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Tag: sanctity of life

  • Archbishop Hilarion speaks out against euthanasia

    H/T: Byzantine, TX (mospat.ru) – On 7 November 2009, the Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk took part in “The Church and the World” TV Programme and answered questions on health care. He commented on the news of the Swiss authorities’ intention to tighten the legislation allowing…

  • Response to the Patriarchal Address

    While the Patriarchal address has much to commend it, the leveling of ideas it exhibits is troubling. The essay below was originally written as a comment, but I posting it here for comment and analysis. Frankly, the ideas in this speech are muddled. It sounds like it an American wrote it who has only a…

  • A Patriarch who ‘Generally Speaking, Respects Human Life’

    By John Couretas Reading Andrew Estocin’s fine essay, “Constantinople’s Moral Oversight,” I was reminded once again of the long running institutional silence — a scandal really — from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese on sanctity of life issues. But that attitude of indifference comes down from the top — the Phanar. Here is a direct quotation…

  • Thinking about the bulletin insert on the Green Patriarch’s visit…

    Pardon my skepticism but does anyone else find the effusive praise in the handout to Greek Orthodox parishioners last Sunday overbearing? The author tries so hard to convince us of Patriarch Bartholomew’s stratospheric virtues that the entire piece has an “Our Dear Leader” feel to it. It reads, I am sad to say, like propaganda.…

  • Orthodoxy and Obama’s conscience clause

    A friend sent me an email earlier today. Search Google, he said, with the terms conscience rule obama catholic bishops and conscience rule obama orthodox bishops and then compare the two. Not very impressive. (Actually, the AOI blog article on Abp. Demetrios’ awkward praise of Pres. Obama ranks first in Google, but that’s beside the…


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