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| Fr. Thomas Hopko speaks before a packed house. |
(AFR) - Orthodox Christian Synergy is a pan-Orthodox organization consisting of clergy and lay representatives of Chicago-area Orthodox Christian parishes who seek to project awareness of Orthodox Christianity to the public at large. Synergy works together with its parent organization, the Orthodox Christian Clergy Association of Greater Chicago, and with the blessings of the Chicago-area Orthodox Hierarchs.
The topic of Synergy’s 2011 Symposium was “Orthodox Christianity and Homosexuality,” and featured was Fr. Thomas Hopko, Dean Emeritus of St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary and the author of Christian Faith and Same-Sex Attraction: Eastern Orthodox Reflections. The gathering took place at St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church in Cicero, Illinois, on Saturday, October 15, 2011.
Part One
Theological Vision: Orthodox Christian Faith and Human Sexuality
Part Two
Spiritual Practice: Orthodox Christian Faith and Homosexual Attraction and Behavior
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The Orthodox Christian Church rejects homosexuality and defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
ReplyDeleteGenesis in the New Testament explains that marriage is a union of a man and a woman becoming one.
Indeed, the Holy Bible forbids same-sex marriages of Christians.