Tag: Orthodox Church
-
Rod Dreher: What’s So Appealing About Orthodoxy?
Source: Washington Post I came to Orthodoxy in 2006, a broken man. I had been a devoutly observant and convinced Roman Catholic for years, but had my faith shattered in large part by what I had learned as a reporter covering the sex abuse scandal. It had been my assumption that my theological convictions would…
-
Egypt’s Copts Suffer More Attacks
The Corner | Nina Shea Copts in Egypt are begging for Egyptian Armed Forces protection today after a Muslim mob of several thousand attacked their church in the village of Soul, about 30 kilometers from Cairo, last night. The Church of St. Mina and St. George was torched, and its clergy are unaccounted for. The…
-
![Pan-Orthodox Synod Postponed Over Differences Between Churches [CLOSED]](https://www.aoiusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/asia-news-150x1501.png)
Pan-Orthodox Synod Postponed Over Differences Between Churches [CLOSED]
Below is a total breakdown of the Chambesy meeting. The reporter’s sources are usually in the Phanar, which explains this paragraph: This disagreement, therefore, has revealed that two camps have formed in the Orthodox world. That of Constantinople, which draws within its sphere the patriarchates of Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, Sofia, Belgrade, Churches of Greek language…
-
Dean and Chancellor of St. Vladimir’s Seminary Appointed to Second Term
[SVOTS Communications / Yonkers, NY] On Monday, February 28, 2011, at an academic convocation on the campus of St. Vladimir’s Seminary, Anne Glynn Mackoul, Executive Chair of the seminary’s Board of Trustees, announced a decision by the Board to reappoint the seminary Dean, Archpriest John Behr, and Chancellor, Archpriest Chad Hatfield, to their positions for…
-
Inter-Orthodox Preparatory Commission Completes its Work
It looks like the discussion centers around Cyprus (Constantinople objects?) and Georgia (Moscow objects?). Since the rules state the decisions need to be unanimous, these might be sticking points for a while. I doubt the American situation got much play at all. Source: Department for External Church Relations of the Russian Orthodox Church On 26…