Tag: Orthodox Church
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Metropolitan Philip addresses Episcopal Assemby
Antiochian Archdiocese Highlights: Who can dissolve SCOBA except SCOBA itself?…I believe that some of our churches in the Old World are in “Diaspora.”…(N)o Primate of any jurisdiction should be excluded from the Executive Committee…The Mother Churches must realize that Orthodoxy in America is the best gift to the world…If we do not bury the burdens…
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Norm of faith as norm of life
This essay is outstanding. It represents the quality of thought that should be coming from all Orthodox Churches; the words that speak to the foundational questions of culture as I wrote yesterday. Frankly, the Orthodox in America are capable of contributions of this depth and importance. I have my doubts however, that Constantinople will ever…
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There is No Diaspora, Metropolitan Philip Says, Questions the Purpose of the Bishops Assembly
The warrior is back! Met. Philip cuts to the heart of some of the nonsense around the Episcopal Assembly. Some highlights: There is no Diaspora here. We decided in 1994 with the late Archbishop Iakovos. We rejected the term Diaspora for North America. I am going to propose the rejection of this term Diaspora The…
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The Bishops Are Coming To New York, As Complex Diaspora Question Looms
Read closely. What are the greatest fears? The autocephaly of the OCA (wild card) and the Ligonier Council (precedent). The times are changing folks. The lumbering bureaucratic structures that have sublimated the nascent creativity and energy of American Orthodoxy under the weight Old World self-interest might be loosing their grip. There is more anxiety here…
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Pentecost 2010 Springtime for the Church in the Americas!
By George Matsoukas, Executive Director of Orthodox Christian Laity Behold how good and pleasant it is when brethren dwell together in unity — Psalm 133:1 During the week following Pentecost, May 26-27, 2010 sixty five Orthodox Christian bishops, who have their sees in North and Central America, have been invited to gather at the Helmsley…