Alexandria speaks on deaconess kerfuffle
This letter fails to address much of what many people are asking. To name but a few:How could this happen?By what authority to you make an entirely new order of clergy?What are you going to do next?Is...
View ArticleElpidophoros "put[ting] new wine into old wineskins"
The question that keeps getting asked on the Internet is, "When is Constantinople going to do something?" Or, more naively (bless their hearts), "Does His All-Holiness know about this?!" The answer is,...
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Met. Saba: "May God protect us from replacing Orthodox unity with an Orthodox...
Metropolitan Saba (Isper) posted this article today entitled "What is the goal?" on the topic of the so-called "deaconess" issue wherein a woman was "ordained" to be a deaconess in Africa. This differs...
View ArticleA new hierarch for the Metropolis of Denver
(GOARCH) - His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America is pleased to announce that the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate accepted the Holy Eparchial Synod’s petition and...
View ArticlePrayers for Fr. James Bernstein
The Very Rev. A. James Bernstein was a teenage chess champion whose dramatic conversion experience at the age of 16 led him to Christianity. His spiritual journey has included a number of twists and...
View ArticleOCA takes strong stand for canonical Orthodoxy
(Orthochristian.com) - The primate of the Orthodox Church in America, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon of Washington and All America and Canada, will concelebrate with the primate of the canonical...
View ArticleA bevy of "Archiepiscopal Vicars" for Antiochian Archdiocese
(Antiochian) - Metropolitan Saba's Letter Concerning Diocesan Oversight Assignments Prot. no.: 255/2024June 10, 2024Venerable Hierarchs, Reverend Clergy, and Christ-loving Faithful of our...
View ArticleEpiscopal Assembly executive meeting in NJ
NEW JERSEY (EA) – The Assembly of Bishops Executive Committee was held at the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America on June 4, 2024.The meeting began with a financial report...
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Go check out the Orthodox Studies Institute
They are putting out good stuff over there. Want to see a reasoned take on the female "diaoconate" or the current priest shortage? The OSI has got you.
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Archpriest James Bernstein has reposed in the Lord
It would be hard to overstate the influence Fr. James had on American Orthodoxy. Surprised by Christ alone brought many people to the Church. And his constant evangelism and willingness to speak to all...
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The deaconess in the Syriac Orthodox Church
An interesting thing about the Oriental Orthodox Church (pictures taken from this recent article) is the role of deacon and deaconess is thought of quite differently from the way the Orthodox Church...
View ArticleA step closer to a new Patriarch of Bulgaria
(Orthodox Times) - Metropolitans Grigory of Vratsa, Daniil of Vidin, and Gavriil of Lovchan have been selected to form the triprosopon, from which the new Patriarch of Bulgaria will be chosen.The Holy...
View ArticleA reboot
This site took a pause. It needed one. I needed one. It will probably come back a tad different than it was in the previous incarnation. Please be patient as I reformat the theme/layout and begin...
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Recreation and the careful Christian
(STM)- In a homily on February 18, 1907, St Tikhon of Moscow uses the Parable of the Prodigal Son to guide us in the right use of recreation as Christians...A certain man had two sons, and the younger...
View ArticleDiversity is not necessarily Division
(CMC) - From 25 January to 2 February, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is being held in Jerusalem, with the theme: ‘Do you believe this?’ (Jn 11:26). This year marks the 1,700th anniversary of...
View ArticleOn the canons
Longtime readers will know I enjoy Fr. Sergei Sveshnikov's books and articles. Enjoy this discussion on the canons from ROCORStudies.
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