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Orthodox Church to Commemorate 20th Anniversary of Weeping Icon of the Virgin Mary Tuesday, April 22

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Source: Illinois News Network online Religious leaders from the Orthodox Christian Churches will come together Tuesday night April 22 to commemorate the discovery of the Icon of the Virgin Mary that began tearing/weeping 20 years ago. Parishioners at St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church, 1220 S. 60th Court in Cicero, noticed that an Icon of the Virgin Mary began tearing, first with one tear and later by the end of the night with four separate tears. The tears were dabbed in with cotton and mixed with oil which was distributed to more than 1,000 Christian Churches around the world, and 100,000…

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Leader of Ethiopia’s Orthodox Church vows to fight homosexuality ‘to the end’

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Source: LGBTQ Nation DAN LITTAUER | Special to LGBTQ Nation ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — In his Easter message this week, Patriarch Abune Mathias, head of Ethiopia’s Orthodox Church, vowed to fight homosexuality, saying it will bring destruction to the world. Mathias warned that the “sin that burnt Sodom and Gomorrah in Ethiopia not only erodes the holiness that God has bestowed upon Ethiopians, but it will bring destruction and damage, rather than development and growth. “To prevent this I call upon all Ethiopians to fight this grand sin of Sodom persistently,” he added. “I would like to confirm to all…

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Oregon priest busted for having child porn on home computer: police

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Source: New York Daily News Stanley Brittain, aka Father Isidore of Albany, was arrested Thursday morning on charges of encouraging child sex abuse after authorities said they were tipped off to his extremely disturbing material on his home computer. BY NINA GOLGOWSKI An Oregon priest has been jailed after a raid at his home uncovered child pornography on his computer, according to police. Stanley Brittain, aka Father Isidore of Albany, was arrested Thursday morning on charges of encouraging child sex abuse after authorities said they were tipped off to his extremely disturbing material. Up until last week police said the…

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Teens sought in beating, robbery outside church

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Source: WBALTV11 by George Lettis Incident happened at Butchers Hill Russian Orthodox Church BALTIMORE —Baltimore City police are looking for a group of teens involved in a beating and armed robbery outside a Russian Orthodox church that left a priest and his son staring down the barrel of a gun. The incident happened around 10 p.m. Wednesday as members of the Transfiguration of Our Lord Russian Orthodox Church were cleaning up after a service. The church is located at the corner of South Collington Avenue and Baltimore Street in the city’s Butchers Hill area. The church does not think it…

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Retired army general wants Egypt’s St. Catherine’s Monastery demolished

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Source: Ahram Online Ahmed Ragai Attiya says that the historic UNESCO site in South Sinai poses a threat to Egypt’s national security, after the monks turned it into ‘a place for foreigners’ by Sherry El-Gergawi A retired army general says he has filed a court case pushing for Egypt’s historic Saint Catherine’s Monastery to be demolished and its Greek monks deported on the grounds that they pose a threat to national security. In May 2012, Ahmed Ragai Attiya obtained 71 administrative orders regarding the demolition of the monastery’s multiple churches, monk cells, gardens and other places of interest on the…

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An Army of Fleas

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Source: Orthodox Christian Laity By Roy Synder Recently, after the Patriarch of Antioch ordered that the American Clergy cease their involvement with the Assembly of Bishops, I took an action to voice my disagreement with this decree.  It was a small thing – no big oratory, grandstand or “snit.” Someone asked me what I thought I would accomplish and I replied: “I suppose it’s tantamount to a flea biting and elephant’s butt, I did not think that I should be silent.” Reflecting, I realized that there would be no notice from any level of hierarchy.  I am not well known,…

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90% of Americans with Greek Roots No Longer in Communion with Greek Orthodox Church

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Source: The Pappas Post An article published on the official website of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America paints an alarming picture for the future of the Church in America. According to statistics cited by the story penned by Peter S Kehayes, 60% of Greek Orthodox families of the last generation and 90% of Americans with Greek roots are no longer in communion with the Church. The article affirms that the issue lies with the large number of mixed marriages that take place in the Greek American community. According to statistics, the intermarriage rate is between 75% and 85%. Kehayes goes as…

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St. Vladimir’s Seminary announces 2014 Commencement

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Source: Orthodox Church in America YONKERS, NY [SVOTS/OCA] – His Eminence, Archbishop Job [Getcha] of Telmessos, head of the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe, will be the speaker at the 2014 Commencement at Saint Vladimir’s Seminary here May 31, 2014. The day will begin at 10:00 a.m. with a Service of Prayer in Three Hierarchs Chapel.  Commencement exercises will follow in in the Metropolitan Philip Auditorium, John G. Rangos Family Foundation Building, at 10:30 a.m. A native of Canada, Archbishop Job studied at Saint Andrew’s College, Winnipeg, MB and Saint Sergius Theological Institute,…

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Confession for children

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Source: Silouan by Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh In the Name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen. I was asked to give a certain number of sermons on Confession; because many come to Confession and repeat only things which they have read in manuals of devotion or which other people have told them about. And I would like to start where I start with a child and attract your attention to the fact that our situation is the same. When a child comes to Confession, usually he brings either on paper or by memory a long list, or a…

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Update on Orthodox Health Plan rates and renewals

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Source: Orthodox Church in America In a letter addressed to participants in the Orthodox Health Plan dated April 2, 2014, Priest Constantine L. Sitaras, Chairman of the Joint Orthodox Health Plans Committee, provided updates and new rates. The Orthodox Health Plan provides benefits for the clergy and lay employees of the Orthodox Church in America, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, the Serbian Orthodox Church of North and South America, and the Diocese of the Armenian Church. “As you hear daily in the media, health care costs continue to escalate,” Father Constantine…

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The Four Characteristics of our Struggle During Great Lent

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Source: MYSTAGOGY By His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas of Mesogaias and Lavreotiki Great Lent is a period of spiritual opportunities and expectations for the entire Church. We wait for it all year with an inner thirst, those often undefined dreams which are yet so deep, because God promises great things for this period, as well as our entire lives. Our purpose is for our soul to climb to heaven, that we may become heavenly people. These days that are opening up before us provide us this opportunity through the struggle of repentance. Let us see therefore some of the characteristics that this…

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