Fr.John had said before there was no Catacomb Church. Now he admits there is. We didn't recognize nor were in communion with the MP, but still had dialogue...
... JRS: There cannot be a church council unless the participants are already in communion with, and recognize, one another. The "catacomb church bishops" are...
... JRS: ROCOR was, in fact, invited to join along with the other canonical jurisdictions, when SCOBA was formed, I believe in 1960. And ROCOR was represented...
How will this move toward re-union with Moscow affect if anything ROCOR's standing with SCOBA? I have never quite understood why ROCOR was not a member to...
JRS: The following appeared today on the site "Sedmitza.ru": LOS ANGELES. The next meeting of the dialogue commissions of ROCOR and the MP will take place in...
Dear Father Victor, You wrote: the Resolution states that any remaining problems to be resolved by the an All Russian Sobor, which, of course, can only occur...
Um, ok. The implied but not expressly stated request was for any inforamtion: who led the services? Who else served? Was there a 'zaupokonoya liturgia'? Did...
... JRS: Yes, he was buried by one of the ROCiE factions: the one supported by Ludmilla Rosnianskaya, of course, and now headed by a Bishop Vladimir. The other...
He was buried in Mansonville in Canada. I assume the ROCIE group did the ceremonies involving the funeral. That is my understanding but i did not attend the...
The Church world and its various fringe groups is strangely silent about poor Met. Vitaly, God rest his soul. I long worried what would happen when he died,...
Dear Dimitra and Sub-deacon Lawrence, I'm a little confused about the points you are making. I oppose the unia of ROCA with the current MP for reasons that I...
I can certainly gauge the sincerity of the numerous Monks I interacted with at the monastaries and know that your allegation that all Monastics in the MP are a...
... That is a very unfair accusation. Form is part of our tradition. Proper dress is part of our tradition. It's wrong to take the attitude that people who...
Larry Writes: GLORY TO JESUS CHRIST GLORY TO HIM FOREVER Dear George, It has Nothing to do with ethnic traditions, because actually I love Russian tradition....
Thank you Fr for your time. So is ROCA synonymous with ROCOR or is it meant as a more general term, (unlike ROCiE, which has broken from ROCOR, correct?)? ...
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Dear Melissa, The Resolution of the 4th All Diaspora Sobor was published. See: http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/eng2006/5ensobresolution.html The text...
Dear in Christ Fr. Stefan, ... I received this information from SOBOR delegate Timothy Clader. Timothy Clader was witness to Counting Committee President Fr....
No, Michael. Metropolitan Philaret is not alleging anything because he is dead. It is you, who claims that Met. Philaret (of blessed memory) is alleging...
GLORY TO JESUS CHRIST GLORY TO HIM FOREVER Dear George, It has Nothing to do with ethnic traditions, because actually I love Russian tradition. What it has to...
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... Here is one choppy report http://langeron.livejournal.com/207029.html?view=925365#t925365 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
... Imagine that! From the Cheka to KGB to FSU, we have a complete 180 about-face. The prodigy of those that carried out the terror after 1917 wish to restore...
I have found in speaking with folks who insist that English-speaking parishes like the Antiochians are better because they ignore ethnic traditions in fact are...
Fr.John Shaw wrote: "But there was clearly a general feeling of joy as the Sobor closed" I was told the feeling was more of a relief and uncertainty of what...
It is not I who alleging this. It was Holy Metr.Philaret, previous First Hierarch of ROCOR who wrote it. Frankly you are calling him a liar, but he lived...
May his memory be Eternal! Maybe I missed the post which stated his funeral arrangments? There is nothing on the ROCIE website about his death? What a shame! I...
