Source: Orthodox Christian Laity (West Palm Beach, FL) On September 22, 2023, The Hellenic Foundation of Chicago notified Orthodox Christian Laity (OCL) that it awarded a grant of up to $37,500 to fund the DePaul University Special Collections – OCL Archival Project. The project aims to update OCL’s archive collection housed at DePaul University. The John T. Richardson Library Special Collections has housed the OCL Archive since 2006. This work will make OCL’s archive collection more accessible to scholars and patrons worldwide by arranging and describing the archives, digitizing obsolete content, and preserving website and digital media. OCL developed the…
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Source: Public Orthodoxy Rev. Calum Samuelson, Doctoral Candidate at the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies (Cambridge, UK) Ralph Lee, Oxford Centre for Mission Studies For the last three years, many have seen headlines about the tragic conflicts that have befallen the nation of Ethiopia. Probably fewer have taken the time critically to read about these conflicts (which have been covered well here and here on Public Orthodoxy). Unfortunately, it seems to us that only a very small number of outside observers have benefitted from increased appreciation of the ancient and beautiful Christian tradition that has long flourished in Ethiopia. Due largely to geographic and linguistic factors, the…
Source: Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America Story by Dn. Peter Samore; photos by Subdn. Elio Nicolas Photo album On Sept. 28, His Eminence Metropolitan Saba celebrated the Hierarchal Divine Liturgy at Three Hierarchs Chapel on the campus of St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in Yonkers, N.Y. He received the invitation from His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, primate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). Welcoming him at the seminary were its president, Archpriest Chad Hatfield, the faculty and the seminarians, especially the Antiochian students and recent graduates who served alongside Sayidna Saba and sang with the Byzantine Choir. In the liturgy, His…
Source: The National Herald By Theodore Kalmoukos BOSTON – The former Archimandrite of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, John Heropoulos, who left the priesthood after twenty years of ministry, surprised everyone when The National Herald revealed that on January 9, 2016, he married a man. The National Herald now reveals that John Heropoulos became a pastor at a Protestant church in the White Mountains area of New Hampshire. John Heropoulos was widely known in the Church and the Greek-American Community in America as a clergyman with abilities and administrative skills. He served as Deacon to the late Archbishop Iakovos…
Source: Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America PDF Prot. no.: 334/2023 October 2023 TO BE READ FROM THE PULPIT Beloved Clergy and Faithful of our Archdiocese: Greetings in the Name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We pray that you all enjoyed a peaceful and relaxing summer and are working hard as we begin a new ecclesiastical year. 2023 marks the 100th anniversary of our Antiochian Archdiocese. While St. Raphael of Brooklyn established our presence here in 1895 as the Syro-Arab Mission of the Russian Orthodox Church, 1923 is when we became incorporated as an archdiocese of the Patriarchate…
Source: Orthodox Church in America SPRINGFIELD, VA [OCA] On Tuesday, September 26, the Preconciliar Commission met at the Chancery office in Springfield, VA, under the presidency of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon. Members of the PCC include Archpriest Alexander Rentel, Chancellor, Archpriest Alessandro Margheritino, Secretary, Archpriest Andrew Jarmus, Protodeacon Peter Ilchuk, Council Manager, Ms. Lynnell McFarland, Ms. Hollie Benton, and Mr. Andrew Smith, Treasurer. This was the first in-person meeting of the Commission after its formal appointment this past Spring. The PCC met to continue planning for the 21st All-American Council, slated to take place at the Arizona Grand Resort in Phoenix,…
Source: The Orthodox Observer In this eleventh installment, Fr. Samuel Davis speaks with Holy Cross seminarian Cornelius (Kevin) Grandberry about his conversion, his charismatic background, the importance of lay chaplaincy, and effective Orthodox outreach. Baptized and Chrismated into the Church in July 2020, Cornelius comes from a Nondenominational/Pentecostal background, and has a Master of Divinity degree from Liberty University with a concentration in Evangelism and Church Planting. He is currently a seminarian at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, recently completing his first year of study. The Black American Orthodox Experience is a program focused on Orthodox missions in…
Source: Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America In June of this year, St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press released a new book titled The Choice of Orthodoxy. The book was written by retired Antiochian priest Fr. Daniel Daly. After serving for eleven years in the Catholic Church, Fr. Daly entered the Antiochian Archdiocese with his wife Elfriede in 1980, pastoring several parishes. He now is attached to St. Luke Church in Erie, Col., where his son, Fr. Raphael Daly, serves as pastor. The Choice of Orthodoxy describes Fr. Dan’s journey to Orthodoxy as well as presenting Orthodox Christianity as a choice for those who have lost the church of their childhood. Tell us…
Source: Peter Anderson, Seattle USA The first session of the XVI Assembly of the Synod of Catholic Bishops will be held at the Vatican during the period October 4-28, 2023. The Synod will be devoted to the subject: For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, Mission. On September 19, the Vatican provided the final list of the Synod participants. https://www.synod.va/en/news/the-participants-of-the-16th-general-assembly-of-the-synod-of-bishops.html Of the twelve “fraternal delegates” listed, three are from the Orthodox Churches of the Byzantine tradition, and three are from the Oriental Orthodox Churches. With respect to the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, Cardinal Kurt Koch is listed as a participant, and Father Hyacinthe…
Source: Public Orthodoxy by Very Rev. Dr. John Jillions Visiting Professor at the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies (Cambridge, UK) When the New York Times recently asked readers to tell them why they had left their religion behind some 7,000 readers responded (“Why Do People Lose Their Religion?” June 7, 2023). Clearly there is a lot of painful pent-up feeling about this. But an equally intriguing question is, “Why do people keep their religion?” This is a question that percolated throughout a course on religion in American history I was teaching this past Spring at Fordham University (“American Religious Texts and Traditions”). The class…
Source: St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary Students, faculty, staff, and community members gathered in person and online on Sep. 12, 2023, to hear scholar and SVS Press author, Dr Paul Gavrilyuk, give a special talk on the contrasting leadership styles of two formational leaders of St Vladimir’s Seminary, Fr Georges Florovsky and Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann. In his presentation, Dr Gavrilyuk gave many examples from the post-war correspondence between the two past seminary deans to illustrate their sense of calling, their courage in the face of great challenges, and lessons for modern-day Christian leaders. Dr Gavrilyuk also highlighted the differences in…
Source: Orthodox Church in America SOUTH BOSTON, MA [OCA] On Saturday, September 16, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon and other hierarchs of the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church in America gathered at Saint George Cathedral in Boston, MA, along with clergy and faithful of the Albanian Archdiocese and across the Orthodox Church in America, for the ordination to the Holy Episcopate of Bishop-elect Nikodhim (Preston), as Bishop of Boston and the Albanian Archdiocese. The Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America elected Archimandrite Nikodhim as Bishop-elect of Boston at their regular Spring Session on April 25, 2023. On Friday evening, His Beatitude…