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why I am Orthodox 27/04/09
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27/04/09
On
intellect and faith: why I am Orthodox
I tried Orthodoxy, but that was just
completely unintelligible. "How?" I asked myself. "How could these
superstitious dimwits actually believe that mechanical repetition of the
same script every week might change you, might help you grow nearer to
God?? It's just the same thing over and over!" It was preposterous. Not
only that, but they said you had to work on your salvation (not that
Saints Paul and Peter and John hadn't said the same thing, mind you),
and that the elements really were the Bod more....
Rammstein
producers welcome Russian rock band playing heavy rock with Orthodox
texts
Moscow, April 27, Interfax – Producers of
the Rammstein band invited musicians playing Orthodox prayers in style
of heavy metal to their festival. more....
Police
searching for Dracut Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox church vandals
DRACUT, Mass. -- Police in Dracut are
searching for the person responsible for vandalizing a
church.Parishioners at the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox church found
disturbing messages spray painted across the back of the church
Sunday.The spray painted images included swastikas and obscenities. more....
New
Details From Local Synod Meeting Emerging
The news agency Reuters published a photo
of the Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. The caption read,
"Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Irineos (C) walks through the
Church of Holy Sepulchre before Palm Sunday liturgy in Jerusalem's Old
City April 12, 2009." Unfortunately, Reuters got the name very wrong.
Irineos was deposed some three years ago for selling Church property to
Israeli investors. It was in all the news, even Reuters carried the
scandal. So much for fact checking more....
What's
wrong with this picture? Caption competition
The news agency Reuters published a photo
of the Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. The caption read,
"Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Irineos (C) walks through the
Church of Holy Sepulchre before Palm Sunday liturgy in Jerusalem's Old
City April 12, 2009." Unfortunately, Reuters got the name very wrong.
Irineos was deposed some three years ago for selling Church property to
Israeli investors. It was in all the news, even Reuters carried the
scandal. So much for fact checking more....
Lukashenko
to pass Patriarch Kirill's questions to Pope
Minsk, April 27, Interfax - Belarusian
President Alexander Lukashenko plans to discuss a number of issues that
were recently considered at his meeting with Patriarch Kirill of Moscow
and All Russia with Pope Benedict XVI in the near future."We agreed
[with Patriarch Kirill] that I will readdress a number of questions to
the Pope. Such a visit [to the Vatican] is being planned, and it could
take place," Lukashenko told journalists on Saturday more....
Patriarch
Kirill urges Orthodox Church in America to active missionary work
Moscow, April 27, Interfax – Active
mission among local people should remain a priority for the Orthodox
Church in America, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia
believes.“Your Church has been missionary from the very start as the
great preacher of God’s word Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow and All Russia
headed it,” Patriarch Kirill told Metropolitan Jonah of Canada and All
America, who is visiting Moscow, on Sunday at the Cathedral of Christ
the Savior. more....
Church
Leader Calls on Politicians for Repentance Prayer
The FINANCIAL -- According to Civil
Georgia, Ilia II, the Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church, called
for a day of nationwide prayer for repentance on April 28 and called on
the politicians to pray together on that day. “I want to address the
authorities and the opposition to come to church on that very important
day and to repent sins together,” Ilia II said. more....