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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/fr-alexander-webster-open-letter-to-the-ethics-committee-of-the-orthodox-church-of-america/ https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-alexander-webster-open-letter-to-the-ethics-committee-of-the-orthodox-church-of-america/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 04:22:00 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=10539 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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Archpriest Alexander Webster Ph.D. of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) recently filed an ethics complaint against Mark Stokoe, the editor of OCANews.org and member of the OCA Metropolitan Council, a governing body of the OCA. The complaint concerns the publication of private documents including stolen emails from former OCA priest Fr. Joseph Fester, the […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-alexander-webster-open-letter-to-the-ethics-committee-of-the-orthodox-church-of-america/feed/ 4 https://www.aoiusa.org/met-hilarion-confident-pan-orthodox-synod-will-resume-in-near-future/ https://www.aoiusa.org/met-hilarion-confident-pan-orthodox-synod-will-resume-in-near-future/#respond Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:19:04 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=9609 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: Russian Orthodox Church Department for External Church Relations Your Eminence! You have recently led a delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church at the meeting of the Inter-Orthodox Preparatory Commission held in Chambesy near Geneva. Which questions did you discuss? The Inter-Orthodox Preparatory Commission is a working body which prepares the Holy and Great Council […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/met-hilarion-confident-pan-orthodox-synod-will-resume-in-near-future/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-gregory-jenson-the-orthodox-church-and-civil-society/ https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-gregory-jenson-the-orthodox-church-and-civil-society/#comments Fri, 18 Mar 2011 21:42:32 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=9541 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: Koinonia Much like the Catholic Church, Mainline Protestant denominations and Evangelical Christians, the Orthodox Church is struggle to decide whether or not Christ has called us to take an active or a passive role in the world. By his example, Metropolitan Jonah has said we should be active–even proactive–while his critics, either out of […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/fr-gregory-jenson-the-orthodox-church-and-civil-society/feed/ 13 https://www.aoiusa.org/wapo-metropolitan-jonah-goes-to-washington/ https://www.aoiusa.org/wapo-metropolitan-jonah-goes-to-washington/#comments Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:11:32 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=9520 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: Washington Post | Julia Duin | Sunday, March 20, 11:13 AM They appeared at the edge of the crowd on the Mall, a group of men seemingly out of a distant century. Their heads were crowned with klobuks, the distinctive headgear of Orthodox clergy. Sporting black cassocks and untrimmed gray beards, with golden icons […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/wapo-metropolitan-jonah-goes-to-washington/feed/ 8 https://www.aoiusa.org/oca-summarizes-met-hilarions-visit/ https://www.aoiusa.org/oca-summarizes-met-hilarions-visit/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:55:02 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=7610 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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Note (from the release): “Metropolitan Hilarion affirmed the Russian Orthodox Church’s commitment to uphold its granting of autocephaly to the Orthodox Church in America in 1970,” said Father Alexander Garklavs after the meeting. My question: While I welcome the affirmation, does the Church that grants autocephaly actually have the power to rescind it? I wouldn’t […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/oca-summarizes-met-hilarions-visit/feed/ 4 https://www.aoiusa.org/from-the-oca-strategic-planning-committee/ https://www.aoiusa.org/from-the-oca-strategic-planning-committee/#respond Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:12:28 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=7296 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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Dear Fr. Johannes, On behalf of the OCA Strategic Planning Committee, thank you for posting our Draft Plan, and thanks also to those of your readers who have posted their thoughtful comments. When the Special Investigating Committee recommended that the OCA engage in this process, this is exactly the kind of openness and dialogue for […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/from-the-oca-strategic-planning-committee/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/how-the-self-governance-of-the-oca-has-benefitted-orthodox-christians-on-this-continent/ https://www.aoiusa.org/how-the-self-governance-of-the-oca-has-benefitted-orthodox-christians-on-this-continent/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 03:27:40 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=7084 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. Michael Oleska, dean of St. Innocent Orthodox Cathedral in Anchorage, Alaska, writes that self-governance of the church also has an important practical dimension: corrupt bishops can be removed through the combined action of priests and laity. Self-governance in other words provides an essential check and balance that is lacking in the monarchical model of […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/how-the-self-governance-of-the-oca-has-benefitted-orthodox-christians-on-this-continent/feed/ 6 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/metropolitan-jonah-on-orthodox-christian-unity/ https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-jonah-on-orthodox-christian-unity/#respond Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:01:31 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4410 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 Orthodox Church in America’s communications department has published a summary of Metropolitan Jonah’s remarks at Orthodox Christian Laity’s recently concluded Road to Unity conference. Highlights: Central to the fabric of a united Church, Metropolitan Jonah added, is the need to “be missionary in every aspect of its existence, reaching out to bring the Gospel […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/metropolitan-jonah-on-orthodox-christian-unity/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/alaskan-diocesan-assembly-passes-resolution-on-the-environment/ https://www.aoiusa.org/alaskan-diocesan-assembly-passes-resolution-on-the-environment/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:33:03 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4101 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: Orrologion ANCHORAGE, AK [Diocese of Alaska/ October 21, 2009] — The Orthodox Diocese of Alaska, meeting at its annual Assembly at Saomt Innocent Cathedral here, passed a unanimous resolution today, calling on state and federal agencies to deny permits to any “commercial or economic project” that threatens to damage or pollute the natural environment. […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/alaskan-diocesan-assembly-passes-resolution-on-the-environment/feed/ 7 https://www.aoiusa.org/patriarch-kirills-birthday-greetings-to-metropolitan-jonah/ https://www.aoiusa.org/patriarch-kirills-birthday-greetings-to-metropolitan-jonah/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:25:17 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4037 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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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia congratulates the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America on his 50th birthday. Source: Moscow Patriarchate. Your Beatitude, Beloved Brother and Concelebrant in the Lord: I wholeheartedly greet and congratulate you on the your 50th birthday. On this day, I lift up an ardent prayer to God for […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/patriarch-kirills-birthday-greetings-to-metropolitan-jonah/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/report-anglicans-and-oca-to-work-for-unity/ https://www.aoiusa.org/report-anglicans-and-oca-to-work-for-unity/#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2009 04:02:50 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3868 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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Update: (10/11) Ancient Faith Radio has the audio from, “In the Footsteps of Tikhon and Grafton – Anglican and Orthodox Identity, Ministry and Mission in the 21th Century,” the Anglican-Orthodox Conference featuring discussions and addresses by representatives of St. Vladimir’s Seminary and Nashotah House. Listen here. The History of Anglican/Orthodox Relations Fr. Stephen Platt moderated […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/report-anglicans-and-oca-to-work-for-unity/feed/ 31 https://www.aoiusa.org/oca-first-proclaim-the-gospel/ https://www.aoiusa.org/oca-first-proclaim-the-gospel/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:05:47 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3597 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 OCA News on Tuesday’s start of the fall sessions of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America and the OCA’s Metropolitan Council: In addressing the strategic plan, Metropolitan Council members entered into a long and passionate discussion about the mission and vision of the OCA. It was observed that in […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/oca-first-proclaim-the-gospel/feed/ 3