Tag: Orthodox Church
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ACNA’09: Metropolitan Jonah calls Anglicans to return to Apostolic Faith
By Michael Heidt | Special to Virtueonline | www.virtueonline.org | 6/24/2009 Ed. Note: Finally, a hierach not afraid of speaking moral truth. Highlights: “Homosexualism not only “destroys authentic masculinity, it destroys authentic womanhood.” “Gay ideology is neither from nurture or nature… we cannot accept their lifestyle or validate their unions.” “We must eliminate any shred…
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Orthodox Church Leader Rekindles Relationship with Anglicans
Ed. Press release taken from the ACNA Anglican website. I heard from two people that the speech was excellent and will repost it here in video or text if it becomes available. I am not sure if the ACNA represents the orthodox/traditionalist wing of the Anglican Church. The leader of the Orthodox Church in North…
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Freedom and the Church’s American Exile
Both on the AOI blog and my own my post, “Pentecost, Lincoln and the American Experiment,” brought some very interesting and thought provoking comments. Your thoughts have helped me think a bit more deeply about the relationship between the Tradition of the Orthodox Church and the American Experiment. For this I thank you all. And…
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Met. Jonah addresses the future of Orthodoxy in America
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…
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The Perplexing Problem of Obtaining an Accurate Census of Orthodox Faithful Living in America
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…