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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 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 10:48:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/turning-the-world-upside-down-five-ideas-for-orthodox-christian-college-students/ https://www.aoiusa.org/turning-the-world-upside-down-five-ideas-for-orthodox-christian-college-students/#comments Sat, 14 Sep 2013 10:38:23 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=13025 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 Andrew F. Estocin Each September a Sunday is set aside for Orthodox Parishes across the country to focus on the lives of college students. As students settle on campus for another academic year, it is certain that they will encounter a world full of questions about the very meaning of life and how best […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/turning-the-world-upside-down-five-ideas-for-orthodox-christian-college-students/feed/ 4 https://www.aoiusa.org/what-to-believe-the-soul-searching-personal-journeys-of-bart-ehrman-james-berends-video/ https://www.aoiusa.org/what-to-believe-the-soul-searching-personal-journeys-of-bart-ehrman-james-berends-video/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 13:00:05 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=9192 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 Christian Fellowship Press release of the talk yesterday evening (February 17, 2011) and archived below. CHAPEL HILL, NC – FEBRUARY 4, 2011 — The New York Times best-selling author Bart Ehrman and Eastern Orthodox priest James Berends will give a free public presentation at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 17, at the FedEx […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/what-to-believe-the-soul-searching-personal-journeys-of-bart-ehrman-james-berends-video/feed/ 12 https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-hopko-at-hope-college-feb-23-24/ https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-hopko-at-hope-college-feb-23-24/#respond Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:32:10 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=1027 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. Thomas Hopko, an advisor to AOI, will be speaking at an event titled “Encountering Eastern Orthodoxy: An Introduction to the Faith and Life of the Eastern Orthodox Christian Church” at Hope College in Holland, Mich. The two-day program (Feb. 23-24) “will examine the Orthodox Christian faith as a way of life.” The event is […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-hopko-at-hope-college-feb-23-24/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-hopko-a-spiritual-springtime-for-american-orthodoxy/ https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-hopko-a-spiritual-springtime-for-american-orthodoxy/#respond Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:24:48 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=255 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. Thomas Hopko, an advisor to AOI, delivered an address in late September for the 40th Anniversary of the Consecration of the Chapel at the Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration, a monastery for women in Ellwood City, Pa. Fr. Tom observes that while a “sprinkling” of Orthodox Christians in academic circles have been known to […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-hopko-a-spiritual-springtime-for-american-orthodoxy/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/clergy-laity-a-changing-of-mentality-and-attitude/ https://www.aoiusa.org/clergy-laity-a-changing-of-mentality-and-attitude/#comments Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:45:41 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=73 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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Just back from Washington where I attended the 39th Biennial Clergy-Laity Congress of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. This was my first Clergy-Laity and I am glad I went. His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America, in his keynote address, went beyond the theoretical to actual application when he developed the theme of the Congress: […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/clergy-laity-a-changing-of-mentality-and-attitude/feed/ 15