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Working in Synergy with the Holy Spirit and Each Other for a canonical, autocephalous Orthodox Church of America!

By Webmaster on September 29, 2014 Governance & Unity Essays, Governance & Unity News

The members of Orthodox Christian Laity (OCL are prayerfully grateful for the dedicated and exhaustive work of the Assembly of Bishops and its Committees in developing the blueprint for a canonical, self-governing Orthodox Church in the United States. We are hopeful that the time, talent and resources that have been expended these past five years to establish such a canonical Church will result in a blueprint that meets the spiritual and religious needs of the faithful People of God who live in this geographic area. A good result will enable the Church to retain its faithful, inspire its youth, and…

Congratulatory Greetings to Metropolitan Joseph on his Election to Head the AOCA

By Webmaster on September 10, 2014 Governance & Unity News, Governance Top Stories

Source: Orthodox Christian Laity July 21, 2014 The Most Reverend JOSEPH Metropolitan of New York and North America Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America P.O. Box 5238 Englewood, NJ 07631-5238 Your Eminence, Metropolitan JOSEPH, “Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!” The Members and Board of Directors of Orthodox Christian Laity congratulate you on your election as Metropolitan of New York and North America of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America. We ask your blessing. The Holy Synod of Bishops of the ancient Patriarchate of Antioch, and the faithful…

Clergy Laity Congresses: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, Philadelphia 2000-2014 – THE FAMILY IS THE SOLUTION

By Webmaster on August 30, 2014 Governance & Unity Essays, Governance & Unity News, Uncategorized

Source: Orthodox Christian Laity The theme of the 42nd Clergy Laity Congress, “The Orthodox Christian Family: A Dwelling of Christ and A Witness of His Gospel,” is very appropriate for us in this time of transition. For it is truly within the home that the Orthodox faith will be learned, survive and grow by the example and actions of each of us. However, for many, parish life and archdiocesan settings are an antithesis to the theme of the 42nd Congress. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE On September 18, 1999, His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios was enthroned as the sixth Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox…

Clergy-Laity: Pave New Path for Family

By Webmaster on August 17, 2014 Governance & Unity News, Governance Top Stories

Source: The National Herald BY GEORGE E. MATSOUKAS The theme of the 42nd Clergy Laity Congress “The Orthodox Christian Family: A Dwelling of Christ and A Witness of His Gospel,” is very appropriate for us in this time of transition. For it is truly within the home that the Orthodox faith will be learned, and will survive and grow by the example and actions of each of us. However, for many, parish life and archdiocesan settings are an antithesis to the theme of the 42ndCongress. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE On September 18, 1999 His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios was enthroned as the sixth Archbishop…

SAVE THE DATE: Monday, September 15, 2014 – DALLAS, TX – OPEN FORUM with Assembly of Bishops

By Webmaster on August 1, 2014 Governance & Unity News, Governance Top Stories

Source: Orthodox Christian Laity On Monday, September 15, 2014 at 7:00 pm at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 13555 Hillcrest Road, DALLAS, TX, there will be an OPEN FORUM with the Assembly of Bishops. Check the Assembly of Bishops website and the OCL website for more details as they develop. Plan to attend and discuss the Unity Blueprint with the Bishops.

Issues Related to a Great and Holy Council

By Webmaster on July 18, 2014 Governance & Unity Essays, Governance & Unity News

Source: Orthodox Christian Laity Are you interested in the issues related to the Great and Holy Council which is scheduled to convene sometime in 2016? You should be. It is your Church too! Why do we not get relevant updates about the work of the Assemblies of Bishops worldwide and updates pertaining to the preparations for the Council on the Assembly of Bishops website? The Church, like the Liturgy, is the work of all the People of God according to their gifts. Creating canonical order is a bottom up and top down enterprise. We should all be receiving clear information…

Leon Marinakos falls asleep in the Lord. . .he was also a founding member of Orthodox Christian Laity.

By Webmaster on July 8, 2014 OCL News, Orthodox Christian Laity

Source: Drechsler Brown & Willams Funeral Home Leon C. Marinakos Jul. 8, 2014 Leon C. Marinakos of Chicago; devoted son of the late Constantine and Maria nee Pontikes; loving brother of the late Presvytera Panayiota (the late Rev. Dr. Theodore) Thalassinos; cherished uncle of Nicholas and Constantine Thalassinos. Leon Marinakos was a US Army veteran and a graduate in Electrical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, becoming Manager of Product Planning at General Electric Company and later Manager of Engineering at Hobart Corporation. He valiantly defended his Greek Orthodox Faith in the political and intellectual world, and served his…

Four Members of Orthodox Christian Laity Join Board of Directors

By Webmaster on June 3, 2014 OCL News, Orthodox Christian Laity, Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories

Source: Orthodox Christian Laity At its recently adjourned board meeting in Akron, Ohio (May 30, 2014), four OCL members were elected to the Board of Directors. Each member is passionately committed to Orthodox Christian Unity. The variety of ages and interests of the new members will strengthen the vision and mission of OCL. The new board members are: Ellen Pantazis, Ocala, FL (GOA); Michael Pacurar, Long Beach CA and Akron, OH (OCA); John Regule, The Villages, FL (OCA); and Roy Snyder, St Louis, MO (Antiochian Archdiocese). Ellen Pantazis has had professional experiences as an educator and technology coordinator. She also…

OCL Akron, Ohio Meeting Schedule of Events – May 29-31, 2014

By Webmaster on May 29, 2014 OCL News, Orthodox Christian Laity, Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories

Akron, Ohio Meeting Hilton Hotel May 29 to May 31, 2014 Thursday, May 29 Board members arrive and check in at Hilton Hotel, 3180 West Market Street, Akron, OH 44333 Telephone: (330) 867-5000 6:30pm. Dinner at BRAVO Restaurant (Italian cuisine) followed by informal Executive meeting. The restaurant is walking distance from the hotel, directly across the street in the shopping center. Don’t worry if you are arriving late. Just straggle over after you check in. We will be there in a private room for quite a while. Friday, May 30 8:30am. Continental Breakfast in Hilton meeting room, lower level. 9:00am. …

Orthodox Christian Laity Spring Board Meeting – Akron, Ohio: May 29-May 31

By Webmaster on May 1, 2014 OCL News, Orthodox Christian Laity, Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories

The OCL Board will meet at: Hilton Akron Fairlawn, 3180 West Market St., Akron, Ohio 44333, Phone: 330-867-5000. Akron is our host city, because the Pan Orthodox Young Adult Festival will take place there, and our board wants to support this important young adult initiative. This business meeting will discuss various topics including: board development, finance, mission of OCL, what we know about preparations for the Great and Holy Council and other topics. [subscribe2]

Blueprint for a Unified Orthodox Christian Church in the United States: Where are We? A Layperson’s Overview

By Webmaster on April 25, 2014 Governance & Unity Essays, Governance & Unity News

Source: Orthodox Christian Laity by George E. Matsoukas In 2008, a Meeting of Patriarchs of the Autocephalous Orthodox Churches convened in Switzerland under the auspices of Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, and charged the Bishops, in the lands outside of the traditional Roman Empire, to meet together in Assemblies of Bishops. The purpose of these meetings of Assemblies of Bishops is to develop blueprints to establish canonical order within their geographic areas. The Churches in these areas have Bishops of different Orthodox Christian groupings overlapping in the same geographic areas. There is no comprehensive directory of priests. There is great duplication…

Orthodox Christian Laity Executive Board with Metropolitan Philip at the headquarters of the Antiochian Archdiocese in Englewood, New Jersey

Metropolitan Philip Remembered

By Webmaster on March 26, 2014 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories, Uncategorized

Source: Orthodox Christian Laity He Found Philip and said to him, “Follow Me.” John 1:13 As we reflect upon the ministry of Metropolitan Philip who was the senior prelate of Orthodox Hierarchs in America, we thank God for his ministry. He changed the course of Orthodoxy in America. He brought a missionary vision to the Orthodox Church in America. His greatest service was bringing the Evangelical Christians home to Orthodoxy in 1987. He foreshadowed the present efforts to unify the 14 Orthodox groupings in America because of his missionary point of view. He wanted America to be Orthodox, and that…

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