| Efforts by IOCC and its partners to safely distribute relief items to Syrian families is growing more challenging each day as fighting spreads from Homs to the capital city of Damascus. Despite the unrest in Damascus, Ohanian reported that the IOCC aid is still reaching affected families and that more than 123,000 people have been assisted. “We are deeply concerned for the thousands of Syrian families who have been forced to flee their homes and the ongoing assistance that will be required to help meet their basic food and hygiene needs,” said Ohanian. “In addition to those who have been displaced in Syria, there has been a recent surge in the number of people escaping to neighboring countries, especially to Lebanon and Jordan where IOCC is also working to provide assistance.” The United Nations reports more than 129,000 people have formally registered as refugees in neighboring countries, while other reports put the number closer to 200,000 people who have fled Syria. How You Can Help You can help the victims of poverty and conflicts around the world, like those in Syria, by making a financial gift to the International Emergency Response Fund which will provide immediate relief as well as long-term support through the provision of emergency aid, recovery assistance and other support to help those in need. To make a gift, please visit www.iocc.org or call toll free at 1-877-803-IOCC (4622), or mail a check or money order payable to IOCC, P.O. Box 17398, Baltimore, MD 21297. About International Orthodox Christian Charities IOCC is the official humanitarian aid agency of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in North and Central America. Since its inception in 1992, IOCC has delivered more than million in relief and development programs to families and communities in 50 countries. oca.org Другие публикации на портале: © 2007-2024 Портал Богослов.Ru. Издатель: БОГОСЛОВ.RU Адрес издателя: 141300 Московская область, город Сергиев Посад, территория Троице-Сергиевой Лавры. |
| Лит.: PLP. Bd. 2. N 2706; (иностр. работы о В. до 1964 г. см. в ст.: Labowsky L. Bessarione//Dizionario biographico degli Italiani. R., 1967. Vol. 9. P. 686-697); Садов А. И. Виссарион Никейский: Его деятельность на Ферраро-Флорентийском Соборе, богосл. соч. и значение в истории гуманизма. СПб., 1883; Хартман Г. М. Значение греч. культуры для развития итал. гуманизма//ВВ. 1959. Т. 15. С. 100-124; Удальцова З. В. Борьба визант. партий на Флорентийском Соборе и роль Виссариона Никейского в заключении унии//ВВ. 1950. Т. 3. С. 106-132; она же. Философские труды Виссариона Никейского и его гуманистическая деятельность в Италии//ВВ. 1973. Т. 35. С. 75-85; она же. Жизнь и деятельность Виссариона Никейского//Там же. 1976. Т. 37. С. 74-97; Clough C. H. Cardinal Bessarion and Greek at the court of Urbino//Manuscritta. 1964. Vol. 8. P. 160-171; Bernandinellos S. I testi Bessarionei d. metafisica di Aristotele//RSBN. 1968. Vol. 15 (N. S. Vol. 5). P. 127-145; Gill J. East and West in the Time of Bessarion//Ibid. P. 3-27; idem. Was Bessarion a Conciliarist or an Unionist before the Council of Florence?//OCA. 1977. Vol. 204. P. 201-219; Mioni E. Bessarione bibliofilo e filologo//RSBN. 1968. Vol. 15 (N. S. Vol. 5). P. 61-83; Vlachos T. N. Bessarion als päpstlicher Legat in Venedig im Jahre 1463//Ibid. P. 123-125; Moraux P. D " Aristote à Bessarions. Québec, 1970; Miscellanea marciana di studi bessarionei. Padova, 1976; Labowsky L. Bessarion " s Library and the Biblioteca Marciana: Six Early Inventories. R., 1979; Neuhausen K. , Trapp E. Lateinische Humanistenbriefe zu Bessarions Schrift «In Calumniatorem Platonis»//JÖB. 1979. Bd. 28. S. 141-165; Monfasani J. Bessarion Latinus//Rinascimento. 1981. Vol. 21. P. 165-209; idem. Byzantine Scholars in Renaissance Haly: Cardinal Bessarion and Other Emigrés. Aldershot, 1995; Lampsidis O. L " «éloge de Trébizonde» de Bessarion//JÖB. 1982. Bd. 32. S. 121-127; Медведев И. П. Уникальный архивный документ за подписью Виссариона Никейского//ВВ. 1986. Т. 46. С. 157-163; он же. Болонская грамота Виссариона Никейского в архиве ЛОИИ СССР АН СССР//ВВ. 1986. Т. 47. С. 134-144; он же. Византийский гуманизм XIV-XV вв. СПб., 1997; Лазарев В. Н. История визант. живописи. М., 1986. Т. 1. С. 187, 267; Т. 2. Табл. 597; Bessarionne e l " umanesimo: Cat. d. mostra/A cura di G. Fiaccadori. Napoli, 1994. |
| 602. “Introducing the New Series: Anaphorae Orientales,” OCP 67 (2001) 555-558. 603. “Questions on the Eastern Churches” 1: “ECJ Question Box Rules,” “Prayers Before Communion in the Byzantine Eucharist,” “Clergy Communion at the Byzantine Presanctified Liturgy,” ECJ 8/1 (2001) 123-126 (=123-4, 124-5, 125-6). 604. (Co-editor), Acts of the International Congress Comparative Liturgy Fifty Years after Anton Baumstark (1872-1948), Rome, 25-29 September 1998, edited by Robert F. Taft, S.J. and Gabriele Winkler (OCA 265, Rome: PIO 2001). 605. Co-author with Gabriele Winkler, “Introduction,” Acts of the International Congress Comparative Liturgy Fifty Years after Anton Baumstark (1872-1948), Rome, 25-29 September 1998, edited by Robert F. Taft, S.J. and Gabriele Winkler (OCA 265, Rome: PIO 2001) 9-29. 606. “Anton Baumstark’s Comparative Liturgy Revisited,” in Acts of the International Congress Comparative Liturgy Fifty Years after Anton Baumstark (1872-1948), Rome, 25-29 September 1998, edited by Robert F. Taft, S.J. and Gabriele Winkler (OCA 265, Rome: PIO 2001) 191-232. 607. “Liturgia oriental,” in Diccionario histórico de la Compañía de Jesús. Biografico-tematico, ed. C.E. O’Neill, J.M. Domínguez (Rome/Madrid 2001) 3:2880-2882. 608. “The Liturgy in the Life of the Church,” Logos 40 (1999) 187-229 (reprint of no. 583—appeared in 2001). 609. Review of Michael Kunzler, Archieratikon. Einführung in Geist und Gestalt der bischöflichen Liturgie im byzantinischen Ritus der griechisch-katholischen Kirche der Ukraine (Paderborn: Bonifatius Druck Buch Verlag 1998), OCP 67 (2001) 226-230. 610. Review of Andreas Heinz, Die Eucharstiefeier in der Deutung syrischer Liturgieerklärer. Die Liturgiekommentare von Georg dem Araberbischof (†724), Mose bar Kepha (†903), Dionysius bar Salibi (†1171) (Sophia. Quellen östlicher Theologie, Hrsg. von Andreas Heinz, Bd. 33, Paulinus Verlag, Trier, 2000), OCP 67 (2001) 506-507. 2002 г. 611. “P. Robert Taft, S.J.—Biography,” CCOr 3/3 (2001) – 4/1 (2002) 90-94. |
| His Eminence, Archbishop Melchisedek of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania delivered the main dialogue paper, titled “The Universe of Christian Discourse,” which set out to reestablish a common methodology and vocabulary for fruitful and reconciliatory discussions. Priest John Parker, Chair of the OCA’s Department of Evangelization, delivered a talk on the holy priesthood from the Orthodox Christian perspective. ACNA Bishop Keith Ackerman delivered a similar talk from the Anglican perspective. Also present at the meeting was Protopresbyter Leonid Kishkovsky, OCA Director of External Affairs , who offered a perspective on the June 2016 Orthodox Council held in Crete. “The OCA conversations with the ACNA are valuable because we are discovering significant theological affinities as well as identifying some significant theological differences,” Father Leonid said. On Thursday, August 18, Metropolitan Tikhon welcomed Archbishop Foley Beach, ACNA Primate, and members of his delegation at the OCA Chancery. While they had been introduced informally at the 18th All-American Council in Atlanta, GA in 2015, the occasion marked their first formal meeting. OCA and ACNA representatives presented Metropolitan Tikhon and Archbishop Beach with icons of Saints Tikhon of Moscow, John Kochurov and Sebastian Dabovich, which were blessed in the Chancery’s Saint Sergius of Radonezh Chapel. The three saints had participated in a significant Anglican/Orthodox gathering in Fond du Lac, WI in the early 1900s. “A luncheon was served with warm and fraternal conversation, both personal and ecclesiastical, including mutual introductions and the exchange of perspectives on common pastoral challenges in 21st century America,” said Father John Parker. “Father Leonid and Archpriests John Jillions, OCA Chancellor, and Eric Tosi, OCA Secretary, also were present for the luncheon, together with Canon Andrew Gross, Assistant to Bishop Foley. Besides Archbishop Melchisedek and Father Parker, Archpriest Chad Hatfield, CEO of Saint Vladimir’s Seminary , Yonkers, NY and OCA Co-Chair, participated in the meetings. Other ACNA representatives, in addition to Archbishop Foley and Bishop Ackerman, included Bishop Kevin Bond Allen, Co-Chair; Bishop Ray Sutton; and Dr. Michael Howell. |
| While in Tikhvin, Metropolitan Herman, Archbishop Job and members of the OCA delegation were guests at a dinner in their honor hosted by the governor, mayor and other officials. Father Sergei Garklavs was presented with keys to a house in the city of Tikhvin as a sign of gratitude for the years he served as the Tikhvin Icon’s guardian. Patriarch Aleksy also awarded Fathers Sergei and Alexander Garklavs the Order of Saint Sergius for their efforts in returning the icon. In commemoration of the icon’s return, the Garklaves presented an icon of Saints Tikhon and John Kochurov holding a model of Chicago’s Holy Trinity Cathedral to the Dormition Monastery. Metropolitan Herman, Archbishop Job, and members of the OCA delegation attended the Vigil on Saturday, July 10 at Saint Petersburg’s massive Cathedral of Saint Isaac. Earlier in the day, they prayed before the relics of the Blessed Xenia of Saint Petersburg and visited a number of other churches. The following morning, they concelebrated the Divine Liturgy with Metropolitan Vladimir in the Cathedral of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, after which Metropolitan Vladimir once again thanked Metropolitan Herman for the return of the Tikhvin Icon, and presented with a large hand-painted copy of the Tikhvin icon which will hang in a prominent location at the Chancery of the Orthodox Church in America. Metropolitan Vladimir wished Metropolitan Herman and the delegation a safe journey back to the US. Metropolitan Vladimir also presented to Mr. John Mindala, OCA photographer, the order of St. Alexander Nevsky in recognition of his efforts to produce high quality prints and images of the Tikhvin icon for use by the Orthodox Church in America and Russian Orthodox Church. Other members of the OCA delegation included Protopresbyter Robert Kondratick, OCA Chancellor; the Very Rev. David Brum; Archimandrite Zacchaeus [Wood], OCA Representative to the Moscow Patriarchate; Archdeacons Alexei Klimitchev and Isidore [Brittain]; and Messrs. Peter Ilchuk, Alexis Liberovsky, Jason Vansuch, and Joel Wilson. Also attending the various services associated with the icon’s historic return was a group of three-dozen pilgrims on a trip especially arranged byF.O.S. Tours for the Orthodox Church in America, led by Mr. David Lucs. |
| His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon arrived on Saturday, July 18, at the Atlanta Hilton. where he was given a warm welcome by members of the Holy Synod of Bishops, AAC and FOCA convention participants, members of the AAC local planning committee and faithful representing area parishes. On Saturday evening, at the invitation of His Eminence, Metropolitan Alexios of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Atlanta, Metropolitan Tikhon, the Holy Synod, and many faithful attended a pan-Orthodox Vesper Service at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral. [See photo gallery of Metropolitan Tikhon’s arrival and the Vesper Service on the OCA web site and Facebook page .] Sunday morning opened with the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at the Atlanta Hilton, concelebrated by Metropolitan Tikhon and members of the Holy Synod. Faithful from parishes throughout the area joined AAC and FOCA participants for the Liturgy and added their voices to the mass choir, which sang under the direction of Prof. David Drillock. [See photo gallery of the Divine Liturgy on the OCA web site and Facebook page .] AAC delegate and observer registration will continue on Sunday and Monday. Prior to the AAC’s official opening on Monday evening, July 20, several OCA dioceses will hold their annual assemblies at the AAC site. The AAC will officially open with the celebration of a Service of Prayer at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, after which Metropolitan Tikhon will call the Council to order. Highlights of the plenary session include. welcoming words by His Eminence, Archbishop Mark of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania on behalf of the Preconciliar Commission. words of welcome from Archimandrite Gerasim, Archpriest Alexander Fecanin, Barbara Massoudi and Michaela Stasiewicz of the AAC local committee. a video presentation highlighting the AAC theme—“How To Expand The Mission.” the Address of Metropolitan Tikhon, followed by questions and answers. the reports of Archpriests John J. Jillions, OCA Chancellor and Eric G. Tosi, OCA Secretary. Daily updates, galleries and videos will be posted on the OCA web site , Facebook page and 18th AAC Facebook page throughout the week, together with video coverage by Ancient Faith Media . |
| There will be a Holy Synod retreat in the summer of 2013. The hierarchs will attend the fourth annual Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in North and Central America, September 17-19, 2013. The fall meeting of the Metropolitan Council and Lesser Synod will take place September 23-26, 2013, while the fall meeting of the Holy Synod will convene October 15-17. The Holy Synod approved Metropolitan Tikhon’s proposal that he and the Secretary, Eric G. Tosi, represent the OCA at the inauguration of Pope Francis in Rome on Tuesday, March 19. It was noted that the OCA had been represented by a bishop and priest at the inauguration of each new Pope since 1970. The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity is organizing the participation of official delegations. [Additional information will be posted at oca.org as it is received.] A photo gallery may be accessed on the OCA web site and OCA Facebook page . Source: OCA.org Tweet Donate Share Code for blog Holy Synod of Bishops concludes spring session, the USA admin March 15, 2013 The Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America held its spring session at the Chancery here Tuesday through Thursday, March 12-14, 2013. In addition to His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, who chaired the sessions, other members of the Holy Synod in attendance were ... Since you are here… …we do have a small request. More and more people visit Orthodoxy and the World website. However, resources for editorial are scarce. In comparison to some mass media, we do not make paid subscription. It is our deepest belief that preaching Christ for money is wrong. Having said that, Pravmir provides daily articles from an autonomous news service, weekly wall newspaper for churches, lectorium, photos, videos, hosting and servers. Editors and translators work together towards one goal: to make our four websites possible - Pravmir.ru, Neinvalid.ru, Matrony.ru and Pravmir.com. Therefore our request for help is understandable. For example, 5 euros a month is it a lot or little? A cup of coffee? It is not that much for a family budget, but it is a significant amount for Pravmir. |
| 439 Lucas, «Enfants Terribles,» 9 and Request for Transfer to the OCA by the Ben Lomond Presbytery, February 12,1998, available at (accessed January 24, 2013). 441 Request for Transfer to the OCA by the Ben Lomond Presbytery, February 12, 1998, available at (accessed January 24, 2013). 442 Metropolitan Philip to Petitioning Presbytery, February 14,1998, available at (accessed January 24, 2013). The claim to laicize Anderson is quite peculiar, since Anderson was simply a priest the OCA had loaned to the Antiochian Archdiocese. Technically, Metropolitan Philip could only renege the loan and send Anderson back to the OCA, where it would be up to Metropolitan Theodosius to decide what to do with Anderson (whether to discipline him or assign him to an OCA parish). 443 See The Opinion of the Superior Court of Santa Cruz for Metropolitan Philip v. Steiger (2000) 82 Cal. App. 4th 923 Cal. Rptr. 2d 605] available at (accessed January 22, 2013). 444 Fr. David Anderson, however, returned not to the OCA, but to the Roman Catholic Church, and serves as an Eastern Catholic priest. 446 Archpastoral Directive, August 7, 2008. This was seen as a restatement of the earlier 2003 directive. One of the puzzling aspects to this directive, however, was Philips contention that «it has been clear since the disintegration of Orthodox unity which existed in North America since 1917, that the Arabic-speaking Orthodox people in North America have been exclusively under the pastoral care of the Self-Ruled Antiochian Archdiocese of North America. Similarly, the Greek speaking Orthodox people ... have always been under the pastoral care of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.» There never was jurisdictional unity in America prior to 1917 even though one could argue there should have been. See Matthew Namee, " The Myth of Past Unity,» paper delivered at St. Vladimir " s Seminary, June 20, 2009, available at (accessed January 25, 2013). More puzzling, though, is the reference to languages and ethnicities, since the overwhelming majority of the Ben Lomond parishioners were former members of the EOC and, therefore, not ethnically Arab. Such a phyletistic approach is at odds with the narrative so often portrayed (of a metropolitan who unites and sees no room for ethnic division). See, for example, Bishop Josephs words claiming Metropolitan Philip never forgets that «we are an Orthodox Christian community, rather than a member of this or that ethnicity.» See «Metropolitan PHILIP in View of His Bishops,» available at http://www.antiochian.org/node/18574 (accessed January 24, 2013). Likewise, this was a theme in Gillquist’s book Metropolitan Philip: His Life and His Dreams. See, especially, Philip " s 1984 sermon where he himself decried ethnic jurisdictionalism. |
| It is also important for the OCA to engage in periodic face-to-face discussions, which are far better in strengthening ties than mere phone calls, e-mails, and casual encounters at other gatherings. OCA.ORG: What are your general impressions of the Czech-Slovak Church? FR. E: It was a bit of whirlwind. We, of course, had an opportunity to spend a lot of time with Metropolitan Krystof. We also meet Archbishop Juraj from southern Slovakia and Bishop Joakim, Vicar in Moravia. In Prague, we met the Ukrainian ambassador to the Czech Republic, while were welcomed by the Mayor of Brno, the Czech Republic’s second largest city. We were struck by the youthfulness of the Church’s hierarchs, Chancellor, Secretary, and numerous clergy. The Czech-Slovak Church is clearly a “young Church.” We were equally impressed with the three monasteries we visited, which offered a glimpse into the incredible life that they are developing. Many of the monastics come from various places in Czech and Slovakia as well as other central and eastern European countries. There is definitely a growing monastic movement, not unlike that found in North America. Finances, of course, are a difficulty, but the monasteries offer a wonderful witness to the faith. We were surprised by the similarities between the Czech-Slovak Church and the OCA, as I mentioned earlier. Just as the OCA went through a transitional period decades ago which resulted in the widespread use of the English language in worship, they are striving to introduce the use of Czech and Slovak, in addition to Church Slavonic. A revival of traditional iconography mirrors that found in North America. And they too are seeking to find their voice in an extremely secular country. [It is said that the Czech Republic is one of the world’s five most secular countries.] Involvement of youth in Church life is a priority as well. But we saw that Metropolitan Krystof is a dynamic and beloved leader who is working through these, and related, issues. It was also interesting to note that the Czech-Slovak Church also embraces a substantial number of converts, not unlike the OCA and other North American Orthodox jurisdictions. Curiously, this movement began much earlier than in North America, in the aftermath of World War I. There were villages throughout Bohemia and Moravia that saw a rise in Orthodox population through the conversion of local people. One village, we were told, had three churches – Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox. Amazingly, all three were established by the same man, who converted eventually to Orthodox Christianity. |
| Metropolitan Jonah also presented Metropolitan Hilarion with a hand-painted icon of Saint Jacob Netsvetov. “Saint Jacob was the first native American priest to be ordained on the territory of North America,” Metropolitan Jonah explained. “He was half Russian and half Aleut—a great missionary. He came returned from seminary in Russia to serve his people on the Aleutian Islands, after which he was sent by Saint Innocent to the mouth of the Yukon River, where he evangelized the Yupik people. At the end of his life he evangelized the Tlingit people. Saint Yakov is one of the greatest of the saints of Alaska, and his work is the foundation of so much of the Alaskan mission. It also is the foundation of our common work, because we are both sons of the Russian Orthodox mission and the continuation of that mission that was sent in 1794. We are both heirs of that common legacy. So it is a great joy to present to you this holy icon.” Concelebrating with the Metropolitans was His Eminence, Archbishop Justinian of Naro-Fominsk, Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA. Members of the OCA Holy Synod who concelebrated were His Grace, Bishop Benjamin of San Francisco and the West; His Grace, Bishop Tikhon of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania; His Grace, Bishop Melchisedek of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania; His Grace, Bishop Michael of New York and New Jersey; and His Grace, Bishop Matthais of Chicago and the Midwest. OCA clergy concelebrating included Archpriest John Jillions, OCA Chancellor; Archpriest Eric Tosi, OCA Secretary; Archpriest Leonid Kishkovsky, OCA Director of External Affairs and Interchurch Relations; Archpriest Joseph Lickwar, Chancellor of the Diocese of New York and New Jersey; Archpriest Wiaczeslaw Krawczuk, Dean of the New York City Deanery; Archpriest Samuel Kedala, Dean of the New Jersey Deanery; Archpriest Chad Hatfield, Chancellor of Saint Vladimir’s Seminary; and Protodeacon Joseph Matusiak. ROCOR hierarchs who concelebrated were His Eminence, Archbishop Mark of Berlin, Germany and Great Britain; His Eminence, Archbishop Kyrill of San Francisco and Western America; His Eminence, Archbishop Gabriel of Montreal and Canada; His Grace, Bishop Michael of Geneva and Western Europe; His Grace, Bishop Peter of Cleveland, Administrator of the Diocese of Chicago and Mid-America; His Grace, Bishop George of Mayfield, Vicar of the Diocese of Eastern America and New York; and His Grace, Bishop Jerome of Manhattan, Vicar of the Diocese of Eastern America and New York. |
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