Greeks Mad

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has issued a new statement against Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew#orthodox_times https://t.co/scHpMQ6fE8

— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) September 14, 2021

Ecclesial Tyranny

Archbishop Chrysostomos of Cyprus gave an ultimatum by the end of the week to the priests who have been denounced at the Holy Synod for urging the people not to be vaccinated#orthodox_times https://t.co/jpupDob70k

— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) September 14, 2021

The Greek Orthodox Vanity Project Will Be Completed for the 20th Anniversary of 9-11

For the Twentieth Anniversary of September 11th, the exterior of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church will be finished#orthodox_times https://t.co/fU3rxerQ8g

— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) August 23, 2021

New Priest for the Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church at the World Trade Center via @orthodox_times https://t.co/uK1Q5higlR

— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) August 25, 2021

Ecclesiastical Education...

A concession to the feminists, in violation of the precepts laid down by St. Paul, in reaffirmation of the Natural Law.

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: "Modern Christian women, according to the conditions, requirements and needs of our time, can offer a great deal in the fields of ecclesiastical education, charity, and social solidarity." https://t.co/dIgWhne0AO pic.twitter.com/GtFt332cg4

— Order of St. Andrew (@OrderStAndrew) August 5, 2021

Romanticizing the Past

Living in the imperial glories of the past...

The Department of Greek Education is proud to announce the release of a new children’s book titled “The Big Secret”
.@goarch #orthodox_times https://t.co/MEDDaCcr2h

— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) July 29, 2021

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It's not every day that you see coverage of Byzantine imperial history in a local newspaper. How this was achieved, I have no idea.

That said, it's time to believe in humanity again.https://t.co/5ColqZ4qYj

— Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick (@FrAndrewSDamick) July 29, 2021

How long before Constantinople is reduced to this?

On Thursday morning, July 29, 2021, an outdoors Divine Liturgy at the ruins of the ancient Church was officiated by Archbishop Theophanes of Gerassa#orthodox_times https://t.co/ysv61nvBqv

— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) July 29, 2021

Eternal Memory

The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco announced the repose of Archimandrite Mark Vinas, who fell asleep in the Lord on July 3, 2021
.@goarch #orthodox_times https://t.co/cMGpP7k5Zx

— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) July 6, 2021

What Would They Know of "Democracy"

President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou: We expect you to promote the spirit of Greece in such a strong democracy in the world as the United States #orthodox_times https://t.co/tNN6r7PcCG

— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) July 6, 2021

Actually, maybe they would be quite familiar with that degenerate form of government or regime. Especially one that is captive to feminism.

Inaugurating a Greek Boondoggle

Patriarch Bartholomew to inaugurate Ground Zero church, celebrate anniversary of enthronement in Americahttps://t.co/rrOyfQJQwC

In an encyclical published yesterday, Archbishop Elpidophoros of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America announced that the Patriarch will make h... pic.twitter.com/Q5YTWjrZQ7

— Orthodox Christianity (@Orthodoxy2019) July 1, 2021

New Admins for HCHC

Fr. Michael Kouremetis and Fr. Christopher Flesoras have been appointed Dean of Students and Assistant Dean of Students, respectively, by HCHC President George M. Cantonis with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America... pic.twitter.com/D1pSKu8KjB

— Hellenic College Holy Cross (@HCHCBoston) June 9, 2021

GOARCH Boondoggle

A shrine to their capitulation to "Americanism."

With less than a year left in the reconstruction of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine that was destroyed on September 11, 2001, Michael Psaros foresees a church that further honors the lives that were lost.https://t.co/pMAbE5uFcc

— Crux (@Crux) June 4, 2021

Traumatic Memory

But have the Greeks learned the right lessons after their empire fell? Or do they cling on to an imperialistic form of Christianity? Is true metanoia needed?

On May 29th, the Holy Church remembers the Fall of Constantinople, Queen of Cities

During the centuries that followed under Turkish rule, the Greeks, Bulgarians, and Serbians (and others) regarded their Orthodoxy as the expression of their spiritual and national individuality. pic.twitter.com/PYC6hhaQK5

— Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada (@GO_Metropolis) May 29, 2021

On this day May 29, 1453: The Fall of Constantinople. https://t.co/1MN93a3BXy

— Greek City Times (@greekcitytimes) May 29, 2021

"Let it be known, let it be moaned, let your heart be broken. Woe to us, alas for us: Romania has been taken"https://t.co/CGFNQox0hY

— OCN (@MyOCN) May 29, 2021

568 years have passed since the sad anniversary of the Fall of #Constantinople and the heroic fall of the #Byzantine_Empire#orthodox_timeshttps://t.co/3uwsYpIpaK

— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) May 29, 2021

The Causes of the Fall of Constantinople, According to Joseph Bryennioshttps://t.co/wSRUmEVBZg pic.twitter.com/UpfiE9T4gQ

— Mystagogy Resource Center (@mystagogy1) May 29, 2021

Premiering now: “The City Lives” featuring the Voice of Greece, Glykeria, in a special musical tribute to Constantinoplehttps://t.co/iazoXOwvLv

— OCN (@MyOCN) May 30, 2021

Should This Be a Paid Job?

What does a chaplain do an ordinary layman can't? And if mass population centers weren't so disordered, would we need paid chaplains, instead of the Christian faithful visiting the sick as appropriate?

Such an excellent podcast. Features the brilliant Sarah Byrne-Martelli, an Orthodox chaplain. Yes, Orthodox women can be chaplains! https://t.co/l12Jv2uVcV

— Sarah Riccardi-Swartz (@RiccardiSwartz) May 24, 2021

Women Running Youth Groups: A Brilliant Pastoral Strategy!

On Monday 22 May, the Youth Fellowship of St Catherine’s Greek Orthodox, Mascot, run – with the blessing of Father Athanasios Giatsios – by Dora and Gia Kelaiditis, held its first Youth Forum on the theme ‘Our Lives Written by God’#orthodox_timeshttps://t.co/NuKWuRwH0s

— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) May 25, 2021

Debutante Ball

The 99th Annual Debutante Ball of the Kytherian Association of Australia took place in Randwick, Sydney#orthodox_timeshttps://t.co/4fqxGVJoXS

— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) May 18, 2021

How many will still be Orthodox in 10 years?

Would It Have Mattered?

Was Prince Philip quietly reurning to his Greek Orthodox roots? New @holysmoke @spectator podcast offers fascinating clues.... https://t.co/iMPiAEy4tj

— Damian Thompson (@holysmoke) April 12, 2021

Greek Clerics Should Refrain from Secular Panegyrics

The Archbishop praised #PrincePhilip for “his sensitivity regarding environmental issues as well as being a strong supporter of the youth”#orthodox_times

https://t.co/bBXqYwGW1A

— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) April 10, 2021

Liberalism in Service to the State

Those who think racial justice is solely a sole agenda ought to spend time with the Trinity. @FordhamOrthodox https://t.co/8EgXW4HdA6

— Matt Kappadakunnel (@matt_k007) April 8, 2021

Orthodox Christianity? No.

Dr. Michele Watkins (@GodGaveMeASong) (U. of San Diego), our other NEH Faculty Fellow, will complete her first book, "Deification of the Desacralized: Critical Correlations Among Womanist & Orthodox Theologies."

— Fordham OCSC (@FordhamOrthodox) April 8, 2021

Shameless Political Partisanship

The movements of #Russian forces raise concerns over #Moscow’s plans to send troops to #Ukraine#orthodox_times https://t.co/jhG95UYPza

— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) April 10, 2021

Two Different POVs

And yet both would claim to be "Orthodox."

.@JosepBorrellF promised that the #EU would continue to provide “unwavering” support to #Kyiv#orthodox_times #Russia https://t.co/dojLTDh30B

— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) April 5, 2021

Biden Pledges Support for Ukraine Against "Russian Aggression" https://t.co/RQDjEZw3OA pic.twitter.com/Iw0A8XowtI

— Russian Faith (@Russian_Faith) April 4, 2021

The Funeral Oration of Pericles

In celebration of this day, students and staff from The Saint Constantine School, a private, classical, Orthodox Christian school in Houston, TX, bring to life the famous Funeral Oration of Pericleshttps://t.co/w7MZFEwAEZ

— Orthodox Observer (@OrthoObserver) April 1, 2021

What hope for the Greek churches in the United States? Co-education has been and continues to be a failure.