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The golden rule, reality and other musings: or, happy first day of Great Lent
You know, there’s a particular reality that’s a bit hard to face when it comes to organizations. Not just churches (but churches are definitely included) — really, any organization. What I’m talking...
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To a particular anonymous “clergyman in this region”
From the comments section on OCANews: I am so sick and tired of hearing all this non-sense and garbage. The bottom line is that many of these Bishops, namely Bishop Mark, have over-stepped their bounds...
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Metropolitan Jonah: “There is an American Orthodox church. Leave it alone.”
Pan Orthodox Sermon by His Beatitude Metropolitan Jonah at St. Seraphim Orthodox Cathedral more about “Pan – Orthodox Sermon by His Beatitud…“, posted with vodpod Well. Right or wrong, God bless...
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AOCA Chancellors issue opinion on Holy Synod’s 24 February decision
The Archdiocese’s own attorneys have weighed in. The conclusion is the money quote, to say the least: …the February 24th decision is not a valid decision of the Holy Synod of Antioch. Moreover, even if...
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OCANews: All bishops but Met. PHILIP to go to Damascus next week
Mark Stokoe and friends report that the six bishops who were enthroned in their dioceses, minus Metropolitan PHILIP, will travel to Damascus on 1 June for meetings with Patriarch IGNATIUS IV. Full...
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How much should we read into these pictures?
AOCNA’s North American bishops with Metropolitan PHILIP on Friday, 24 April: And with Patriarch IGNATIUS on 2 June 2009: It’s tempting to want to use the contrast between Bps. BASIL and ANTOUN as the...
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Holy Synod of Antioch: “the nature of the Episcopate is one”
From OCANews: The Holy Synod of the See of Antioch, after long discussion and deep deliberation of the Synodal decision of February 24, 2009, and with the recommendations of His Beatitude, the...
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Englewood: “…the Archdiocese has not received any document that contains the...
The Archdiocese posted this. The Patriarchate replied with this. The Archdiocese now says this. I no longer have any clear idea what this is actually about. I can tell that certain people are in...
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“…if we were to be just, then we must, first and last, to put pastoral care...
Hi. I still don’t have an internet connection where I’m staying. It started going in and out a couple of weeks ago, and then last Monday (the 6th) it died entirely. My host spent about four days trying...
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A visit from His Grace Bishop MARK
In a perfect world, the way I — or any other cantor — would learn the ropes of a hierarchical visit would be to spend ten to fifteen years singing at the analogion with a protopsaltis who knew what he...
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