Showing posts with label Orthodox. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Orthodox. Show all posts
Sunday, May 05, 2024

White House Sends Greetings on Orthodox Christian Easter

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The White House today issued a Statement from President Biden ( full text ) sending warm wishes from him and the First Lady to those celebra...
Sunday, April 16, 2023

Biden Sends Greetings on Orthodox Christian Easter

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President Biden today issued a Statement ( full text ) sending warm wishes from himself and the First Lady to those in the Orthodox Christia...
Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Building Code Is Not Zoning Law Under RLUIPA

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In St. Paul’s Foundation and Shrine of Saint Nicholas the Wonder Worker, Patron of Sailors, Brewers and Repentant Thieves v. Baldacci , (D M...
Tuesday, May 04, 2021

Biden Issues Good Wishes On Orthodox Christian Easter Day

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On Sunday, President Joe Biden issued a statement ( full text ) extending warm wishes from himself and the First Lady to their friends in th...
Thursday, February 18, 2021

Jordan's Judicial Council Changes Court System For Small Evangelical Denominations

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Religion News Service reports that Jordan's Judicial Council, apparently responding to growing tension between Orthodox Christians and ...
Friday, October 02, 2020

No Fault Divorce Does Not Infringe Husband's Free Exercise Rights

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 In Melki v. Melki , (MD App., Sept. 29, 2020), the Maryland Court of Special Appeals rejected a husband's claim that granting his wife ...
Saturday, January 07, 2017

Obama Sends Christmas Greetings To Orthodox Christians

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January 7 is Christmas in the Orthodox Christian calendar. Yesterday President Obama issued a statement ( full text ) wishing Orthodox Chri...
Friday, June 24, 2016

Orthodox Church Lays Groundwork For Legal Enforcement of Ban on Church Use For Same-Sex Marriages

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The Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America last week adopted a statement ( full text ) titled S incerely Held Religious Bel...
Saturday, April 30, 2016

President Sends Greetings For Orthodox Christian Easter

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In a White House press release ( full text ) yesterday, President Obama sent greetings to members of the Orthodox Christian community who ar...
Tuesday, November 03, 2015

New Study Examines Power of Orthodox Churches In Former Soviet Republics

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The London-based Foreign Policy Centre last week (Oct. 28) released a 79-page report ( full text ) titled Traditional Religion and Political...
Thursday, March 27, 2014

Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine Leads To Dismissal of Suit Over Church's Board

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In  Ivanov v. Notzkov , 2014 Ill. App. Unpub. LEXIS 577 (IL App., March 25, 2014), an Illinois Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court...
Wednesday, March 26, 2014

California Enacts Special Exemption To Allow Abbot To Be Buried On Monastery Grounds

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In California, Gov. Jerry Brown yesterday signed SB 124 which grants a special exemption to allow Abbot Theodor Micka, a co-founder of Holy...
Saturday, March 01, 2014

Ukrainian Religious Organizations Impacted By Russian Actions

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Not surprisingly, the rapidly developing conflict between Ukraine and Russia is impacting Ukraine's religious institutions.  The Orthodo...