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Pastoral School to Accept Applications for Fall 2024 Semester

The Pastoral School of the Diocese of Chicago & Mid-America is committed to making high quality Orthodox theological education as accessible to as many interested students as possible. Based on this commitment we have made it possible for students to study either full time or part time in our school, have instituted summer courses, accept applicants in both the fall and spring semesters, and offer instruction in both English and Spanish.

Applications for admission for the fall semester are due September 1, 2024. Classes begin September 9, 2024. Applications and further information on the Pastoral School programs can be found at our web site:

http://orthodoxtheologicalschool.org/

Questions should be directed to the Dean of the Pastoral School, Priest Gregory Joyce:

fr.gregory.joyce@orthodoxtheologicalschool.org

An excellent article on the persecution of the legitimate Ukrainian Orthodox Church by the American proxy regime in Kiev (your tax dollars at work): https://www.theamericanconservative.com/ukraines-two-wars/

An excellent article on some unfortunate trends in the EP: The Way to Schism Part 2: Fake Ecumenical Unions - Orthodox Reflections https://orthodoxreflections.com/the-way-to-schism-part-2-fake-ecumenical-unions/

The New e-Bulletin is now posted: https://saintjonah.org/e-bulletin/sunday-e-bulletin-august-18th-2024/

Orthodoxy in Ukraine Under Attack
https://youtu.be/YqiwJezGJ9Y?si=4N9Z_nAeyPDdRjHU

The New e-Bulletin is now posted: https://saintjonah.org/e-bulletin/sunday-e-bulletin-august-25th-2024/

Bartholomew’s Dirty Games Against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
https://www.helleniscope.com/2024/08/22/bartholomews-dirty-games-against-the-ukrainian-orthodox-church-en-gr/

Co-chair of the National Federation of Young Republicans Katherine Whiteford called for the protection of Orthodox Ukrainians from persecution by the Ukrainian authorities.

The young American politician recalled that for years, believers and clergy of the UOC were subjected to terror by the SBU and anti-Christian activists, and the police simply stood by when churches were seized and journalists were arrested.

Now, after the adoption of a new law that legalizes discrimination, everything will get even worse.

"If this was the status quo when the UOC had, at least on paper, political protection, what will be its fate with the passing of Bill 8371?
The Church now faces a catastrophe it hasn’t known since the height of “Bolshevik” power. As an Orthodox Christian myself, whose diocese was largely founded by Ukrainian Christians fleeing Soviet persecution, my heart is broken to see history repeating itself. As an American and a Conservative, I am appalled to know that my government, founded on the basis of religious liberty, is supporting a regime which openly and proudly persecutes Christians.”

Katherine Whiteford called on everyone to join her in calling on the leadership of the House and Senate to demand action.

Demand that the Ukrainian government repeal 8371, release members of the UOC and journalists covering the persecution who are currently in prison, and that further aid to Ukraine be tied to religious freedom.

Subscribe @PersecutionInUkraine and follow the “UOJ case” and the struggle for civil rights in Ukraine.

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The State of the Ukranian Orthodox Church / Ecumenism w/ Fr. John Whiteford
https://www.youtube.com/live/wT2-REbKCDY?si=ucHMTQSHJh0ga4c8

The New e-Bulletin is now posted: https://saintjonah.org/e-bulletin/sunday-e-bulletin-september-1st-2024/

Should Orthodox Christians Vote? Two Contemporary Saints Answer
https://fatherjohn.blogspot.com/2024/08/should-orthodox-christians-vote-two.html

The New e-Bulletin is now posted: https://saintjonah.org/e-bulletin/sunday-e-bulletin-september-8th-2024/

Archbishop Elpidophoros is not an Orthodox bishop

From the speech of Archpriest Sasha Petrovich from the Serbian Orthodox Church (St. Nicholas Church in Omaha, Nebraska, USA) at a conference in defense of Orthodoxy and the UOC in Sofia:

"During his six years of leadership of the Greek Archdiocese of the USA, Archbishop Elpidophoros has taken many steps and made various statements that stand in sharp contrast to the teaching of the Orthodox Church, based on Holy Scripture and Holy Tradition, as well as formulated at the Ecumenical Councils and in the works of the Holy Fathers."

In his presentation, the priest presented evidence that the head of the Greek Archdiocese publicly and openly advocates the legalization of abortion, supports sodomy and tramples on all moral Christian principles, praises Freemasonry, and openly professes the heresy of perennialism (the teaching that all religions possess the fullness of truth, which leads them to God, only by different paths).

In particular, the hierarch wrote a speech that was read at the opening of the largest Hindu temple in America, which stated: "This Hindu temple is a holy place. I send you my congratulations and blessings for the success and prosperity of this sacred cause."

Moreover, Archbishop Elpidophoros allowed the priests of his archdiocese to administer communion to the heterodox spouses of Orthodox parishioners, and during the “pandemic” he became an ardent agitator for unprecedented changes in the method of communion (such “preventive and sanitary measures” were introduced that were not required even for medical workers).

The hierarch also crossed many red lines in communicating with non-Orthodox, performing joint prayer not only with Catholics (for example, the archbishop served a joint prayer service with the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in March 2024), but also with non-Christians in general.

At the end of his speech, Father Sasha Petrovich concluded that: “Archbishop Elpidophoros is not an Orthodox bishop and that he is leading his entire archdiocese to spiritual destruction.”

The New e-Bulletin is now posted: https://saintjonah.org/e-bulletin/sunday-e-bulletin-september-15th-2024/