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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 Fri, 16 Oct 2015 12:14:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/george-weigels-leaps-of-faith-propaganda-de-fide-and-the-overly-broad-brush-2012/ https://www.aoiusa.org/george-weigels-leaps-of-faith-propaganda-de-fide-and-the-overly-broad-brush-2012/#respond Sat, 10 Oct 2015 14:45:20 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=14187 https://www.aoiusa.org/george-weigels-leaps-of-faith-propaganda-de-fide-and-the-overly-broad-brush-2012/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/patriarch-kirill-and-russian-orthodoxy-deserve-respect-not-insults-an-open-letter-to-george-weigel/ https://www.aoiusa.org/patriarch-kirill-and-russian-orthodoxy-deserve-respect-not-insults-an-open-letter-to-george-weigel/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2015 21:19:51 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=14117 https://www.aoiusa.org/patriarch-kirill-and-russian-orthodoxy-deserve-respect-not-insults-an-open-letter-to-george-weigel/feed/ 41 https://www.aoiusa.org/mesmerizing-talent/ https://www.aoiusa.org/mesmerizing-talent/#respond Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:22:24 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=5767 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 video shows the winner of 2009’s ” Ukraine ’s Got Talent”, Kseniya Simonova, 24, drawing a series of pictures on an illuminated sand table showing how ordinary people were affected by the German invasion during World War II. Her talent, which admittedly is a strange one, is mesmeric to watch. The images, projected onto […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/mesmerizing-talent/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/odds-ends/ https://www.aoiusa.org/odds-ends/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:41:30 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3972 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 new book claims that the “Greek mafia” controlled not only the drug trade in Tarpon Springs but the local Greek Orthodox Church, too. Some say the book is “a bunch of garbage.” — Church of Greece bishops are anxious about the new Socialist government’s plan to tax church property. Don’t forget about property […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/odds-ends/feed/ 5 https://www.aoiusa.org/russia-today-patriarch-kirills-trip-to-ukraine/ https://www.aoiusa.org/russia-today-patriarch-kirills-trip-to-ukraine/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:39:17 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=3094 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 lot of news, in the mainstream press and on Orthodox sites, about Patriarch Kirill’s current visit to Ukraine. The best analysis I’ve seen so far is from Andrei Zolotov Jr. of Russia Profile. Zolotov says that Kirill and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew “appear to have reached some agreement on Ukraine, which has not been revealed […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/patriarch-kirill-in-ukraine/feed/ 1 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/ukrainian-church-rent-by-divisions/ https://www.aoiusa.org/ukrainian-church-rent-by-divisions/#respond Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:58:43 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2429 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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On the Get Relgion blog, Terry Mattingly describes a trip he made to Kiev to speak to Ukrainian journalists “about the challenges of covering religion news in mainstream press.” He looks at the divisions among Orthodox Churches in the Ukraine, which is set against the long running antagonisms that exist between that country and Russia. […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/ukrainian-church-rent-by-divisions/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/a-brief-roundup/ https://www.aoiusa.org/a-brief-roundup/#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 21:29:06 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=2315 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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Odds and ends: Patriarchal meetings; accusations of Uniatism; clerical sauna baths. What’s it all about? President Victor Yuschenko of Ukraine met with His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the Patriarchal Residence in Tarabya, as part of the President’s working visit to Turkey. The Archons site reports that “a cordial and whole-hearted discussion on issues […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/a-brief-roundup/feed/ 8 https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-christian-patriarchs-celebrate-baptism-of-russia/ https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-christian-patriarchs-celebrate-baptism-of-russia/#respond Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:15:47 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=77 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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Orthodox Churches have long been involved in ecumenical projects, such as the World Council of Churches, and affirm the Lord’s mandate “that they all may be one” (John 17:21). Yet, I can’t help thinking at times that the Orthodox Churches might work a little harder at unity in their own house. For that reason, it […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/orthodox-christian-patriarchs-celebrate-baptism-of-russia/feed/ 0