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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 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:14:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/remarks-of-patriarch-kirill-on-seminarians/ https://www.aoiusa.org/remarks-of-patriarch-kirill-on-seminarians/#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:14:03 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=9189 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: Preachers Institute and Mystagogy. This is a topic that the American Orthodox Church (all jurisdictions) needs to resolve. Below is a small portion from Patriarch Kirill’s report presented before an assembly of rectors of Russian Orthodox theological schools. We constantly speak about obedience in our theological schools. But does not this mask a desire […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/remarks-of-patriarch-kirill-on-seminarians/feed/ 43 https://www.aoiusa.org/ocas-moscow-representative-at-may-24-celebration-of-patriarch-kirills-namesday/ https://www.aoiusa.org/ocas-moscow-representative-at-may-24-celebration-of-patriarch-kirills-namesday/#comments Sat, 29 May 2010 16:24:06 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6867 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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Although it is history now, the Divine Liturgy held in Moscow on May 24 f by Pat. Kirill and Pat. Bartholomew included a representative of the OCA as a co-celebrant. This is clearly an affirmation of the canonical legitimacy of the OCA and Abp. Demetrios was entirely correct in inviting the OCA to the Episcopal […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/ocas-moscow-representative-at-may-24-celebration-of-patriarch-kirills-namesday/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/norm-of-faith-as-norm-of-life/ https://www.aoiusa.org/norm-of-faith-as-norm-of-life/#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 20:41:47 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6760 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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This essay is outstanding. It represents the quality of thought that should be coming from all Orthodox Churches; the words that speak to the foundational questions of culture as I wrote yesterday. Frankly, the Orthodox in America are capable of contributions of this depth and importance. I have my doubts however, that Constantinople will ever […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/norm-of-faith-as-norm-of-life/feed/ 8 https://www.aoiusa.org/patriarch-kirill-pope-benedict-a-tale-of-two-leaders-for-a-new-missionary-age/ https://www.aoiusa.org/patriarch-kirill-pope-benedict-a-tale-of-two-leaders-for-a-new-missionary-age/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:36:00 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5843 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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I’ve been asked to become an Orthodox columnist on Catholic.org and accepted. Below is my first essay. Regular readers will notice ideas we discussed on the AOI Observer. +++++++++++++++++ Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) NAPLES, FL. (Catholic Online) – Over four decades ago Pope John Paul II said that the restoration of the Russian Orthodox Church was […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/patriarch-kirill-pope-benedict-a-tale-of-two-leaders-for-a-new-missionary-age/feed/ 33 https://www.aoiusa.org/the-tireless-preacher/ https://www.aoiusa.org/the-tireless-preacher/#respond Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:00:00 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5793 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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RussiaProfile.org The Patriarch’s First Year in Office Has Laid The Ground Work For Further Reform Prior to Kirill's enthronement in winter of 2009, many church members were wary of his pro-Western sympathies, reformer’s zeal and forceful character that, the fear was, could have led to a schism in the Russian Church. Now that the first […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/the-tireless-preacher/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/battle-looming-over-icons-and-prayers-in-greek-schools/ https://www.aoiusa.org/battle-looming-over-icons-and-prayers-in-greek-schools/#respond Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:33:25 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5246 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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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MbEL-C7ypU[/youtube] The head of the Greek Orthodox Church has warned the country’s new socialist government that it faces a major battle over removing religious symbols from schools. The European Court in Strasbourg has ordered Italy to take down crucifixes from its classrooms, and Greece’s Justice Minister has acknowledged that it may have to follow suit. […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/battle-looming-over-icons-and-prayers-in-greek-schools/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/moscow-thanks-pope-for-not-pressing-on-meeting/ https://www.aoiusa.org/moscow-thanks-pope-for-not-pressing-on-meeting/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:20:58 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5137 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 Interfax (2009-12-16): Moscow — The Moscow Patriarchate is grateful to Pope Benedict XVI for understanding problems between the two Churches and not pressing on with visiting Russia and meeting with the Patriarch. “Pope Benedict XVI perfectly understands the existing difficulties and therefore is not pressing on his meeting with the Patriarch, not to mention […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/moscow-thanks-pope-for-not-pressing-on-meeting/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/patriarch-kirill-calls-for-powerful-reply-to-train-bomb/ https://www.aoiusa.org/patriarch-kirill-calls-for-powerful-reply-to-train-bomb/#respond Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:55:09 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4895 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 Reuters: A blast derailed a high-speed Russian train Friday night on the main line between Moscow and Russia’s second city, St Petersburg, raising fears of a new wave of attacks five years after a bombing campaign in Moscow by Chechen rebels. “We believe the reply will be effective and powerful enough to show these […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/patriarch-kirill-calls-for-powerful-reply-to-train-bomb/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/a-controversial-priest/ https://www.aoiusa.org/a-controversial-priest/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:26:24 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4799 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 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 […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/a-controversial-priest/feed/ 6 https://www.aoiusa.org/the-question-of-european-identity/ https://www.aoiusa.org/the-question-of-european-identity/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:17:25 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4689 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 Pat. Kirill’s message to the Conference on the Identity of Values for Europe held on November 19-10, 2009, in Venice. The further existence and fruitful development of the European project depends on a clear answer to the question of the European identity. It is necessary to understand what exactly constitutes the backbone and uniting […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/the-question-of-european-identity/feed/ 5 https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-hilarion-on-orthodox-catholic-relations/ https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-hilarion-on-orthodox-catholic-relations/#respond Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:09:28 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4588 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 Moscow Patriarchate, Nov. 12, 2009: During his meeting with foreign media people on 11 November 2009, Archbishop Hilarion spoke on burning issues of inter-Christian relations. He said in particular that considerable improvements took shape in relations with the Roman Catholic Church in recent years. ‘There is a regular mechanism of mutual consultations and […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/archbishop-hilarion-on-orthodox-catholic-relations/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/patriarch-kirill-to-u-s-in-2010/ https://www.aoiusa.org/patriarch-kirill-to-u-s-in-2010/#respond Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:33:03 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4213 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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Alex at ROCOR United, citing two sources, says Patriarch Kirill may be paying a visit to the United States: Our sources in Russia have told us that Patriarch Kirill will be coming for an official visit to the USA in early 2010. The same news is also coming from other bloggers including Voices of Russia. […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/patriarch-kirill-to-u-s-in-2010/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/patriarch-kirills-birthday-greetings-to-metropolitan-jonah/ https://www.aoiusa.org/patriarch-kirills-birthday-greetings-to-metropolitan-jonah/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:25:17 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4037 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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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia congratulates the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America on his 50th birthday. Source: Moscow Patriarchate. Your Beatitude, Beloved Brother and Concelebrant in the Lord: I wholeheartedly greet and congratulate you on the your 50th birthday. On this day, I lift up an ardent prayer to God for […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/patriarch-kirills-birthday-greetings-to-metropolitan-jonah/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/moscow-no-meeting-with-pope-in-the-works/ https://www.aoiusa.org/moscow-no-meeting-with-pope-in-the-works/#respond Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:54:02 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3803 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 Interfax (Oct. 7): Head of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk has denied reports that Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia might visit the Vatican in the near future. “No preparations are being made for the Patriarch’s trip to the Vatican and his meeting with the Pope […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/moscow-no-meeting-with-pope-in-the-works/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/patriarch-kirill-happy-birthday-to-putin/ https://www.aoiusa.org/patriarch-kirill-happy-birthday-to-putin/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:15:41 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3783 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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Highlights from Reuters: The “Nezavisimaya Gazeta” daily published an “Ode to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin” written in a style typical of poems devoted to former Soviet dictator Josef Stalin. “The country is again at a crossroads wondering whether it might perish or not,” the ditty reads. “We congratulate you comrade Putin and ask God to give […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/patriarch-kirill-happy-birthday-to-putin/feed/ 3