Tag: Orthodox Church
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Met. Jonah: Message for Sanctity of Life Sunday
January 23, 2011, Sanctity of Life Sunday The Orthodox Church is like St John the Baptist crying out in the wilderness, or Jesus baptizing by the Jordan. We, like them, preach a message of repentance and the remission of sins in the new desert, the decadent culture of the modern West, mired in the chaos…
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A Greek Orthodox Response to Rabbi David Rosen
This article rebuts Jewish charges of anti-Semitism in the the Greek Orthodox Church after Greek Bishop blamed Jews for Greece’s financial collapse in public comments last month. I wish it went to an editor first (the story of Archbishop Damaskinos should have led the piece) but overall all it’s a serviceable editorial. Source: Greek America…
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![Met. Jonah addresses inter-Christian assembly in Tulsa, Oklahoma (Nov. 2010) [VIDEO]](https://www.aoiusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/met-jonah-2.png)
Met. Jonah addresses inter-Christian assembly in Tulsa, Oklahoma (Nov. 2010) [VIDEO]
On November 5, 2010, His Beatitude Metropolitan Jonah traveled to Grace Lutheran Church, in Tulsa Oklahoma, where he had been invited to speak on Orthodox Christian Spirituality. His talk, entitled “Do Not React, Do Not Resent, Keep Inner Stillness.” From the Holy Apostles Orthodox Church website: We were blessed to receive an archpastoral visit from…
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![Interview with Frederica Mathewes-Green and Fr. Hans Jacobse [AUDIO]](https://www.aoiusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/frederica-here-and-now.png)
Interview with Frederica Mathewes-Green and Fr. Hans Jacobse [AUDIO]
After the debate in Maryland, Frederica and Fr. Gregory Mathewes-Green invited me to their home for breakfast on the way to the airport. It was the first time I met them. Frederica is a very gracious woman. She made a beautiful breakfast (homemade pancakes, I love pancakes, these were great), we had some great conversation,…
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Why A Chinese Buddhist Became an Orthodox Athonite Monk
HT: Msytagogy By Fr. Libyos On my last trip to Mount Athos I visited the Monastery of Simonopetra. It is a majestic monastery and the sky was fully blue. There I met a graceful novice monk from China. In truth, he surprised me by his presence. An Orthodox rason on a Chinese man? I was…