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OCL Prayer for Episcopal Assembly

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February 26, 2010

To the Servants of God who attend the Orthodox Christian Church in the Americas.

Prayer for the Episcopal Assembly

At its February meeting, the Board members of Orthodox Christian Laity unanimously concurred that the most effective support Orthodox Christians in North and Central America – Hierarchs, Clergy and Laity, can provide to the more than 60 bishops who shepherd this land mass, as they move forward to develop a plan for manifesting the unity of the Orthodox Christian Church of the Americas, is to fervently pray every day for the successful convening and conclusion of the first Episcopal Assembly. This Assembly will take place in the week following the feast of Pentecost. Therefore, during this period of the Great and Holy Fast and the season of the Resurrection and Pentecost which follows, let us pray:
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Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick: Home, Community, Church

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From the podcast: “We are called to be pilgrims in this world. But if you have ever gone on a pilgrimage, you know the experience is dominated by place — whether it’s the destination, or the journey to it. One cannot be a pilgrim and be nowhere. The pilgrim is where he is. He is changed by the place where he is, and his presence changes it. ”

Good stuff and worth a listen. Visit Fr. Andrew’s blog Roads from Emmaus.

Listen here:

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Three articles on the economic meltdown in Greece

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One article is even from the Huffington Post, which (almost) invariably confuses moral posturing with clear thinking.

Send money to Greece? Have you lost your marbles? Sidney Morning Herald

Cleaning up Greece’s Augean Stable Huffington Post. Note the fourth to last paragraph about potential cooperation between Russia and Greece.

Man who broke the Bank of England, George Soros, ‘at centre of hedge funds plot to cash in on fall of the euro’ London Daily Mail.

BTW, did you know more Americans read the online versions of English newspapers than the English?

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FOCUS North America Partners with Troy and Theodora Polamalu to Tackle Poverty

Met. Jonah to lead Lenten retreat

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His Beatitude Metropolitan Jonah will be conducting a two day lenten retreat in the Baltimore-Washington area on the topic:

Three Foundations of Orthodox Spirituality – Reaction, Resentment, and Inner Stillness

Metropolitan Jonah

The retreat is centrally located in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area at the Orthodox Church of St. Matthew in Columbia, Maryland. The retreat begins Friday evening, March 12th ,with Vespers at 7pm, a lenten dinner, and discussion. Day two begins Saturday morning, March 13th, with Liturgy, a lenten brunch, and discussion. The cost is $30 per person for both days or $20 for one day if registered before March 5th. Prices increase by $5 after March 5th.

Call or write Melissa Edens at (443) 919-7091or tillie2@ix.netcom.com to reserve a space today.

The Orthodox Church of St. Matthew is located at 7271 Eden Brook Drive, Columbia, MD 21046 www.stmatthewoca.org

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