Tag: Orthodox Church
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A ‘Controversial’ Priest
The Russian Orthodox priest gunned down in his church last week was buried yesterday in Moscow. There has been an intense amount of media coverage of this crime and most of the speculation, by the media and police authorities, centers on a suspected Islamist killer in light of Fr. Daniel Sysoyev’s outspoken and aggressive campaign…
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Letters to Metropolitan Gerasimos and Rep. Dina Titus
From the Solomon Hezekiah blog: His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco 245 Valencia Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Your Eminence As an American member of the Greek Orthodox Church currently living abroad, I was appalled when I learned that a member of your diocese serving in the United State House of…
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A pious Patriarch
Slobodan Georgijev takes the measure of the man: … Pavle was a man with an untainted biography, devoted to the work of the church. As Patriarch, he would travel to work on public transport shunning the luxury trappings and expensive cars that formerly came with the office. “If they drive around in such expensive cars…
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Bishop Basil encourages support of the Manhattan Declaration
Dear to Christ: We invite you to join with other Christians across the nation who support the sanctity of life, traditional marriage and religious liberty by endorsing the Manhattan Declaration. Throughout the centuries, God has graciously provided His people with teachers and prophetic voices who apply His word to the critical issues of the day…