Orthodox Church in America
US Orthodox symposium on women deacons proposes a way forward
By Meagan Saliashvili — November 14, 2023
BROOKLINE, Mass. (RNS)— A consortium of Orthodox Christian scholars, clergy and lay supporters meeting this week outside Boston proposed guidelines for the church to revive the ancient practice of allowing women to be deacons.
Native Alaskan healer named North America’s first female saint in Orthodox Church
By Meagan Saliashvili — November 10, 2023
(RNS) — A Native Alaskan midwife known for her healing love, especially toward abused women, was glorified at a meeting of bishops in Chicago this week.
Dreher’s war, part 1
By Mark Silk — April 30, 2022
(RNS) — The first of two columns on how America's best-known Orthodox Christian writer looks at the war in Ukraine.
Orthodox Church in America head Metropolitan Jonah dismissed over alleged rape cover-up
By David Gibson — July 20, 2012
(RNS) The Orthodox Church in America announced that it forced its controversial leader, Metropolitan Jonah, to resign earlier this month chiefly because Jonah had failed to remove a priest accused of rape. By David Gibson.
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