Post Tagged 'Eastern Orthodox Church'

April 28, 2021

Bishops: The Equality Act will destroy Christians’ careers

The bishops of the world’s oldest Christian church have condemned the proposed “Equality Act” – not just based on its threat to religious liberty – but also the danger it poses to Christians’ ability to make a living. Continue Reading...

July 14, 2020

Archbishop: California church singing ban reminiscent of ‘persecutions in the USSR’

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision to ban singing inside churches — and in some cases, to close churches outright — is ringing some unpleasant bells. The government’s “infringement of our religious rights” reminds his flock of “the era of godless persecutions in the USSR,” says a leader of the Russian religious community. Continue Reading...

June 12, 2020

Archbishop: Orthodox Christians can’t riot for ‘equality’

Orthodox Christians cannot participate in riots, revolutionary movements, or violent protests in the name of “justice,” according to a statement from an archbishop. Instead, they should promote “civil evolution” through a commitment to personal virtue—financed by private philanthropy and church charity for the poor. Continue Reading...

September 17, 2019

Rev. Ben Johnson at Natl Catholic Register: Praying to the true ‘King of Israel’

The week after Donald Trump tweeted a message proclaiming himself the “second coming of God,” I decided to say a prayer to the “King of Israel” (although quietly, since my bishop encouraged me to pray so softly that no parishioner would hear me). Continue Reading...

May 01, 2019

Rev. Ben Johnson: The socialist bizarro world of David Bentley Hart

When you come across a think piece so catastrophically wrong as David Bentley Hart’s April 27 New York Times column, “Can We Please Relax About ‘Socialism’?” you marvel at the effort, intentional or not. Continue Reading...

May 17, 2016

Samuel Gregg on David Bentley Hart and Murderous Markets

Is the dominant economic system we have today, the market economy or capitalism, compatible with Christianity? Orthodox Christian theologian David Bentley Hart in a June 2016 First Things article titled,”Mammon Ascendant: Why global capitalism is inimical to Christianity,” is skeptical. Continue Reading...

April 27, 2015

Radio Free Acton: A ‘Deteriorating’ Humanitarian Crisis in Syria

As Syria enters the fifth year of civil war, one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent history is unfolding with no end in sight. This bloody conflict has resulted in the deaths of more than 220,000 Syrians and displaced more than 11 million people, driving almost 4 million people to neighboring countries. Continue Reading...

April 03, 2015

Russian Bishop: Western Powers Share Blame for Middle Eastern Christian Genocide

In a March 29 discussion on Russian TV with a government official, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk decried the attacks against Christians in the Middle East and North Africa, describing these attacks as a genocidal campaign that until recently in international forums and mass media have been “hushed up as if non-existent; it was simply ignored.” Continue Reading...

March 05, 2015

Associational Support in a Digital Age: In Memoriam of Fr. Matthew Baker

Alexis de Tocqueville, observing the young United States in the 1830s, wrote, “Wherever, at the head of a new undertaking, you see in France the government, and in England, a great lord, count on seeing in the United States, an association.” Continue Reading...

February 17, 2015

New Report: Orthodox Monastic Communities in the United States

The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America has published a new report on Orthodox Monastic Communities in the United States (here). The report contains a lot of great information (“great” for nerds like me, anyway), including a whole section entitled, “‘Monastic Economy:’ Ownership of Property and Sources of Income in US Orthodox Monasteries.” Continue Reading...

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