The Saint Euphrosynos Cafe

I confess one baptism for the remission of sins... How did the "curse of jurisdictionalism" arise in the United States? I am not an Orthodox scholar, but is it not true that in the early 20th century the Orthodox Churches in America were governed by a Synod, led at one time by St. Tikhon, ...

Joanna; I am not trying to engage in doubtful disputations or mud-slinging with anyone. In fact, I am simply trying to make sense of what is happening in the ROCOR, and have lost confidence in the judgement of our own ROCOR priest--an ardent Unionist full of Russian nationalist fervor--and our Archb...

As an American convert in the ROCOR struggling with the impending unification of the ROCOR and the MP, I was somewhat perplexed, and not a little amused, to find this article on Interfax. I never realized until today that I am, apparently, a "CIA-influenced Neo-Protestant," engaged in the ...

With all due respect, you must not have been reading or seeing what I have. Simply by recognising the New Martyrs, they have repented and rejected Sergianism, but this is not all that has been done. If you, or anyone, is waiting for something more, it is there, but only those that are open to repen...

On what canonical basis can it be asserted that the Moscow Patriarchate has no continuity with the Russian Church? Here we are told that Metropolitan Sergius was “once-legitimate”, but at what council was he declared to be illegitimate? Metropolitan Sergius was rightly condemned at the time of his ...

" The MP has done EVERYTHING required in order to order a reunification of the Russian Church. EVERYTHING. They have repented, they have renounced Sergianism, they have glorified the New Martyrs, and they are not ecumenist. " Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Can someone please give me ...

When I first saw the headlines in the New York Times and around the country this month about Polish Archbishop Wielgius, my first thought was, "What about the MP!!?" Even the most stalwart advocates for ROCOR reunification with the MP have had to admit that Alexey Ridiger is a decorated KG...