Recently Discovered Temple in Turkey Predates Pyramids, Shows Worship Predates Civilization

March 1, 2010

An article reposted by John Sanidopoulos originally appeared in Newsweek’s Feb 19, 2010 issue. It describes a temple complex in Turkey that predates even the pyramids and makes one eager to re-read Genesis to look for connections. This is highly notable in that it turns history textbooks on their head by suggesting that worship predated civilization, bringing to mind Cain and Abel’s sacrifices long before cities and civilization peppered the earth.

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Metropolitan Athenagoras of Mexico Comforts the Orthodox Faithful of Haiti

March 1, 2010

Metropolitan Athenagoras of Mexico visited Haiti this past week bringing comfort to the clergy and Orthodox faithful of the earthquake stricken Island. His Eminence arrived from Greece where he was visiting for official Church business, aboard a Greek Government plane, with the Assistant Foreign Minister of Greece and the Executive Director of the NGO “Solidarity” of the Church of Greece. The plane was carrying 50 tons of food, medicine and other aid, a gift from the Greek Government and the Church of Greece, for the people of Haiti.

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The Month’s Top Stories: February 2010

February 28, 2010

This month we reported on a Russian Priest who provides spiritual care for Hollywood, St. John Chrysostom’s relics coming to New York, various Lenten retreats, and Archbishop Rowan Williams Orthodox seminary visit. Here’s a quick look back at some of the most read stories.

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Miraculous Theotokos Icon to Visit Cleveland Area Parishes

February 27, 2010

Saints Peter and Paul Church here is one of two Cleveland-area parishes that will host a visit of the miraculous Icon of the Mother of God “She Who is Quick to Hear,” enshrined in the Monastery Church of Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk, South Canaan, PA, Saturday and Sunday, March 6-7, 2010.

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Metropolitan Jonah’s Seminary Lenten Retreat Videos Now Available

February 27, 2010

Videos of four lenten talks given by His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah during a retreat for students of Saint Tikhon’s Seminary here on the first three days of Great Lent are now available on-line.

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Orthodoxy Taking Root in Indiana

February 26, 2010

Nick Lannert grew up on Evansville’s West Side. Then he went off to Purdue University in 2006.
For a paper on church history, Lannert had occasion to visit an Eastern Orthodox Church, “And I fell in love with it,” he said simply, adding that the more he learned the more he wanted to know.
Lannert returned to […]

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Orthodox American Figure Skater Wins Olympic Gold Medal

February 26, 2010

Evan Lysacek is an American figure skater who recently became the first U.S. man to win the Olympic gold medal since Brian Boitano in 1988, shocking everyone — maybe even himself — by upsetting defending champion Yevgeny Plushenko on Thursday night. Plushenko came out of retirement with the sole purpose of making a little history of his own with a second straight gold medal. He is a Greek Orthodox Christian who has stated that one of his most prized possessions is his Orthodox cross.

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Orthodox Priest in Haiti to Speak in DC March 5th

February 26, 2010

On Friday, March 5, 2010 at 8:00 PM at St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Washington, DC, Fr. Gregoire Legouté of Port-au-Prince and his wife Rose will give eyewitness accounts of the hardships Orthodox Christians in Haiti are facing as a result of the violent earthquake that devastated their poor Caribbean nation.
The Orthodox Mission in […]

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Lyudmila Yanukovich — Godmother of Forty Orphans

February 25, 2010

Kiev — The Ukrainian President‘s spouse Lyudmila Yanukovich is known for her active work in church charities.
The religiosity of the Ukrainian first lady is legendary. It is also known that she often comes to orphanages incognito and once baptized forty children there, the Kiev edition of the Komsomolskaya Pravda daily has reported on Friday.
Lyudmila Yanukovich’s church life […]

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March 20 New York City Concert To Benefit IOCC Haiti Relief Efforts

February 25, 2010

In an effort help the orphaned, the sick, the suffering and the homeless of Haiti, the Cathedral of the Holy Virgin Protection, 59 East Second St., New York, NY, will host a benefit concert on Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.

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