Tag: Orthodox Church
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Fr. Hopko at Hope College, Feb. 23-24
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…
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Sts. Cyril and Methodius
In “Bulgaria Commemorates 1140 Years since Death of Saint Cyril,” the Sofia News Agency reminds us of the great work of Saints Cyril and Methodius. Saint Cyril died in Rome in 869. The two brothers had some early missions, but in 862, they were to enter upon the work which gives them their historical importance.…
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All-Orthodox Council on the way?
Interfax reports that planning for a council of Orthodox Churches is actively underway. “We expect that preparatory process for the great and holy All-Orthodox Council of the Eastern Church will be revived,” Inter-Orthodox Secretary of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations Archpriest Nikolay Balashov said on Friday. He reminded that preparations for the…
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Battle for the ‘Soul of Orthodoxy’ in the UK?
Writing for the Independent, a UK newspaper, Paul Vallely looks at a legal battle over control of an Orthodox cathedral. The power struggle, he writes, began with an influx of Russian immigrants to the United Kingdom and their clash with an assimilated, diverse Orthodox community. “Huge numbers arrived,” says one of the parishioners, Ruth Nares,…