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Antioch exits the NCC
Terry Mattingly email newsletter Summer is the season for church conventions that talk about hot issues. Last week’s 47th convention of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America passed a resolution that addressed both sexuality and the Iraqi war. But this time the lofty words led to an historic change. The assembly voted to … Read more
Orthodox Church in America Explores Leaving WCC, NCC
Institute for Religion and Democracy Steve Rempe The one million-member Orthodox Church in America (OCA) is examining a proposal to remove itself from both the World Council of Churches and the National Council of Churches. The proposal will be reviewed by the OCA All-American Council, which meets in Toronto July 17-22. According to the position … Read more
One Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church
Should the Orthodox church be in dialogue with the Roman Catholic one? Yes. Will we reunite? It would take a miracle. By Fr. Patrick Reardon Were I to list the thousand reasons why Rome is my favorite place in all the world, most of them would have to do the Eternal City’s long association with … Read more
Orthodox Christians and the Presidential Election
I think this commentary is weak but I’ll post it anyway. Fortunately (or maybe not depending on your point of view), I have an article that addresses the same issues appearing in Again which should be out this week. I can’t post it here however until October 5. I take a different approach than what … Read more
Scene from the Chechen terror.
A schoolgirl who survived the Chechen terrorist massacre. The school was chosen because of the large number of Orthodox Christians who attended it.
Thoughts on Orthodox Stewardship
George Strickland, Ph.D. http://directionstoorthodoxy.org Orthodox Christian stewardship is the free and joyous activity of the child of God and God’s family, the Church, in managing all of life and life’s resources for God’s purposes. SEPTEMBER is a time of year when churches resume many of the activities that may have been put on hold during … Read more
Secularism and the moral tradition
I just finished an article for Again magazine on Orthodoxy Christianity and the public square. They asked four or five authors to contribute articles on this theme, and it promises to be an interesting issue. Again is repositioning itself for a larger audience and wants to move into examing current issues from an Orthodox Christian … Read more
An Orthodox Reflection on Truth & Tolerance
Rev. Dr. George C. Papademetriou http://www.goarch.org/print/en/ourfaith/article8075.asp Orthodox Christianity is committed to the truth claim of the Christian Faith. This claim includes the Biblical truth that all human beings are created by God in His image and that Christ is the only Savior of the world. Consequently, Orthodoxy is strongly committed to Christ as the Messiah … Read more