World Orthodox Leader Tells ELCA Delegation Dialogue Will Continue

by The Editor on February 8, 2010

ISTANBUL, Turkey (ELCA) — His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, world Orthodox leader, said that official theological dialogues with Lutherans in the United States will continue, along with a longstanding global dialogue with Lutherans. He made the comment as he hosted an official delegation from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) here Feb. 8.

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World’s Oldest Monastery in Egypt Opens Doors for Pilgrims

February 8, 2010

The world’s oldest monastery of Saint Antony near Egypt’s coast town of Al-Zaafarana has opened its doors for pilgrims after almost five years of renovation, the head of the country’s Supreme Council of Antiquities has said.

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Greek Orthodox Young Adult Pilgrimage to the Holy Lands

February 8, 2010

The GOA National Department of Youth and Young Adult Ministries is pleased to announce its 5th National Young Adult Pilgrimage. This year’s Pilgrimage to the Holy Lands will take place from May 15-24, 2010. Young Adults will have the opportunity to walk in the footsteps of our Lord, re-tracing and re-living His life and ministry.

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OCA Midwest Diocese Announces +Job Memorial Mission Trip

February 5, 2010

As a tribute to the newly departed Archbishop Job Mrs. Ruth Yavotnitzky of St. Mark Church here has taken to organising a memorial mission trip to Project Mexico during the summer of 2011.

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OCA Synod Shares Human Rights Concerns with Congressmen

February 4, 2010

A variety of issues affecting traditionally Orthodox Christian lands — among them, the situation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Turkey in light of His All Holiness, Patriarch Bartholomew’s widely acclaimed December 2009 interview on “60 Minutes”; the plight of Orthodox Christians in Kosovo and Coptic Christians in Egypt; human trafficking; and other human rights issues — were the topic of discussion between members of the Holy Synod of Bishops and a number of congressmen during a late-January 2010 meeting in the US capital.

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Elder Paisios and the Pornographer

February 4, 2010

John Sanidopoulos reports this moving story on his blog: “The elder changed many lives. I once met a man who told me that he used to make a great deal of money showing pornographic films. He was very suspicious of Christianity, and, when he first heard of Elder Paisios, he supposed that he was a charlatan and decided to go to Mount Athos with two of his friends to “expose that monk”.

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AOI Observer: Patriach Kirill on Chambesy

February 4, 2010

The AOI Observer reports on recent statements from Russia’s Patriarch Kirill regarding the Chambesy conference. Chambesy is historic in that it sets the ground for Orthodox jurisdictional unity in America, as well as defines relationships between the churches and ways of gaining autocephaly. One quote:
‘Our Church has showed the necessary flexibility in the approach to […]

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Elder Zacharias To Visit Dallas, Hold Retreats Feb. 6-7

February 3, 2010

Hieromonk Zacharias of St. John the Baptist Monastery in Essex, England, spiritual son of Elder Sophrony and spiritual grandson of St. Silouan of Athos, will be in Dallas/Fort Worth the weekend of February 6-7.

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Texas Women’s Monastery To Offer Lenten Retreat Feb. 27

February 3, 2010

The Nativity of our Lord Monastery here will host a Lenten retreat on Saturday, February 27. The retreat will be led by Presbytera Eugenia Constantinou on the topic of FACING EAST – Our Personal Lenten Journey Toward the Cross. The retreat will begin with the celebration of the Divine Liturgy with His Beatitude, Metropolitan JONAH serving with clergy from North Texas.

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January 2010’s Top Stories

February 2, 2010

Last month we reported on calls for help and support for the Haitian Earthquake victims, St. Vladimir’s appearance on Fox News, controversy from the Ecumenical Patriarch’s representative making charges (later reversed by Patriarch Bartholomew) against the GOA’s Archbishop Demetrios and amazing 3D tours of the Hagia Sophia. Here’s a quick look back at some of the most read stories.

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