, it is “politics” when an Orthodox leader defends the church’s doctrines in public. It is not “politics” when liberal activists inside the church work to silence the voice of the church, while quietly lobbying in seminaries and elsewhere to […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/covering-warfare-in-a-byzantine-maze-literally/feed/ 3 https://www.aoiusa.org/holy-synod-of-bishops-expresses-solidarity-with-coptic-church-in-egypt/ https://www.aoiusa.org/holy-synod-of-bishops-expresses-solidarity-with-coptic-church-in-egypt/#comments Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:14:53 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11265 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: Orthodox Church in America The witness and mission of the Coptic Church in Egypt have their origin in apostolic times. Today, the Coptic Church of Egypt is the largest Christian Church in the Middle East. Under the leadership of His Holiness, Pope Shenouda, the Coptic Church is a dynamic and active Church, with significant […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/holy-synod-of-bishops-expresses-solidarity-with-coptic-church-in-egypt/feed/ 13 https://www.aoiusa.org/ocanews-org-jonah-placed-on-leave-of-absence-by-synod/ https://www.aoiusa.org/ocanews-org-jonah-placed-on-leave-of-absence-by-synod/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:17:14 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=9239 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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This report is from OCANews.org and recently posted. Obviously there is a significant degree of tension between Syosset (OCA headquarters) and Met. Jonah. I don’t know the ins and outs of the OCA, but it appears that this report, given the extensive detail, was probably prepared for publication before the suspension (the part beginning with […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/ocanews-org-jonah-placed-on-leave-of-absence-by-synod/feed/ 59 https://www.aoiusa.org/6975/ https://www.aoiusa.org/6975/#comments Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:37:05 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6975 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 interesting fact just brought to my attention: Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church was first granted autocephaly by Moscow and only later was the autocephaly accepted by Constantinople. Constantinople’s claim that Moscow had no authority to grant autocephaly is inconsistent with its own practice it appears. From the Wikipedia article on the Czech and Slovak […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/6975/feed/ 20 https://www.aoiusa.org/rod-dreher-how-to-govern-a-church-a-case-study/ https://www.aoiusa.org/rod-dreher-how-to-govern-a-church-a-case-study/#comments Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:16:49 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6178 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 want to contrast the way the institutional Catholic Church is struggling to deal with its problem bishops, versus the way the Orthodox Church in America (my church) has done it recently. It shouldn’t be necessary to say this, but I probably need to: this is not an argument for why Orthodoxy is more true […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/rod-dreher-how-to-govern-a-church-a-case-study/feed/ 21 https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-steven-kostoff-reflection-on-archbishop-job-a-witness-to-the-truth/ https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-steven-kostoff-reflection-on-archbishop-job-a-witness-to-the-truth/#respond Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:45:13 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5368 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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Fr. Steven Kostoff asks, why wasn’t Bp. Job’s courageous stand for the truth during the OCA’s recent time of trial acknowled at his funeral? His Eminence, Archbishop Job of Chicago and the Midwest fell asleep in the Lord on Friday, December 18.  His funeral services were held in Chicago on December 22 & 23, and […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-steven-kostoff-reflection-on-archbishop-job-a-witness-to-the-truth/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/in-memoriam-his-eminence-archbishop-job-archbishop-of-chicago-and-the-midwest/ https://www.aoiusa.org/in-memoriam-his-eminence-archbishop-job-archbishop-of-chicago-and-the-midwest/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:46:32 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5169 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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Posted 12/18 SYOSSET, NY [OCA Communications] — On Friday, December 18, 2009, His Eminence, Archbishop Job of Chicago and the Midwest unexpectedly fell asleep in the Lord. His Eminence, Archbishop Job was born Richard John Osacky in Chicago on March 18, 1946. He completed university studies at Northern Illinois University and, after graduating from Saint […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/in-memoriam-his-eminence-archbishop-job-archbishop-of-chicago-and-the-midwest/feed/ 6 https://www.aoiusa.org/the-one-thing-needful/ https://www.aoiusa.org/the-one-thing-needful/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:02:47 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3331 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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Archpastoral Message of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah at the Beginning of the Ecclesiastical Year. September 1, 2009 To the Venerable Hierarchs, Reverend Clergy, Monastics and Faithful of the Orthodox Church in America The Lord said: The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/the-one-thing-needful/feed/ 6 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 https://www.aoiusa.org/antiochian-monasticism-speaks-to-the-current-crisis/ https://www.aoiusa.org/antiochian-monasticism-speaks-to-the-current-crisis/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:00:43 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2967 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 Ochlophobist (one who has an aversion to crowds) website: The following is very important. It was written by Archim. Touma, who is said to be the most influential monastic under Antioch. He is Athonite in spirituality, he leads the most traditional monastery under the Holy Synod of Antioch, and he does not normally […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/antiochian-monasticism-speaks-to-the-current-crisis/feed/ 22 https://www.aoiusa.org/oca-holy-synod-reestablishes-diocese-of-washington-and-diocese-of-new-york-new-jersey-orthodox-church-in-america/ https://www.aoiusa.org/oca-holy-synod-reestablishes-diocese-of-washington-and-diocese-of-new-york-new-jersey-orthodox-church-in-america/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:25:00 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2853 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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July 2, 2009 SYOSSET, NY [OCA Communications] — On July 1, 2009, the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America met via teleconference, during which they reestablished, as separate dioceses, the Diocese of Washington and the Diocese of New York-New Jersey. Declaring the Diocese of New York-New Jersey vacant, the hierarchs appointed […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/oca-holy-synod-reestablishes-diocese-of-washington-and-diocese-of-new-york-new-jersey-orthodox-church-in-america/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/met-jonah-addresses-the-future-of-orthodoxy-in-america/ https://www.aoiusa.org/met-jonah-addresses-the-future-of-orthodoxy-in-america/#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:35:01 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2619 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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Address given at the SVS conference on Orthodoxy unity in America, June 20, 2009. Highlight: Met. Jonah introduces into official discourse the need to de-imperialize Orthodox ecclesiology. 1917 Council and Tomos: St Tikhon’s Vision Then and Now The Great Council of 1917, and the revival of the Russian Orthodox Church that it began, are aspects […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/met-jonah-addresses-the-future-of-orthodoxy-in-america/feed/ 13 https://www.aoiusa.org/the-perplexing-problem-of-obtaining-an-accurate-census-of-orthodox-faithful-living-in-america/ https://www.aoiusa.org/the-perplexing-problem-of-obtaining-an-accurate-census-of-orthodox-faithful-living-in-america/#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:17:11 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2614 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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Hartford Institute for Religion Research HT: Orthodox Christian Laity A Quick Question How many Eastern Orthodox are there in the USA? The quick answer: Far less than usually reported. The longer answer: According to a recent study of Orthodoxy in the United States, the real membership (number of adult adherents and their children) in all […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/the-perplexing-problem-of-obtaining-an-accurate-census-of-orthodox-faithful-living-in-america/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/met-jonahs-second-russian-interview-the-orthodox-church-is-most-firmly-opposed-to-the-spirit-of-the-world/ https://www.aoiusa.org/met-jonahs-second-russian-interview-the-orthodox-church-is-most-firmly-opposed-to-the-spirit-of-the-world/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 20:56:31 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2137 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 an interview posted on the official website of the Russian Orthodox Church (Patriarchia.ru) Metropolitan Jonah discussed the status of the autocephaly of the OCA and Constantinople’s denial of it, as well as offering some new ideas on the future of the OCA. The interview was conducted by journalist Yuri Pushcha. Highlight: Puscha: What outcomes […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/met-jonahs-second-russian-interview-the-orthodox-church-is-most-firmly-opposed-to-the-spirit-of-the-world/feed/ 16