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Official announcement:http://oca.org/news/headline-news/metropolitan-tikhon-presides-at-reinterment-of-archbishop-dmitri Photographs: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1050747808297188.1073742040.105632889475356 "Dallas Has A Saint" by Rod...

I hope I got your attention by that subject title. The difference I am talking about is the differences between giving between the OCA/Antiochian Archdiocese on the on hand and the GOA on the other hand. It is not only the amounts and rates, but also the attitudes that are poles apart. How in...

"Approved minutes of the 18th All-American Council are now available on the web site of the Orthodox Church in America.  Also available are the AAC PowerPoint presentations. The Council was held in Atlanta, GA July 20-24, 2015.  Its theme was “How to Expand the Mission.”...

St. Vladimir’s Seminary to honor Metropolitan Tikhon (OCA) and Metropolitan Joseph (Antiochian Archdiocese) at Meyendorff Memorial Lecture September 14. "Metropolitan Tikhon serves as the seminary’s President and chairs its Board of Trustees, while Metropolitan Joseph serves as Vice Chair of...

I thought I would bring members up to date on positive developments in our Church in North America. "On Friday, September 11, 2015, the Board of Trustees and Faculty of Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary here will bestow a Doctor of Divinity degree, honoris causa, upon His...

I would appreciate to learn the reaction, preferably of Orthodox theologians, to James Tabor's "Paul and Jesus: How the Apostle Transformed Christianity." In a nutshell, Tabor claims that St Paul reinvented Christianity. Here is Amazon' starred review: "There have been a number of books written...

To Moderators: Please feel free to pin this, especially if it attracts many inputs. To fellow Board Members: I am starting this topic to pass on some recipes for your consideration. I have made the topic broad enough to cover traditionally Orthodox fasting and feasting foods. Here is the...

To moderators: I am putting this topic here with two hopes: (a) that it will be a place to collect and store an increasing amount of literature on the subject and (b) that it will not turn into crass political to and fro but a place where the topic may be addressed from an Orthodox Christian...

I am very glad that somebody from the Assembly of Bishops participated in the Global Forum that was held on the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. Among other things, Metropolitan Tikhon said: "On behalf of the Holy Synod of Bishops, the clergy and the faithful of the Orthodox Church...

In his Pascha 2015 address, Patriarch Kirill said: "When spiritual heroism becomes the substance not only of the individual but of an entire people, when in striving for the celestial world the hearts of millions of people are united, ready to defend their homeland and vindicate lofty ideals...

I am truly hoping that we can avoid partisan politics and address civilizational and philosophical aspects of this topic, even if they touch upon broader governmental or political principles. But not partisan politics please! I recently read an article that said what I had been thinking, but...

I realize that there are political aspects to this topic. I hope that we can restrict our discussion on the effects, if any, of church-state collaboration on the Church. Does such collaboration affect the well being of a local church, and if that is so, what are the positive and negative...

In his recent address to his New England Diocese, Archbishop Nikon, who is the Locum Tenens od the Diocese of the South, said the following: "I anticipate holding a nomination assembly for the Diocese of the South in February (2015) in conjunction with their annual clergy conference. It is my...

Axios! "For several months, Father Paul has served as Administrator of the Diocese of the Midwest. Raised in a Greek Orthodox family, Father Paul became a member of the Orthodox Church in America in the mid-1980s.  He received a Master of Social Work degree from Wayne State University and was...

From the article: "It is expected six faith groups to open stalls where visitors can learn more about the religious groups’ beliefs and practices. Those to be represented are the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, the Muslim religion, the religious community of Jews in Bulgaria, the Armenian Apostolic...