Source: Orthodox Christian Laity A short video produced before the 20th Anniversary Conference in Illinois summarizing Orthodox Christian Laity’s history, mission, and impact.
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Source: Orthodox Christian Laity This video presentation produced on the occasion of Orthodox Christian Laity’s 20th Anniversary includes: 1) A New Era Begins – The story of the historic Ligonier Conference on Unity 2) Welcome Home – The story of the Evangelical Orthodox Church
Source: The Orthodox Evangelist by Joseph Abbate / President – St. Symeon the New Theologian Orthodox Evangelism & Renewal If you are a member of the Orthodox Church in the United States, you cannot help but notice the large increase of people in the Church. In fact, Orthodox Christianity has grown substantially just in the past few years. Unlike the Russian Orthodox Church in Alaska, which had been there for hundreds of years, many Greeks and Armenians came to this country in the early 1920’s because of the Asia Minor Disaster, when these communities were being all but wiped out…
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Source: Orthodox History by Matthew Namee Originally posted on August 20, 2024 Father Alex Karloutsos may be the most influential Orthodox priest in modern history. He has spent time in every Oval Office going back to Jimmy Carter, culminating in a Presidential Medal of Freedom from Joe Biden. His connections are extraordinary – the presidents, of course, and every patriarch you can imagine, but also a range of twentieth century giants like Henry Kissinger, Elijah Muhammad, Pope John Paul II, and Blackstone founder Pete Peterson, to name four at random. Karloutsos is also incredibly polarizing, with critics viewing him as a…
Source: Orthodox Reality Do you wonder what American Orthodox Church members think of and want from their bishops? What changes in their Churches do U.S. Orthodox Christians desire the most? If so, download and read this newly released article: https://ocl.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/KrindatchLaityOnDesirableChangesInBishops.pdf You will find why fewer than half of U.S. Orthodox parishioners (47%) fully approve of their bishops and express positive sentiments towards them. The article offers many insights into what bishops “should” or “should not” do from the perspective of Orthodox Christian laity. The findings presented are based on the analysis of answers to the survey question, “If you could…
Source: The National Herald CONSTANTINOPLE – His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew issued the following uplifting catechetical homily for the opening of the Great Lent: “Most honorable brother Hierarchs and blessed children in the Lord, Once again, with the will and grace of God the giver of all good things, we are entering Holy and Great Lent, the blessed period of fasting and repentance, of spiritual vigilance and journey with the Lord, as He comes to His voluntary passion, in order to reach the veneration of His splendid Resurrection and become worthy of our own passage from earthly things to “that…
Source: St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary February 26, 2025, Yonkers, NY – St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Ionuț-Alexandru Tudorie as President for a five-year term, effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2030. This decision follows a comprehensive international search process led by His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon (OCA) as chair of the President Search Committee, in collaboration with Committee members: the Right Reverend Archimandrite Jeremy Davis, Executive Chair of the SVOTS Board of Trustees; trustees Dr Carla Thomas, Dr Ana Iltis, and the V. Rev. Dr Philip LeMasters; and faculty members Dr Peter Bouteneff and the Rev.…
Source: Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate For over a century, the Theological School of Halki was one of the foremost Orthodox seminaries anywhere in the world, training hierarchs and clergy for the Church around the globe. Turkish authorities, however, forced it to close it in 1971, and since then, numerous efforts to reopen it have come to naught. In recent months, there have been new discussions regarding its eventual reopening. The Theological School of Halki has a most illustrious history: from it have graduated two saints, Saint Chrysostomos of Smyrna and Saint Raphael of Brooklyn, as well as six Ecumenical Patriarchs, including…
Orthodox Christian Laity (OCL) begins its 38th year as an independent movement, a catalyst, working in synergy with the hierarchy and clergy to develop a canonical self-governing church governed by a synod of all the canonical bishops of all jurisdictions presiding in the United States, which elects its head. OCL supports the work of the Assembly of Bishops, established in 2008, which has a similar goal. OCL believes that the clergy and laity must work synergistically with the hierarchy in church governance. Many incredibly gifted hierarchs, clergy, and wives of clergy support the OCL movement. Some serve and continue to…
Source: Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate The Patriarchate of Moscow has initiated a schism within the Orthodox Church, and is doing everything it can to deepen and perpetuate that division. The Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa is one of the five ancient and original Patriarchates of the Church; in modern times, it has been fulfilling the Lord Jesus Christ’s call to “make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19) by establishing archdioceses and bishoprics in countries including Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania,…
Source: Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes an ever more common feature of our daily lives, the imperative to prevent abuse of it grows increasingly urgent. In several recent public addresses, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has spoken about the ethical issues surrounding AI, providing much-needed wisdom on this new and still largely unexplored field of human endeavor. His All-Holiness recently formally inaugurated the 4th International Ecological Well-Being Conference, “Artificial Intelligence, Technoethics, and Youth,” at the Marasleio School in Athens. In his address, he reminded those attending the conference that “the Orthodox tradition is an inexhaustible…