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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 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:24:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/met-kirill-named-patriarch-of-russian-orthodox-church/ https://www.aoiusa.org/met-kirill-named-patriarch-of-russian-orthodox-church/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:24:58 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=917 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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Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad has been elected head of the Russian Orthodox Church. He will become the 16th Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. The International Herald Tribune described him as “an articulate critic of declining moral values in the modern world who has been actively involved in the ecumenical movement and [has] […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/met-kirill-named-patriarch-of-russian-orthodox-church/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/theophany-of-our-lord/ https://www.aoiusa.org/theophany-of-our-lord/#respond Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:35:16 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=785 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 the OCA site: Troparion – Tone 1 When You, O Lord were baptized in the Jordan The worship of the Trinity was made manifest For the voice of the Father bore witness to You And called You His beloved Son. And the Spirit, in the form of a dove, Confirmed the truthfulness of His […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/theophany-of-our-lord/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/alexy-ii-a-transitional-patriarch/ https://www.aoiusa.org/alexy-ii-a-transitional-patriarch/#respond Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:05:42 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=652 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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Vladimir Berezansky, Jr., a U.S. lawyer with experience in Russia and former Soviet republics, recalls an interview with Patriarch Alexy II in 1991. Like many Russians at the time, the Patriarch was coping with a “disorienting change” following the fall of the Soviet Empire, Berezansky writes. At the time, he seemed overcome by the changes […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/alexy-ii-a-transitional-patriarch/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/the-church-and-the-terror-state/ https://www.aoiusa.org/the-church-and-the-terror-state/#respond Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:48:30 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=635 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 Moscow Times reports on the funeral of Russian Patriarch Alexy II: Candles flickered and white-robed elders chanted prayers as the country bade farewell Tuesday to Patriarch Alexy II, who guided the country’s dominant Russian Orthodox Church through its remarkable recovery after decades of Communist-era repression. Nuns, believers and government officials looked on as prayers […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/the-church-and-the-terror-state/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/russia-prays-for-its-patriarch/ https://www.aoiusa.org/russia-prays-for-its-patriarch/#respond Sun, 07 Dec 2008 12:54:16 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=616 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 death of Russian Patriarch Aleksy II, the man who guided the world’s largest Orthodox Church during Soviet repression and then into a period of recovery and growth, will occasion a time of deep reflection and prayer for Orthodox Christians the world over. The Zenit News Service has published this touching account of the Patriarch’s […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/russia-prays-for-its-patriarch/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/message-of-the-primates-of-the-orthodox-churches/ https://www.aoiusa.org/message-of-the-primates-of-the-orthodox-churches/#respond Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:30:04 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=215 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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Leaders of the world’s Orthodox churches released a joint statement that touched on far ranging issues of interest to the Church, including the global economic crisis, the environment and the prospects for further pan-Orthodox consultations and a Holy and Great Council. The primates were gathered for the Oct. 10-12 Synaxis of the Heads of the […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/message-of-the-primates-of-the-orthodox-churches/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-christian-patriarchs-celebrate-baptism-of-russia/ https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-christian-patriarchs-celebrate-baptism-of-russia/#respond Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:15:47 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=77 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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Orthodox Churches have long been involved in ecumenical projects, such as the World Council of Churches, and affirm the Lord’s mandate “that they all may be one” (John 17:21). Yet, I can’t help thinking at times that the Orthodox Churches might work a little harder at unity in their own house. For that reason, it […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-christian-patriarchs-celebrate-baptism-of-russia/feed/ 0