October, 2015 - Orthodox Christian Laity

CHICAGO’S GREEK ORTHODOX BISHOP DEMETRIOS APPOINTED TO STATE’S ATTORNEY’S HATE CRIME PROSECUTION COUNCIL

By Webmaster on October 9, 2015 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories

Source: Pravoslavie.ru CHICAGO’S GREEK ORTHODOX BISHOP DEMETRIOS APPOINTED TO STATE’S ATTORNEY’S HATE CRIME PROSECUTION COUNCIL Bishop Demetrios of Mokissos, Chancellor of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago, has been appointed to the Hate Crime Prosecution Council by Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez. “I am honored and humbled by this appointment, I have witnessed the damage done by hate crimes against many in our communities,” said Bishop Demetrios. “I hope to create an atmosphere of understanding and security for victims of these crimes, in the hope that may come forward and justice can be served.” Bishop Demetrios is deeply committed…

Christian Monastery Burned Down in Biblical City of Bethlehem

By Webmaster on October 8, 2015 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories

Source: Breaking Israel News By Raphael Poch “Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the Lord . . . ” (Isaiah 1:4). In an anti-Christian incident which has largely gone unnoticed, the St. Charbel (Maar Charbel) Monastery in Bethlehem was attacked and burned down on September 26th. The monastery is located in the Wadi Maali neighborhood of the city where King David was born and is the reputed birthplace of Jesus. As a result of the fire, several rooms on the church’s second floor were completely destroyed. No one…

Trying to Understand the Work of the Assembly of Orthodox Bishops and the Antiochian Orthodox Reaction

By Webmaster on October 8, 2015 Governance & Unity Essays, Governance & Unity News, Uncategorized

Source: Orthodox Christian Laity Trying to Understand the Work of the Assembly of Orthodox Bishops and the Antiochian Orthodox Reaction In light of the aftermath of the meeting of the Assembly of Bishops September 2015, certain questions have been brought to mind about where we are at this point in time and how we got here. In an effort to help people understand the situation, we are responding to questions that have been presented to us. We hope that these questions and responses will help you draw your conclusions on the dynamics of Orthodox Unity up to this point in…

International Orthodox Christian Charities Response to the Crisis in Syria

By Webmaster on October 7, 2015 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories, Uncategorized

Source: International Orthodox Christian Charities International Orthodox Christian Charities Response to the Crisis in Syria International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) supports one of the largest established networks to deliver life-saving humanitarian aid inside Syria where more than 12.2 million people are currently in need of assistance, 7.6 million of which are internally displaced. In addition to its work inside Syria, IOCC staff is working regionally to address the growing needs of more than 4 million refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Armenia, Greece, and Serbia, as well as people in need in those host countries. Responding to one of the worst…

Introducing OCAreview: A free, monthly hard-copy digest of OCA web site highlights

By Webmaster on October 6, 2015 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories

Source: Orthodox Church in America SYOSSET, NY [OCA] With the blessing of HIs Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon and in response to a growing number of requests from individuals who do not have internet access, the Orthodox Church in America’s web team is now producing monthly PDFs that highlight a selection of major stories featured on the OCA web site during the previous month. Titled “OCAreview: The Orthodox Church in America’s Monthly Hard-Copy Digest,” each edition will highlight eight to ten “capsulized” news stories and photos gleaned from the dozens that appear monthly on the web site. Parishes are encouraged to print…

New resources on North American Saints include life icons, video-lecture on St. Juvenaly

By Webmaster on October 2, 2015 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories

Source: Orthodox Church in America SYOSSET, NY [OCA] Two new resources that will aid in the study of the lives of North America’s saints are now available—a series of “life icons” and a video-lecture on the martyred Saint Juvenaly of Alaska. A “life icon” is one in which a series of smaller icons showing specific events in a saint’s life surround a central panel depicting the saint in glory. In spring 2015, resources explaining the life icons of three North American saints—Herman, Jacob Netsvetov and Tikhon of Moscow were made available. Five additional icons—those of Saints Alexander Hotovitzky, Alexis Toth, Innocent…

Romanian Orthodox Church considers popular monk, persecuted by communists for sainthood

By Webmaster on October 1, 2015 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories

Source: The Republic By ALISON MUTLER [Associated Press] BUCHAREST, Romania — The Romanian Orthodox Church said Thursday it is considering a Romanian monk persecuted by the communists and known as the “saint of Transylvania” for sainthood. The Metropolitan of Transylvania church authority said Thursday it had begun the lengthy process of canonization for Arsenie Boca, a Romanian Orthodox monk and priest whose grave in western Romania attracts tens of thousands of pilgrims every year. The Romanian Orthodox church is autonomous and makes its own canonizations. Boca, who became a monk in 1940, fell afoul of communist authorities because of his…

IOCC RELIEF REACHES CHILDREN DISPLACED BY UKRAINE CONFLICT

By Webmaster on October 1, 2015 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories

Source: International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) is responding to the urgent needs of the Ukraine conflict’s most vulnerable victims with emergency food assistance for 900 children under age three living in areas directly affected by the violence in Eastern Ukraine. Nearly two years of armed conflict has driven 1.5 million Ukrainian people from their homes. UNICEF estimates that nearly 180,000 of those displaced are children. Among the most severely impacted are infants and toddlers, as well as mothers with special needs children. As Ukraine’s brief autumn turns into winter, the living…

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Monthly Archives: October, 2015

CHICAGO’S GREEK ORTHODOX BISHOP DEMETRIOS APPOINTED TO STATE’S ATTORNEY’S HATE CRIME PROSECUTION COUNCIL

Christian Monastery Burned Down in Biblical City of Bethlehem

Trying to Understand the Work of the Assembly of Orthodox Bishops and the Antiochian Orthodox Reaction

International Orthodox Christian Charities Response to the Crisis in Syria

Introducing OCAreview: A free, monthly hard-copy digest of OCA web site highlights

New resources on North American Saints include life icons, video-lecture on St. Juvenaly

Romanian Orthodox Church considers popular monk, persecuted by communists for sainthood

IOCC RELIEF REACHES CHILDREN DISPLACED BY UKRAINE CONFLICT