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Official Statements, Speeches, Addresses, and Sermons

The Holy Synod of Bishops

The Supreme Canonical Authority in the Church

October 23, 2012

Pastoral Letter on the Emancipation Proclamation: One Hundred and Fifty Years Later

Pastoral Letter on the Beginning of the Dormition Fast

October 20, 2011

Guidelines for Clergy Use of Online Social Networking

The Beginning Conflict in Iraq

Sexual Misconduct

The Conflict in the Holy Land

January 1, 2002

The Cloning of Human Embryos

October 17, 2001

Letter of the Holy Synod of Bishops to the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (R.O.C.O.R.)

October 16, 2001

Embryonic Stem Cell Research in the Perspective of Orthodox Christianity

Statement Concerning the Present Difficulties In Albania

January 15, 1997

Pastoral Encyclical on St. Innocent

Pastoral Vocations

Synodal Affirmations on Marriage, Family, Sexuality, and the Sanctity of Life