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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, 10 Nov 2011 20:07:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/church-that-held-the-7th-ecumenical-council-at-nicea-to-be-turned-into-mosque/ https://www.aoiusa.org/church-that-held-the-7th-ecumenical-council-at-nicea-to-be-turned-into-mosque/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:04:08 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11148 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: Vatican Insider Hagia Sophia in Nicea, where the Seventh Ecumenical Council was held in 787, is about to be declared a mosque by the Turkish authorities. As the Turkish press reports, the call to prayer was sung from the Muezzin last Thursday, for the first time since the founding of the Turkish Republish in […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/church-that-held-the-7th-ecumenical-council-at-nicea-to-be-turned-into-mosque/feed/ 13 https://www.aoiusa.org/where-heaven-falls-prey-to-thieves-the-plundering-of-turkish-occupied-cyprus/ https://www.aoiusa.org/where-heaven-falls-prey-to-thieves-the-plundering-of-turkish-occupied-cyprus/#respond Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:29:40 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=10462 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: Vimeo A short documentary about the extensive art theft that has taken place in North Cyprus since the 1974 Turkish invasion. The theft has taken place with tacit or active approval from the Turkish army. The plunder not only served as a source of income for criminals in North Cyprus and shady antiquity dealers, […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/where-heaven-falls-prey-to-thieves-the-plundering-of-turkish-occupied-cyprus/feed/ 0 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/patsourakos-turkey-must-end-its-control-of-northern-cyprus/ https://www.aoiusa.org/patsourakos-turkey-must-end-its-control-of-northern-cyprus/#respond Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:15:07 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=7784 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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George Patsourakos, commentator on the AOI blog and editor of the Theology and Society blog, argues Turkey must end its occupation of Cyprus. Source: Theology and Society For the first time since Turkey invaded the island of Cyprus in 1974, it was revealed by a former Turkish general this week that Turks secretly and intentionally […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/patsourakos-turkey-must-end-its-control-of-northern-cyprus/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/michael-rubin-turkey-on-the-brink/ https://www.aoiusa.org/michael-rubin-turkey-on-the-brink/#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:25:28 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=7300 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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Recently, American Enterprise Institute scholar Michael Rubin addressed a luncheon on Capitol Hill and gave a master class on the devolution of the once-secular state of Turkey into the swamp of Islamism with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his party.]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/michael-rubin-turkey-on-the-brink/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/the-times-they-are-a-changing/ https://www.aoiusa.org/the-times-they-are-a-changing/#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:52:45 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6905 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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Victor Davis Hanson’s brief synopsis below also affects Constantinople and may help explain why it is so anxious to direct the American Church. The Corner At the present rate, Turkey has about as much business in NATO as Greece does in the EU. Both countries seem out of place in their respective organizations; both envy […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/the-times-they-are-a-changing/feed/ 8 https://www.aoiusa.org/have-goa-metropolitans-become-citizens-of-turkey/ https://www.aoiusa.org/have-goa-metropolitans-become-citizens-of-turkey/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 17:18:57 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=6656 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 a freewheeling interview with Hurriyet (“Turkey’s English Daily”) Pat. Bartholomew said (note last sentence): Bartholomew drew particular attention to the seminary problem. “Our generation is gradually becoming extinct, and I have concerns for the future. Where will our ecclesiastics get their education? Moreover, it would be proper to have a Halki Seminary graduate at […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/have-goa-metropolitans-become-citizens-of-turkey/feed/ 9 https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-patriarchate-is-dying/ https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-patriarchate-is-dying/#respond Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:07:17 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5286 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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’We cannot breathe, the Patriarchate is dying,’ says patriarch ASLI AYDINTAŞBAŞ ISTANBUL – Milliyet Thursday, December 24, 2009 Following criticism of his controversial statement to a U.S. television network describing his community’s problems, Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew says his comments were emphasized, but the serious problem of opening Halki seminary needs to be addressed. Criticized […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-patriarchate-is-dying/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/report-phanar-backtracks-on-crucifixion-remark/ https://www.aoiusa.org/report-phanar-backtracks-on-crucifixion-remark/#comments Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:30:54 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5268 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 Today’s Zaman (Dec. 24). No statement yet on the Patriarchate’s site. The patriarchate’s statement said: “There are similar idioms in all languages, and they are not evaluated in their narrow meanings but in their broad sense in that language. While answering questions in that regard, the patriarch obviously did not intend to imply any […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/report-phanar-backtracks-on-crucifixion-remark/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodoxy-and-hellenism-group-cites-islamic-charter-in-defense-of-patriarchate/ https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodoxy-and-hellenism-group-cites-islamic-charter-in-defense-of-patriarchate/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:46:47 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5225 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 unsigned “call to action” in defense of the Ecumenical Patriarchate was published today on the “Faith: An Endowment for Orthodoxy and Hellenism” Web site. This appeal asks readers to sign a Web-based petition which demands that the “Turkish government … take steps to guarantee the recognition, safety, and protection of His All Holiness, Ecumenical […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodoxy-and-hellenism-group-cites-islamic-charter-in-defense-of-patriarchate/feed/ 6 https://www.aoiusa.org/turkish-journalist-we-are-crucifying-the-patriarch/ https://www.aoiusa.org/turkish-journalist-we-are-crucifying-the-patriarch/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:19:20 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5218 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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By Mehmet Ali Birand in Hurriyet (Monday, December 21, 2009): It might be true, we are crucifying the patriarch I don’t agree with Foreign Minister Davutoğlu. The patriarch is right. The state, with its ignorance of a Turkish institution for 38 years, has not been able to keep its word and has crucified the patriarch. […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/turkish-journalist-we-are-crucifying-the-patriarch/feed/ 7 https://www.aoiusa.org/editorial-who-will-pay-the-taxes/ https://www.aoiusa.org/editorial-who-will-pay-the-taxes/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:13:54 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5212 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 National Herald: Judging from the massive, angry reaction of our readers so far, it is obvious that we have hit a nerve with our editorial in last week’s edition entitled “Give Us Your Property”, rejecting Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew’s demand for “at least” a building from each one of our nine metropolises, in order, […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/editorial-who-will-pay-the-taxes/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-on-cbs-60-minutes-text-and-video/ https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-on-cbs-60-minutes-text-and-video/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:36:30 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5208 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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Watch CBS News Videos Online Also see video “extras” on CBS site. Transcript from CBS via National Herald: Text of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew’s interview on CBS’s ’60 Minutes’ (CBS) Would it surprise you to learn that one of the world’s most important Christian leaders, second only to the pope, lives in a country where 99 […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-on-cbs-60-minutes-text-and-video/feed/ 11 https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-i-feel-crucified/ https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-i-feel-crucified/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:06:59 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5162 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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Watch CBS News Videos Online (CBS) — Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the leader of the 300 million-member Orthodox Christian Church, feels “crucified” living in Turkey under a government he says would like to see his nearly 2,000-year-old Patriarchate die out. His All Holiness speaks to 60 Minutes correspondent Bob Simon for a story to be broadcast […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-i-feel-crucified/feed/ 13 https://www.aoiusa.org/armenians-petition-turks-for-new-patriarch/ https://www.aoiusa.org/armenians-petition-turks-for-new-patriarch/#comments Sun, 13 Dec 2009 04:09:59 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5061 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 post this for the benefit of Greek Orthodox bishops in America who have aspirations to Turkish citizenship. Make sure you don’t displease the Pasha. He’ll round file your job application. From the Dec. 10 issue of Today’s Zaman: Turkey’s Armenian Orthodox community seeks co-patriarch The Armenian Patriarchate in İstanbul is seeking permission to designate […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/armenians-petition-turks-for-new-patriarch/feed/ 2