Orthodox Christian Conference in NY: “Beauty Will Save the World”

September 19, 2011

The Sophia Institute for Orthodox Thought and Culture will hold its fourth annual conference on Friday December 2, 2011 on the campus of Union Theological Seminary in New York City. The theme of this year’s conference is:”Beauty Will Save the World”: The Notion of the Beautiful in Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Keynote speakers include the Orthodox [...]

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Orthodox Leaders Smooth Path to Proposed Pan-Orthodox Council

September 14, 2011

The patriarchs of three ancient Orthodox Christian churches met from 1-2 September in Istanbul to discuss the situation of Christian minorities in the Middle East, and perhaps an even more prickly topic – the move toward a historic pan-Orthodox council – removing major stumbling blocks to what would be the first such gathering in centuries [...]

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Fr. Demetrios Carellas To Speak Sept. 26-28 in Tyler, TX

September 13, 2011

St. John of Damascus Orthodox Mission in Tyler TX announces 3 talks by Fr. Demetrios Carellas: Monday, September 26 — On Faith Tuesday, September 27 — On Hope Wednesday, September 28 — On Love Papa Demetri is a Protopresbyter and Archimandrite of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese. He serves as chaplain to Nativity of the Theotokos monastery in Saxonburg, [...]

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CNN: Group of WA Nuns Help Firefighters With a Wildfire

September 12, 2011

GOLDENDALE, Washington (CNN) A wildfire burning in Washington State turned a group of nuns into firefighters. The Monastery Complex Fire came dangerously close to a greek orthodox monastery on Wednesday. A newspaper photographer was covering the fire and caught the nuns on camera fighting flames. It was a regular wednesday at their bakery when flames [...]

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Photos of Archbishop Dmitri’s Funeral

September 3, 2011

Photos from Dallas pertaining to the falling asleep of Archbishop Dmitri. On Sunday, August 28, 2011, at 2:00 am, His Eminence, The Most Reverend DMITRI, retired Archbishop of the Diocese of the South, Orthodox Church in America, passsed away. The Archbishop was eighty-seven years old.  Ordained in 1954, then consecrated to the episcopacy in 1969, [...]

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Metropolitan Maximos of Pittsburgh (GOA) Resigns

September 2, 2011

Metropolitan Maximos of Pittsburgh (GOA) has resigned citing health reasons. Metropolitan Nicholas of Detroit has been named Locum Tenens of the Metropolis of Pittsburgh until a new Metropolitan is elected for the See. Read more.  

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Patriarchate Calls Synaxis Regarding Church in the Middle East

September 1, 2011

An announcement issued by the Office of the Chief Secretary of the Patriarchate of Constantinople’s Sacred and Holy Synod, dated August 31, 2011, announced the convocation of a Synaxis of the Heads of the Ancient Patriarchates and the Autocephalous Church of Cyprus at the Ecumenical Patriarchate September 1-2, 2011. The text of the announcement reads [...]

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Death of the Richest Man in Dallas

August 31, 2011

We stood at the parsonage door in the rain, worrying that we were at the wrong place — could this ramshackle house in Oak Lawn really be where the archbishop lives? — and that we were underdressed for the dinner to which we had been invited. We had seen Archbishop Dmitri in his church, St. [...]

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The Repose of His Eminence, Archbishop Dmitri

August 29, 2011

His Eminence, the Most Reverend Dmitri, 87, retired Archbishop of Dallas and the Diocese of the South, fell asleep in the Lord at his home here at 2:00 a.m. Sunday morning, August 28, 2011. His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah, and many priests and faithful had kept vigil in Dallas during Archbishop Dmitri’s final days. The Metropolitan [...]

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Orthodox Christian Navy SEAL Killed in Afghanistan

August 19, 2011

A visitation for Chief Petty Offier John Weston Faas, 31, one of 22 Navy SEALs killed with eight other US troops when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan on August 6, 2011, will be held at Holy Trinity Church [OCA], 956 Forest St., St. Paul, from 6:30 until 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 21. [...]

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