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The Mystery of the Virgin Womb as the Tabernacle of God in the Flesh

By John G. Panagiotou Winter 2018 “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call His name Emmanuel.” (Isaiah 7:14) The great prophet of God Isaiah prophesied this proclamation of the salvation of God’s creation some eight centuries before the birth of Jesus…

Patriarchal Proclamation of Christmas 2017

Prot. No. 1123 PATRIARCHAL PROCLAMATION FOR CHRISTMAS Bartholomew By God’s Mercy Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch To the Plenitude of the Church Grace, Mercy and Peace from the Savior Christ Born in Bethlehem Beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, dear children, By the grace of God, we are once again deemed worthy to…

JERUSALEM IN JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY

Winter 2018 Ecumenical Patriarchate-IJCIC: Celebrating 40 Years of Dialogue (Jerusalem, December 5, 2017) Address By His All-Holiness Bartholomew Your Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem, Eminences, Excellencies, Distinguished participants, Dear friends, It is an honor to address this historic conference in which we celebrate forty years of dialogue between Orthodoxy and Judaism. We congratulate His Eminence…

2017 – Islamic Solidarity Year: Interfaith and Intercultural Dialogue

Winter 2018 (Baku, December 21, 2017) Message of His All-Holiness Bartholomew Delivered by His Eminence Metropolitan Emmanuel of France On behalf of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, we would like to congratulate you on the occasion of the International Conference entitled: “2017 – Islamic Solidarity Year: Interfaith and Intercultural Dialogue”. We would especially like to thank His…

The Nativity of Christ

Winter 2018 December 25, 2017 The Nativity of Christ Light of Light, Brightness of the Father, You have made the whole creation shine with joy! (Hymn of Vespers of the Feast) To the Most Reverend Hierarchs, the Reverend Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, the Presidents and Members of the Parish Councils of the…

Archpastoral Message of Metropolitan Tikhon

Winter 2018 Primate of Orthodox Church in America Christ is born! Glorify Him! My beloved Brethren and Blessed Children in the Lord, As we come to the end of the civil year, we reflect back on a period in which tragedy, acts of terrorism, shootings in public spaces, political confusion, and sexual misconduct allegations dominate…

Orthodox Evangelism

Fall 2017 article on Orthodox Evangelism. Click here to read full article

RECONCILIATION

T.A. McMahon The Berean Call, December 1, 2017 (Editor’s Note: During this Christmas Season, we present this beautiful article written by a prominent Protestant thinker and writer, Rev. T.A. McMahon, Executive Editor of The Berean Call. The following article is doctrinally sound and Orthodox within the scope of The Voice of Orthodoxy according to our assessment,…

The Last Christian Emperor – Haile Selassie I and Orthodox Christianity

Addis Ababa Conference Solomon Kibriye (Editor – Ethiopian Affairs) – OCP News Service – 15/11/7 November, 2017 marks the 87th anniversary of the coronation of the last Christian Emperor in the world, a member of the Oriental Orthodox Communion. At the Cathedral of Saint George in Addis Ababa, the Coptic Archbishop of the Ethiopian Orthodox…

The Cross of Christ is Foolishness to the World

Fall 2017 The Cross of Christ is Foolishness to the World: A Swedish Lutheran Bishop Wars Against the Christian Faith By John G. Panagiotou http://www.aoiusa.org/ October 9, 2015 This week Bishop Eva Brunne of the Lutheran Church of Sweden proposed that the Cross be removed from the Seamen’s Church in the Swedish city of Freeport to make…

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