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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, 22 Oct 2009 16:36:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/the-ecupatriarch-on-twitter/ https://www.aoiusa.org/the-ecupatriarch-on-twitter/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:36:16 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4047 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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Yes, the Ecupatriarch (ugh). The rebranding continues. Follow his tweets here. Live feed to the conference here. Here are a couple paragraphs from the patriarch’s opening address yesterday. This is the sort of thing you get from a mediocre political speech: lots of significant-sounding phraseology, appeals to our higher nature, even our spiritual longings, but […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/the-ecupatriarch-on-twitter/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/the-green-patriarch-has-landed/ https://www.aoiusa.org/the-green-patriarch-has-landed/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:34:25 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=4024 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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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew arrives at New Orleans’ Louis Armstrong Airport on October 20, 2009. He’s here for the RSE Symposium on the Mississippi. (HT on the video to Byzantine, TX) [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ6D80H-HTU[/youtube]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/the-green-patriarch-has-landed/feed/ 40 https://www.aoiusa.org/green-patriach-continues-his-witness-to-the-unity-of-orthodox-christians/ https://www.aoiusa.org/green-patriach-continues-his-witness-to-the-unity-of-orthodox-christians/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:22:20 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3883 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 bulletin insert provide by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese for the Green Patriarch’s visit to the United State later this month: His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew ascended to the Apostolic and First Throne of the Orthodox Christian World on November 2, 1991. Since becoming the Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/green-patriach-continues-his-witness-to-the-unity-of-orthodox-christians/feed/ 7 https://www.aoiusa.org/table-for-one/ https://www.aoiusa.org/table-for-one/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:02:05 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3822 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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Over at Ad Orientem, John wonders about the Green Patriarch’s pending trip (HT: George M.) By my count H.A.H.’s itinerary includes… 6 liturgical functions + 1 prayer service at the UN 8 functions at which he will be honored or given some form of award 3 excursions that appear to be mainly sight seeing 2 […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/table-for-one/feed/ 36 https://www.aoiusa.org/green-patriarch-on-youtube/ https://www.aoiusa.org/green-patriarch-on-youtube/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:03:52 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3774 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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Clips from Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew’s various environmental symposia are now on YouTube. This first video is from the patriarch’s address in Santa Barbara, Calif., in 1997 which, the accompanying text says, “was the first time any religious leader had ever called harming the environment a sin.” The second video is from former Vice President Al […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/green-patriarch-on-youtube/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/green-patriarchs-u-s-schedule-released/ https://www.aoiusa.org/green-patriarchs-u-s-schedule-released/#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:21:23 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3693 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 Ecumenical Patriarchate has launched a new Web site for the visit of Bartholomew I to the United States from Oct. 20 to Nov. 6. The detailed schedule of the patriarch’s visit is heavy on meetings with U.S., Greek and United Nations officials. The trip begins on Oct. 20, with the arrival of His All […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/green-patriarchs-u-s-schedule-released/feed/ 16 https://www.aoiusa.org/fuels-from-hell/ https://www.aoiusa.org/fuels-from-hell/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:46:48 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3603 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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Bruce Nolan, a reporter for the Times-Picayune in New Orleans, offers a preview of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew’s symposium at various locales on the Mississippi River next month. For the article, Nolan interviews Rev. Canon Sally Bingham of the Episcopal Church. She is also president of The Regeneration Project and the Interfaith Power and Light campaign. […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/fuels-from-hell/feed/ 14 https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-turkish-relations-improving/ https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-turkish-relations-improving/#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2009 03:04:59 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3451 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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Greek Reporter’s Anastasios Papapostolou interviews Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I about improving relations with the Turkish government and his upcoming environmental symposium in the United States next month. Greek Reporter: It is a great honor for us to meet you. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: Your visit gives me joy and I am glad we are meeting today. […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-turkish-relations-improving/feed/ 9 https://www.aoiusa.org/stealing-lying-cheating-and-the-new-sins/ https://www.aoiusa.org/stealing-lying-cheating-and-the-new-sins/#respond Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:36:28 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2971 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 Economist surveys recent commentary by religious leaders on economics and the environment, focusing on Pope Benedict XVI’s recent encyclical Caritas in Veritate. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I gets a nod for his upcoming symposium on the Mississippi. The Economist does a passable job of summing up these issues as viewed through the lens of faith, […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/stealing-lying-cheating-and-the-new-sins/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/quiet-flows-the-mississippi-into-the-matrix-of-mystery/ https://www.aoiusa.org/quiet-flows-the-mississippi-into-the-matrix-of-mystery/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:03:29 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2757 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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So I’m reading an article in the Wall Street Journal this morning about the Religious Left mounting an “aggressive” ad campaign on environmental issues and come across these lines: The ads, funded by a left-leaning coalition, urge support for congressional legislation to curb greenhouse-gas emissions — by framing the issue as an urgent matter of […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/quiet-flows-the-mississippi-into-the-matrix-of-mystery/feed/ 8 https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-releases-agenda-for-mississippi-symposium/ https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-releases-agenda-for-mississippi-symposium/#comments Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:05:22 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2644 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 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese released the schedule for Ecumenical Patriarch Batholomew’s visit to the United States in October. Separately, a detailed agenda for his upcoming environmental symposium has been posted online. The patriarch’s “Symposium VIII — Restoring Balance: The Great Mississippi River” offers a rare opportunity to present Orthodoxy’s distinctive, sacramental understanding of the stewardship […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-releases-agenda-for-mississippi-symposium/feed/ 28