Tag: Orthodox Church
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Mattingly: A Catholic dad’s fight against abuse
Picking up on the theme introduced with the Fr. Michael Oleska piece below (How the self governance of the OCA has benefited Orthodox Christians on this continent), Terry Mattingly writes how it took an outraged and persistent father (dad, not Rev.) to force the Catholic bishops out of self-preserving denial and finally confront — to…
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Orthodox priests helped protect hundreds of people in Kyrgyzstan – Patriarch Kirill
I don’t know what the “serious situation” is. If anyone knows, could you post a link? HT: OBL News Gorki, July 1, Interfax – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia told Russian President Dmitry Medvedev about work of Orthodox parishes in Kyrgyzstan to support the country’s population in the serious situation developed there. “Orthodox…
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How the self governance of the OCA has benefitted Orthodox Christians on this continent
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…
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Greek faithful return to pray in ancient Turkish homeland
Reuters About 1,000 Greek Orthodox gathered in central Turkey this weekend for a pair of emotional liturgies led by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew as the Greek faithful seek to reclaim a cultural and religious link to their ancient homeland. Elderly women wept as black-clad nuns and monks recited mournful chants on Sunday in the 19th-century St…