Archbishop Demetrios on the Way Out?
HT: St. Andrew House Orthodox Discussion Forum Theodore Kalmoukos BOSTON- At 83 years old and beleaguered by a raft of questions about his ability to keep leading, Archbishop Demetrios may leave his...
View Article“Don’t Call Us…We’ll Call You”– The Pentecost Experience of Evangelical...
Source: Orthodox News By: George Matsoukas June 11, 2006 As we celebrate Pentecost 2006, it is useful to remember Pentecost Sunday, June 2, 1985. That is the date and feast day that the Ecumenical...
View ArticleBishop Mark responds to EA
Note the request to move Central America into the South American conference, and separate Canada as its own entity (both good moves I think). Note too that these requests will be “…forwarded to the...
View ArticleOCA’s Moscow representative at May 24 celebration of Patriarch Kirill’s namesday
Although it is history now, the Divine Liturgy held in Moscow on May 24 f by Pat. Kirill and Pat. Bartholomew included a representative of the OCA as a co-celebrant. This is clearly an affirmation of...
View ArticleTampa Native Metropolitan Nikitas to become a Turkish citizen
The question that needs to be answered is why are the Metropolitans of the GOA being asked to apply for Turkish citizenship? This is relevant given that the Greek government interferes in GOA affairs...
View ArticleEcumenical Patriarch Bartholomew’s message for World Environment Day
It’s too bad that Constantinople won’t dispense with the Progressive rhetoric (first paragraph) because it creates the impression that Orthodoxy endorses the shabby thinking behind the ideology. (On...
View ArticleEcumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Optimistic on Halki Seminary Reopening
If Halki is reopened, and the EP continues its policy of centralizing Greek Orthodoxy worldwide under Constantinopolitan authority, will this mean that Halki we also become the only seminary? Source:...
View ArticleReligion and the Environment: The Link Between Survival and Salvation
I want our leadership to provide thoughtful analysis on cultural issues but too often we get the thin gruel of popular piety dressed up in Church-speak. Take this latest missive from Constantinople on...
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Assassination attempt on Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople prevented
March 9, 2011 – 17:12 AMT 13:12 GMT PanARMENIAN.Net – The Turkish police have prevented another assassination attempt on Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I, according to the Austrian...
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John Couretas. Greek Patriarch: No Nukes
With the terrible human toll from Japan’s earthquake and tsunami catastrophe only now being comprehended, and the grave follow on crisis at the country’s nuclear power plants unfolding by the hour, the...
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The Left’s sloppy thinking concerning the defense of human life
Source: Wintery Knight Secular leftists (as well as many religious leftists) hold the views they do not because the views are internally coherent, but because they they fear being ostracized by their...
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‘Erdoğan saved future of Greek Orthodox Patriarchate
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...
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La Stampa: Divisions in Orthodox Church Hinder Pope’s Meeting with Patriarch...
We are getting more news from the Catholic/Italian press than we are from Orthodox sources. This report appears reliable; the author has a good grasp of the ecclessiological disagreements between...
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The False Promise of Green Energy [VIDEO]
Economist Andrew Morris on Patriarch Bartholomew’s ideas on sustainable energy: “[H]e’s asking the wrong questions.” Source: Acton Institute Power Blog | HT: Koinonia For PowerBlog readers, we’re...
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Patriarch Bartholomew Coddles Environmental Extremists
– Taking care of the environment involves more than clean air, clean water, recycling and the other factors that we usually associate with responsible stewardship. It also involves ideas about the...
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