Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience Nov 22, 2009
Jonah PaffhausenPrimate, Orthodox Church in America (Syosset, N.Y.) ... D.Archpriest, Orthodox Church in America; Professorial Lecturer, The George Washington University (Ashburn, Va. (Newsmax)
Danvers religion news Nov 22, 2009
On Saturday, Dec. 5, at 6 p.m., St. Nicholas Orthodox Church will celebrate its patronal feast day with the service of Great Vespers with Litya and welcome as chief celebrant, Bishop Nikon (Liolin), Orthodox Church in America Bishop of Boston and the New England Diocese. Bishop Nikon is the administrative head of churches in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont and New Hampshire. (Danvers Herald, MA)
Orthodox Christians mark independence in America Oct 31, 2009
Metropolitan Jonah: National leader of the Russian-rooted Orthodox Church in America ... "It is a transition that will lead us, as quickly as possible, to our goal of a united, autocephalous American Church," said Metropolitan Jonah, national leader of the Russian-rooted Orthodox Church in America ... When the Russian Orthodox Church declared the Orthodox Church in America autocephalous in 1970, it hoped that would be the basis of a single American church. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Hopes rising for unifying churches Oct 26, 2009
The keynote speaker at Ligonier will be Metropolitan Jonah, leader of the Orthodox Church in America, a self-governing offshoot of the Russian Orthodox Church ... The Orthodox Church in America and the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, which has its roots in the Middle East, had led the unity movement ... But the Orthodox Church in America is emerging from years of financial scandal. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Govrusik oldest active priest for Orthodox churches Oct 25, 2009
Govrusik is the 20th pastor at St. Mary s Church, arriving in 1971 to serve the church whose roots reach back to 1917. According to a parish history book, that is when many Slavic immigrants made their way to America. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Breakaway Episcopalians install a new archbishop Jun 26, 2009
One test for Archbishop Duncan will be to attract other Anglican offshoots, including the Orthodox Church in America, to the new body. The two denominations share the belief that the Episcopal Church failed to uphold biblical authority on issues such as the divinity of Jesus and biblical morality. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
Ancient faith spreads the Word in new ways Apr 19, 2009
One recent exception is the Orthodox Church in America, a daughter of the Russian Orthodox Church that became self-governing in 1970 ... The station will soon carry podcasts from Metropolitan Jonah, the new leader of the Orthodox Church in America, who is creating a stir with his call for an American Orthodoxy without overseas governance. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Canadians ‘from all walks of life' come to aid of Abdelrazik Mar 26, 2009
If they want to send us to jail, let them, but we cannot sit passively by while this government does nothing, said Archbishop Lazar Puhalo, a retired hierarch of the Orthodox Church in America and a contributor to the ticket purchase. Audrey Macklin, an associate law professor at the University of Toronto, said Mr. Abdelrazik's case is only one of a series where the Canadian government has failed to protect its citizens abroad. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Orthodox Church here fears Phila. merger Mar 21, 2009
Anxiety has replaced elation for local leaders of the Orthodox Church in America, who fear that the election of their new bishop has been delayed so that the solvent Archdiocese of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania can be merged with the scandal-ridden, financially troubled Archdiocese of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania ... To take office, Archimandrite Melchisedek, an Ohio native now living in Greece, must be released by his superiors in Greece and approved by the bishops of the... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
