Quantcast
Channel: AOI Observer» Observer
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 78 View Live

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Patriarch John X Speaks on the Abducted Nuns of Maaloula, Syria

Source: Antiochian Archdiocese His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, issued the following remarks on December 5, 2013 at a press conference in Balamand, Lebanon: Amidst the...

View Article



Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Is Religious Freedom in Peril?

Last night syndicated columnist Terry Mattingly and myself (Fr. Hans Jacobse) discussed where religious freedom in America was under assault. The discussion was, I believe, informative. I was very...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

A Miracle by Elder Paisios

I held off talking about this miracle by Elder Paisios publicly until the miracle was complete, which it nearly is. I was asked to write an account of the miracle to be included in the papers sent to...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Socrates in the City: Eric Metaxas interviews Dr. Stephen Meyer on...

Darwin, the scientific method, Danny DeVito, and Cher all manage to find a place in this mind-boggling and entertaining conversation between Eric Metaxas and Stephen Meyer, at the Union League Club in...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Pat. Bartholomew: Christmas Enyclical Affirms Unborn Life and Traditional...

His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch BartholomewIn what can only be termed as a remarkable shift in tone and emphasis, Ecumenical Patriarchate Bartholomew soundly defends the sanctity of unborn life...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

How the Faith was Lost in the Church of England

Source: Virtue Online | Alan Marsh When the Church becomes a fixed part of the local landscape, it ceases to preach repentance and conversion, and instead “reaches out” with social programs Mainstream...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Estocin: Four Orthodox Christian Lessons from Martin Luther King Jr.

Download Four Orthodox Christian Lessons from Martin Luther King Jr. (pdf). By: Andrew F. Estocin Our Church has never hesitated to fight, when it felt it must, for the rights of mankind….there are...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Leite: The Revolutionary Mentality is the Confusion of our Time

>Olavo de Carvalho – By Fabio L. Leite The ideas of the Brazilian philosopher Olavo de Carvalho provide important tools not only to analyze, but to criticize and resist the destructive current...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Have Icon, Will Travel

The Ministry of an Orthodox Army Chaplain in Southwest Asia Post-9/11 by Alexander F. C. Webster This article appeared in the Nov/Dec 2013 issue of Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity. At 11:20...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Helping a Priest in Need

It’s unfortunate but true: Sometimes priests are treated unfairly and the results can be financially catastrophic. A friend of mine, a solid priest with a great track record and no hint of scandal,...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Thank You to Everyone Who Contributed

Please accept my heartfelt gratitude for the support you showed to a priest in need. He has asked me to convey his gratitude as well. The situation was nothing short of a crisis and your generosity has...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Information, Creativity, and Surprise

My review of Gilder’s book published by the Acton Institute follows these preliminary comments. I believe that the book Knowledge and Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism and How it is...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Fr. Josiah Trenham: Protecting Religious Freedom [AUDIO]

Source: The Voice of Russia – American Edition | Andrew Hiller WASHINGTON (VR)– Some might argue that the founding of the Americas and the keystones of the United States were largely based on three...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Met. Jonah at the Institute of Religion and Democracy: Secularism and...

Source: Juicy Ecumenicism Metropolitan Jonah recently spoke at the Institute on Religion and Democracy. He served as the head of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) from November 2008 until July 2012....

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Ecumenical Patriarch: Cohabitation of Same-Sex Couples Contrary to Gospel

Source: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese (via OCN.Net). The following is an excerpt from the Message of His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to the 42nd Clergy-Laity Congress in Philadelphia,...

View Article

Browsing latest articles
Browse All 78 View Live




Latest Images