Articles for category: Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis

Orthodox Church: End Relations with Boy Scouts of America

Now that Boy Scouts of America has shown its true colors, the Orthodox Church should end relations with this synchretistic organization.

July 29, 2015 by Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis
Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis, Other faiths

The Orthodox Church’s Reaction to Homosexual Marriage

Shortly after the June 26 Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage, a friend emailed me an article with her own comment in two short monosyllabic words: “So sad.” My reply was a bit longer: “The world continues its course, and Orthodox Christianity its own. The two are diametrically opposed. There should be no surprise there.” I think we should add a few more thoughts on this important subject.

July 13, 2015 by Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis
Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis, Sacraments

What Should we do when our Bishop is an Ecumenist?

What should we do when we witness the acknowledged first-in-honor bishop of the Orthodox Church flagrantly violating the canons of the Church with common prayers and with statements that compromise the uniqueness of the Church?

March 4, 2015 by Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis
Ecumenism, Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis

[Video] The Outpost: What the Church can accomplish

To those who suffer in life, this video will provide comfort, and it will soften even the hardest of hearts.

January 21, 2015 by Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis
Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis, Video, What we believe

Charlie Hebdo: Freedom out of Bounds?

Charlie Hebdo: Has your right of expression gone too far? To joke, mock, caricature and satirize religious figures has boundaries of decency.

January 12, 2015 by Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis
Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis, Other faiths

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Is Reunification of Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches Imminent?

With the ecumenical patriarch sacrificing almost everything for the sake of unity, the reunification of Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches is Imminent, now more than ever.

November 24, 2014 by Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis
Ecumenism, Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis, Other faiths

Dear Mr. Tim Cook: Being Gay is not from God

Mr. Tim Cook: The sobering truth is that being Gay is not from God.

November 17, 2014 by Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis
Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis, What we believe

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Islam: Compatible with the Western World?

The west has still to learn its lesson that Islam is simply irreconcilable with western values.

September 9, 2014 by Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis
Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis, Other faiths

Is Israel the Promised Land?

Zionist Jews, and with them many fundamentalist Bible thumpers, literally believe in the eternal covenant Yahweh made with them, 4,000 years ago. Today, the behavior of Israel towards the Palestinians over earthly lands resembles the Nazis. The persecuted have become the persecutors. How can it be? And how can it change?

August 10, 2014 by Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis
Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis, What we believe

Do all Religions Have the Same Heavenly Father?

“WE ARE ALL BROTHERS AND SISTERS” Are we? First in Jerusalem (May 27, 2014), and more recently in Rome (June 8, 2014), Patriarch Bartholomew hammers the message of universal brotherhood with intra-Christian and interfaith prayer services (which according to the canons of the Orthodox Church are prohibited) and with statements and declarations to that effect.

June 15, 2014 by Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis
Ecumenism, Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis, Other faiths