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Mass Orthodox Christian Baptism in Rwanda

By Webmaster on October 12, 2015 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories

Source: Journey to Orthodoxy Mass Orthodox Christian Baptism in Rwanda By Fr. John Through the blessings of His Grace Innocentios, the Bishop of Orthodox Diocese of Burundi and Rwanda; on 10th October 2015, the parish priest of Holy Trinity/Nyamata Rev. Petros Bicamumpaka has baptized 32 people in a small lake called Kamatana located in Nyamata Sector, Bugesera District in Eastern Province of Rwanda. Please keep these neophytes to grow spiritually. From the Bishop’s Desk in Kigali.

Why religion still matters

By Webmaster on October 11, 2015 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories

Source: Christian Science Monitor by Mary Beth McCauley, Correspondent Church attendance is down, but those who go are more devout. Here’s what draws them. NEW YORK — It could be hard to make your way to pray at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church in Manhattan on Sunday mornings. There’s the distraction of New York City pulling you elsewhere – the pace, the intensity, the famousness of it all. Then there are the thoughtful, sometimes vital, diversions of the St. Bart’s community itself: the outdoor cafe, the homeless shelter, the Thomas Merton books in the lobby. There are invitations to programs ranging from…

Register now for the Patterson Conference: Tradition, Secularization, Fundamentalism: Orthodox/Catholic Encounters

By Webmaster on October 10, 2015 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories, Uncategorized

Source: Orthodox Christian Studies Center of Fordham University 2016: Tradition, Secularization, Fundamentalism Thursday, June 23 – Saturday, June 25, 2016 | Fordham University School of Law | 150 W. 62nd St. (between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues) | New York, NY Register for the conference at forever.fordham.edu/orthodoxyconference. While the very meaning of the “secular” remains contested, Christians globally are self-identifying in different ways in relation to an imagined secularization, all the while discerning how to live as a tradition. This intersection between tradition, secularization and fundamentalism is especially evident in both post-Communist Catholic/Orthodox countries and the American context, where fundamentalist-like responses have emerged…

Ex-Clergyman, Sexually Abused at 17 by His Priest, Attempted Suicide

By Webmaster on October 10, 2015 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories, Uncategorized

Source: The National Herald NEW YORK – Alex Prodes, a 53-year-old former Greek Orthodox priest (defrocked by choice), lives on his Social Security disability income, two years ago tried to kill himself. The divorced father of two – he sees his children only twice a year – referring to his failed suicide attempt, he asked his doctor: “why didn’t I die?” Prodes didn’t want to live anymore. He says that in 1979, 17 years old and the leader of the altar boys at the Evangelismos Church in Easton, PA, Prodes was sexually abused by Archimandrite Stanley Adamakis, and it was…

Fr. Passias’ Mistress took 30K from Greek Orthodox Church

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

Source: The National Herald Fr. Passias’ Mistress took 30K from Greek Orthodox Church NEW YORK – Ethel Bouzalas, the woman identified as the mistress of Fr. George Passias according to various sources, including a videotape of their affair, and which resulted in the Archdiocese banning Passias, who was the priest at the St. Spyridon Church in the Upper Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights, from pastoral duties, took $30,000 from the parish before she left, according to documents obtained by The National Herald. Bishop Andonios of Phasiane, the Archdiocesan Chancellor, emailed Bouzalas urging her to return the money or else the…

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…

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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