Tag: Orthodox Church
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Russian Orthodox leader says church will not interfere in politics
Ecumenical News International / 30 April 2010 By Jonathan Luxmoore Warsaw, 30 April (ENI)–A leader in the Russian Orthodox Church has insisted his church has no wish to be an official State denomination and will never side with any single political force. “The threat that the church will be used by government doesn’t exist today,”…
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Archbishop Demetrios Visits Ecumenical Patriarchate and Athens
From the GOA Press Office. Note the last paragraph: Upon his arrival in New York yesterday, Archbishop Demetrios was informed about some false reports in the Media referring to information of a supposed resignation. His Eminence stated categorically that the reports were baseless and patently false. The Archbishop further added that there is no discussion…
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How Are We to Respond to Clergy Sexual Misconduct?
How should the Orthodox Church respond to the growing awareness of the harm caused by clergy sexual misconduct? I’m not asking here about policing misconduct but rather how are we to understand misconduct and what, if anything, can we do to lower its likelihood? In what follows, in this post I sketch out a brief…
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Orthodox Churches Episcopal Assembly in L.A.
Source: Iglesia Catholica Apostilica Orthodoxa De Antioquia Use Google translator above. Asamblea Episcopal de Iglesias Ortodoxas en L.A. Los días del 16 al 18 de abril marcarán la historia de la Iglesia Ortodoxa en Sudamérica, por la realización de la “Primera Asamblea Episcopal de las Iglesias Ortodoxas en Sudamérica” en la sede del Arzobispado Antioqueno…