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https://www.aoiusa.org A Research and Educational Organization that engages the cultural issues of the day within the Orthodox Christian Tradition Tue, 17 May 2011 02:05:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/where-have-all-the-flowers-gone-or-where-lies-ceoyla/ https://www.aoiusa.org/where-have-all-the-flowers-gone-or-where-lies-ceoyla/#comments Tue, 17 May 2011 02:03:56 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=10001 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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The CEOYLA struggled for years to please the hierarchs and the clergy, to be understood, to be accepted, to be messengers of a unified Church in North America, but to no avail. They didn’t know what they were doing ‘wrong’ or what was considered ‘acceptable.’ The Church withdrew or let languish its support of the […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/where-have-all-the-flowers-gone-or-where-lies-ceoyla/feed/ 4 https://www.aoiusa.org/met-jonah-keynote-address-the-episcopal-assembly/ https://www.aoiusa.org/met-jonah-keynote-address-the-episcopal-assembly/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:48:39 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=7298 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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From Ancient Faith Radio Metropolitan Jonah addresses the assembly with his perspective on the Episcopal Assembly process currently underway in North America. Listen here:]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/met-jonah-keynote-address-the-episcopal-assembly/feed/ 25 https://www.aoiusa.org/transcript-of-bp-basil-interview-about-the-episcopal-assembly/ https://www.aoiusa.org/transcript-of-bp-basil-interview-about-the-episcopal-assembly/#respond Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:22:57 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=7079 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Matthew Namee talks with His Grace Bishop Basil, the newly elected Secretary of the Episcopal Assemblies. We learn of his impressions of the historic May 26-28 gathering in New York as well as the assignment he has been given to coordinate the work of the committees that will be formed leading up eventually to a […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/transcript-of-bp-basil-interview-about-the-episcopal-assembly/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/goa-deacon-responds-to-dn-eric-wheeler/ https://www.aoiusa.org/goa-deacon-responds-to-dn-eric-wheeler/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:41:46 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=7063 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Hierarchal Assembly – Dn. Panagiotis Hanley – Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Jersey | June 27, 2010 | HT: Orthodox Christian Laity (OCL) Protodeacon Eric Wheeler’s editorial was mind-boggling and quite surprising. His conclusions and arguments were all over the map and quite inaccurate. That old world mentality, which he spoke of, is what has […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/goa-deacon-responds-to-dn-eric-wheeler/feed/ 50 https://www.aoiusa.org/a-challenging-vision-for-orthodox-christians-in-america-an-interview-with-father-john-meyendorff/ https://www.aoiusa.org/a-challenging-vision-for-orthodox-christians-in-america-an-interview-with-father-john-meyendorff/#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:30:27 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=7017 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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HT: OCANews A Challenging Vision For Orthodox Christians in America: An Interview With Father John Meyendorff Translated (with Introduction) by Father Robert M. Arida, Boston MA Introduction In 1990 the late Father John Meyendorff, renowned church historian, patrologist and dean of St. Vladimir’s Seminary, was interviewed in Paris by Antoine Niviere. The interview was subsequently […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/a-challenging-vision-for-orthodox-christians-in-america-an-interview-with-father-john-meyendorff/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/greek-orthodoxy-the-ecumenical-patriarchate-and-the-church-in-the-usa/ https://www.aoiusa.org/greek-orthodoxy-the-ecumenical-patriarchate-and-the-church-in-the-usa/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 03:17:02 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6979 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Download pdf. Greek Orthodoxy, the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and the Church in the USA1 V. Rev. Archimandrite Elpidophoros Lambriniadis Chief Secretary of the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate Venerable Hierarchs, Rev. Dr. John Behr, Dean, Reverend Clergy, Brothers and Sisters, It is a particular privilege and pleasure to be among you today, in […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/greek-orthodoxy-the-ecumenical-patriarchate-and-the-church-in-the-usa/feed/ 61 https://www.aoiusa.org/the-%e2%80%9cmyth%e2%80%9d-of-unity-a-response-to-a-recent-address-given-at-st-vladimir%e2%80%99s-seminary/ https://www.aoiusa.org/the-%e2%80%9cmyth%e2%80%9d-of-unity-a-response-to-a-recent-address-given-at-st-vladimir%e2%80%99s-seminary/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 04:29:25 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6944 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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George Michalopulos, prolific contributor to the Orthodox blog, essayist, and keen critic of Orthodox culture and politics wrote an essay challenging some of the conclusions offered by Matthew Namee at the Symposium on Orthodox Unity held at St. Vladimir Seminary on June, 20, 2009. Read his abstract below. The full article can be found on […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/the-%e2%80%9cmyth%e2%80%9d-of-unity-a-response-to-a-recent-address-given-at-st-vladimir%e2%80%99s-seminary/feed/ 113 https://www.aoiusa.org/mattingly-the-orthodox-question-for-2010/ https://www.aoiusa.org/mattingly-the-orthodox-question-for-2010/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:26:40 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6907 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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By TERRY MATTINGLY – Scripps Howard News Service | tmatt.net The first Orthodox missionaries to reach Alaska traveled with the early Russian explorers and, in 1794, a party of monks established the Orthodox Christian Mission to America. […] “Before the 1920s, there was only one jurisdiction in North America — that of the Russian Orthodox […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/mattingly-the-orthodox-question-for-2010/feed/ 3 https://www.aoiusa.org/there-is-no-diaspora-metropolitan-phillip-says-questions-the-purpose-of-the-bishops-assembly/ https://www.aoiusa.org/there-is-no-diaspora-metropolitan-phillip-says-questions-the-purpose-of-the-bishops-assembly/#comments Sun, 23 May 2010 02:41:14 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6734 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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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 […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/there-is-no-diaspora-metropolitan-phillip-says-questions-the-purpose-of-the-bishops-assembly/feed/ 55 https://www.aoiusa.org/the-bishops-are-coming-to-new-york-as-complex-diaspora-question-looms/ https://www.aoiusa.org/the-bishops-are-coming-to-new-york-as-complex-diaspora-question-looms/#comments Sat, 22 May 2010 01:09:14 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6728 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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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 […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/the-bishops-are-coming-to-new-york-as-complex-diaspora-question-looms/feed/ 82 https://www.aoiusa.org/pentecost-2010-springtime-for-the-church-in-the-americas/ https://www.aoiusa.org/pentecost-2010-springtime-for-the-church-in-the-americas/#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 12:28:39 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6717 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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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 […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/pentecost-2010-springtime-for-the-church-in-the-americas/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/it-is-time-to-finish-what-began-at-ligonier/ https://www.aoiusa.org/it-is-time-to-finish-what-began-at-ligonier/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 00:21:54 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6701 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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By St. Andrew House, Center for Orthodox Christian Studies www.standrewhouse.com Board of Directors: Steve Lionas, Dean Calvert, Myke Jacobs, Warren David Visit the St. Andrew House “Orthodox Episcopal Assembly” on Facebook Sixteen years ago the bishops of the various jurisdictions of the Orthodox Churches in America met in Ligonier, Pennsylvania, to map out the road […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/it-is-time-to-finish-what-began-at-ligonier/feed/ 10 https://www.aoiusa.org/our-best-chance-yet-a-historical-reflection-on-administrative-unity/ https://www.aoiusa.org/our-best-chance-yet-a-historical-reflection-on-administrative-unity/#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 21:00:53 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6685 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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HT: Orthodox News By Matthew Namee We’ve tried this before. Over the past century or so, there have been no fewer than five attempts to bring the various ethnic Orthodox jurisdictions in America into some measure of administrative unity. Next week, from May 26-28, we embark upon a sixth effort — an effort which, compared to […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/our-best-chance-yet-a-historical-reflection-on-administrative-unity/feed/ 39 https://www.aoiusa.org/dont-call-us-well-call-you-the-pentecost-experience-of-evangelical-orthodox-christians-at-the-phanar/ https://www.aoiusa.org/dont-call-us-well-call-you-the-pentecost-experience-of-evangelical-orthodox-christians-at-the-phanar/#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 14:48:47 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6646 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Source: Orthodox News By: George Matsoukas June 11, 2006 As we celebrate Pentecost 2006, it is useful to remember Pentecost Sunday, June 2, 1985.  That is the date and feast day that the Ecumenical Patriarchate and its Holy and Sacred Synod of Bishops chose to refuse an audience with the party of 18 Evangelical Orthodox […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/dont-call-us-well-call-you-the-pentecost-experience-of-evangelical-orthodox-christians-at-the-phanar/feed/ 7 https://www.aoiusa.org/what%e2%80%99s-fate-of-orthodox-unity-and-diaspora/ https://www.aoiusa.org/what%e2%80%99s-fate-of-orthodox-unity-and-diaspora/#comments Sun, 09 May 2010 01:23:10 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6644 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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From: Orthodox Christian Laity By Peter Marudas Behold now, what is so good or so joyous as for brethren to dwell together in unity?  Psalm 132 In late May, a meeting of potentially enormous significance for the Orthodox Church in America will occur in New York City when all Orthodox Bishops in good standing in […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/what%e2%80%99s-fate-of-orthodox-unity-and-diaspora/feed/ 35