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3 Big US Churches in Turmoil Over Sex Abuse, LGBT Policy

By Webmaster on March 2, 2019 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories

Source: Voice of America (VOA) / Associated Press FILE – Sex-abuse survivor Peter Isely of the U.S.-founded Ending Clergy Abuse organization, speaks during a twilight vigil prayer near Castle Sant’ Angelo, in Rome, Feb. 21, 2019. Print It has been a wrenching season for three of America’s largest religious denominations, as sex-abuse scandals and a schism over LGBT inclusion fuel anguish and anger within the Roman Catholic, Southern Baptist and United Methodist churches. There’s rising concern that the crises will boost the ranks of young people disillusioned by organized religion. “Every denomination is tremendously worried about retaining or attracting young…

Christ’s Burial Place Exposed for First Time in Centuries

By Webmaster on October 26, 2016 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories

Source: National Geographic Restorers working in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Israel uncover stone slab venerated as the resting place of Jesus Christ. By Kristin Romey JERUSALEM, ISRAELFor the first time in centuries, scientists have exposed the original surface of what is traditionally considered the tomb of Jesus Christ. Located in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem, the tomb has been covered by marble cladding since at least 1555 A.D., and most likely centuries earlier. “The marble covering of the tomb has been pulled back, and we were surprised by the amount…

Letter to a Roman Catholic Friend

By Webmaster on March 21, 2016 Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories

Source: Journey to Orthodoxy Originally posted on May 26, 2010 I would like to share with you a brief letter that was published some time ago in an Italian Orthodox parish newsletter. Its author, Archpriest Gregorio Cognetti, is the Dean of the Italian parishes under the Moscow Patriarchate. This letter was generally liked by the Italian Orthodox converts, and also received a high degree of appreciation among some cradle-born Orthodox (it was, for instance, translated into Romanian); I hope it may be prove an interesting reading and a source of inspiration for all of you. Chapel Hill (U.S.), March 1982…

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