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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 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:23:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/%e2%80%98erdogan-saved-future-of-greek-orthodox-patriarchate/ https://www.aoiusa.org/%e2%80%98erdogan-saved-future-of-greek-orthodox-patriarchate/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:23:03 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=9727 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: Today’s Zaman The spokesperson of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, Father Dositheos Anağnostopulos, has said Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan saved the future of the patriarchate by offering Turkish citizenship to a number of archbishops in 2009. In an interview with the Star daily, Anağnos-topulos said there were 12 archbishops on the patriarchate’s Spiritual […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/%e2%80%98erdogan-saved-future-of-greek-orthodox-patriarchate/feed/ 26 https://www.aoiusa.org/moscow-1-constantinople-0/ https://www.aoiusa.org/moscow-1-constantinople-0/#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 16:10:58 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6895 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 is the Church in which Constantinople interfered, to the consternation of the Russian Orthodox Church. Looks like a retreat. HT: International Orthodox Christian News Patriarch Bartholomew urged Ukrainian dissenters to join the Orthodox Church Strelna, May 31, Interfax – Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople urged Ukrainian dissenters to repent and join the canonic Orthodox Church. […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/moscow-1-constantinople-0/feed/ 76 https://www.aoiusa.org/russia-brings-music-to-constantinople-on-the-three-romes-tour/ https://www.aoiusa.org/russia-brings-music-to-constantinople-on-the-three-romes-tour/#comments Sun, 28 Mar 2010 02:39:32 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6182 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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They also performed at Agia Irene (St. Irene) Church Museum. (From the Russian National Orchestra website.) ++++++++++ Orthodox and Catholic churches unite with music TV-Novosti Russian spiritual music was ringing out in Istanbul last night as part of a major international project aimed at uniting the main centers of Christian culture. The project is the […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/russia-brings-music-to-constantinople-on-the-three-romes-tour/feed/ 5 https://www.aoiusa.org/orphangate-reopened/ https://www.aoiusa.org/orphangate-reopened/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:17:52 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5808 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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H/T: Orthodox Beacon The Orthodox Beacon quotes the National Herald: BOSTON  — The Executive Committee of the Archdiocesan Council of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, in a letter to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew dated January 15, demanded that the Patriarch reprimand Metropolitan Theoleptos of Iconium for his letter castigating Archbishop Demetrios for his refusal to help […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/orphangate-reopened/feed/ 18 https://www.aoiusa.org/green-patriarchs-priorities-in-washington/ https://www.aoiusa.org/green-patriarchs-priorities-in-washington/#respond Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:24:48 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4462 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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Fox News contributing editor Mike Emanuel catches up with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew after his Nov. 3 meeting with President Obama: … I asked His All Holiness about his priorities during his time here in Washington, and he said meeting with the highest representatives of the Obama administration is part of that — noting that he […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/green-patriarchs-priorities-in-washington/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/remarks-by-ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-and-secretary-of-state-clinton/ https://www.aoiusa.org/remarks-by-ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-and-secretary-of-state-clinton/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:53:59 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4434 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=MHpfiMGtDBI[/youtube] Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew tells the Secretary of State that she holds within her “extensive world-view a remarkable comprehension of global political, economic and religious circumstances. In addition to understanding what is power and might, you know as well what is holy and right.” —- Address of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during the Dinner […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/remarks-by-ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-and-secretary-of-state-clinton/feed/ 11 https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-orthodox-dialogue-off-to-rocky-start-on-cyprus/ https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-orthodox-dialogue-off-to-rocky-start-on-cyprus/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:12:27 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4001 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 Sunday Mail (Cyprus): Members of Orthodox Christian unions along with clerics and monks yesterday disrupted a Paphos conference between Orthodox and Catholic Christians. The unions, monks from Stavrovouni monastery and Larnaca clerics were protesting against the conference and demanding that Archbichop Chrysostomos II cancel it. It was day one of the conference of […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/catholic-orthodox-dialogue-off-to-rocky-start-on-cyprus/feed/ 27 https://www.aoiusa.org/brotherly-prayerful-relations-for-rocor-oca/ https://www.aoiusa.org/brotherly-prayerful-relations-for-rocor-oca/#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:08:12 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3441 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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An interview with Metropolitan Hilarion (Kapral) of Eastern America and New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, was published on the ROCOR Web site. The metropolitan was interviewed by Alexander Bondarev, editor of the magazine Tribuna russkoj mysli [Tribune of Russian Thought], and by Anataly Stepanov, editor of the information […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/brotherly-prayerful-relations-for-rocor-oca/feed/ 13 https://www.aoiusa.org/ukrainian-orthodoxy-very-politicized/ https://www.aoiusa.org/ukrainian-orthodoxy-very-politicized/#respond Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:04:56 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2887 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 Religious Information Service of the Ukraine: MOSCOW—Representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) expressed confidence that foreign structures will not interfere with church problems in Ukraine. In particular, they mean the Constantinople Patriarchate, which, according to the ROC representatives, the Ukrainian authorities hoped to engage in the establishment of a national church separate […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/ukrainian-orthodoxy-very-politicized/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/bartholomew-kirill-hold-patriarchal-summit-in-istanbul/ https://www.aoiusa.org/bartholomew-kirill-hold-patriarchal-summit-in-istanbul/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:52:50 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2790 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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A quick roundup: Andrei Zolotov, Jr., Chief Editor of Russia Profile and Deputy Director of the RIA Novosti Foreign Service, says that the recent Chambesy conference organized to discuss the “diaspora” resulted in Constantinople making concessions to Moscow. A report in the Kyiv Post says the patriarchs are putting on “a united front” despite the […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/bartholomew-kirill-hold-patriarchal-summit-in-istanbul/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/the-greek-ecclesiastical-settlement/ https://www.aoiusa.org/the-greek-ecclesiastical-settlement/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:04:26 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2712 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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A really interesting passage from “The legacy of the French Revolution: Orthodoxy and nationalism,” an essay by Paschalis Kitromilides, which explains, among other things, the historical process by which the Church of Greece was granted autocephaly. While the Enlightenment confronted the church with a secular universalist ideology, which, questions of doctrine aside, could in some […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/the-greek-ecclesiastical-settlement/feed/ 3 https://www.aoiusa.org/moscow-patriarchate-reports-on-chambesy-meeting/ https://www.aoiusa.org/moscow-patriarchate-reports-on-chambesy-meeting/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:27:08 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2701 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 Patriarchate has released a statement, in English, on the work of the all-Orthodox pre-conciliar meeting in Chambesy, Switzerland, earlier this month. The patriarchate explains how “episcopal assemblies” are to be constituted. Text follows: The 4th Pan-Orthodox Pre-Council Conference, which took place at the Patriarchate of Constantinople’s Orthodox Center in Chambesy near Geneva, completed […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/moscow-patriarchate-reports-on-chambesy-meeting/feed/ 3 https://www.aoiusa.org/benedict-to-bartholomew-called-to-one-hope/ https://www.aoiusa.org/benedict-to-bartholomew-called-to-one-hope/#respond Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:57:21 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2670 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 Zenit news agency published the translation of Pope Benedict XVI’s address to the delegation the Ecumenical Patriarchate sent to the Vatican for the celebration of “the solemnity” of Sts. Peter and Paul and the conclusion of the Pauline Year. The patriarchate’s delegation was led by Metropolitan Emmanuel of France, director of the Office of […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/benedict-to-bartholomew-called-to-one-hope/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/on-a-summoning-of-the-great-council/ https://www.aoiusa.org/on-a-summoning-of-the-great-council/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 16:53:53 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2361 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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In response to the “First Pre-Conciliar Conference” held in Chambesy, Switzerland (near Geneva) in November 1976, Archimandrite Dr. Justin Popovic composed “On A Summoning of the Great Council of the Orthodox Church.” In this, Fr. Popovic (1894-1979), spiritual father of the monastery of Celie Valjevo (Serbia), expressed his “grievous considerations for the future council.” The […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/on-a-summoning-of-the-great-council/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/all-orthodox-pre-conciliar-consultation-set-for-chambesy-in-june/ https://www.aoiusa.org/all-orthodox-pre-conciliar-consultation-set-for-chambesy-in-june/#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 17:44:49 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2355 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: Moscow, May 26 – The 4th all-Orthodox pre-conciliar consultation is to be held in the Constantinople Patriarchate Orthodox center in Chambésy on June 6-13, 2009. “Participants will touch upon the topic of organizing Orthodox diaspora (Orthodox believers living out of borders of any local Orthodox church),” Acting Secretary of the Moscow Patriarchate Department […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/all-orthodox-pre-conciliar-consultation-set-for-chambesy-in-june/feed/ 60