Delegates to the 55th National Council of Churches (NCC) General Assembly nominated an Orthodox bishop as president-elect and reconfirmed the need to strengthen ties with Orthodox churches within the Council. Bishop Vicken Aykazian, a Turkish-born priest who represents the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America in Washington, was nominated on Tuesday – the first day of the Nov. 8-10 General Assembly in Hunt Valley, Md. If confirmed, he will serve for two years as president-elect and be automatically confirmed... Read more

Out of the controversial debate pitting the theory of evolution against the theory of intelligent design has emerged a new theory, dumb design, which some experts believe may explain the televangelist Pat Robertson. The theory of dumb design holds that human beings were designed by a superior being, but one who mysteriously designed certain humans in a particularly dumb way. Please click here. Uh, wait a minute, is He pointing at me? Read more

Conservative Episcopalians Warn Church That It Must Change Course or Face Split In other news … Titanic Sinks! The World is Round! Apples Fall From Trees! 2 + 2 = 4 Read more

The Sexual Revolution, abetted by the Pill and feminism, brought rage to sex; men and women remained opposites while attracting each other. They learned to overcome hostilities to take advantage of new possibilities. They worked out some of the kinks through rock and roll. Burning bras was both angry gesture and sexy signal. Women felt freer and men felt freer with them. But that had a downside, too. “Funny thing about a woman’s career — the things you drop on... Read more

JERUSALEM – Archaeologists digging at the purported biblical home of Goliath have unearthed a shard of pottery bearing an inscription of the Philistine’s name, a find they claimed lends historical credence to the Bible’s tale of David’s battle with the giant. While the discovery is not definitive evidence of Goliath’s existence, it does support the Bible’s depiction of life at the time the battle was supposed to have occurred, said Dr. Aren Maeir, a professor at Bar-Ilan University and director... Read more

Rosa Parks just died and Reebok pronounces that black authenticity is represented by 50 Cent, who records works that have him and his guest artists saying: ”There’s a problem, I’m a solve it, a n—- movin’ around with a big — revolver . . . You —- with me, you see, I’ll react like an animal, I tear you apart. If the masterpiece was murder, I’d major in art.” Then there is Tony Yayo, who raps, ”I’m in that brand... Read more

Menas was an Egyptian by birth and a soldier by profession. As a true Christian, he was not able to witness the abominable sacrificial offerings to the idols and left the army, the town, the people and everything else, and went to a deserted mountain, for it was easier for him to live among the wild beasts than with pagans. One day Menas clairvoyantly discerned a pagan celebration in the town of Cotynaeus. He descended into the town and openly... Read more

Or, why does the Orthodox Church have “closed communion?” Of course, here’s the Bear in question. Read more

LONDON —The wider Anglican Church would be a “more godly place” if it were to embrace homosexuals, the first openly gay Episcopal bishop said Saturday. Robinson said his home state of New Hampshire in the United States “is the one place in the world where I am not the gay bishop. I’m just the bishop … It is a wonderful feeling.” Here.Caveat Lector: Here. Does he ever have ANOTHER message? It is possible to preach or speak without talking about... Read more

It could be that I’m the last person in Orthodox America to have read this [month old] article. Alas, on the assumption there may exist another, I post it H E R E. I’ve seen the article referenced numerous places. But sometimes you have to actually stop and, uh, smell the “flowers.” Read more