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Yes, they did renounce those beliefs. Some like to point to a statement by retired Met Chrysostomos of Etna saying that he "renounced nothing" but in fact what he said was that "none of our principles have been set aside", which is not the same thing as saying that he has not re...

Regarding St John's supposed ignorance that concelebration with the new calendarists was going on, up until 1966, ROCOR was in official communion with the EP and other new calendar churches and concelebrations occurred regularly, and not just with Abp Anthony. The first hierarch Met Anastasy partic...

Would you be willing to clarify this thought a little more? I seem to remember you writing something similar when the GOC/SiR union first took place, but I don't remember it very well. But I am interested in what you mean. For me it is difficult to separate the "grace question" from any d...

Bishop Teofil assisted Archbishop Seraphim (Ivanov), 1897-1987) of Chicago, Detroit, and Midwest America consecrate a bishop for the Greek Old Calendar Church, Bishop Akakios (Pappas) the Elder, of Talantion, on December 19, 1960. He also assisted Archbishop John (Maximovich) to consecrate a bishop ...

"..he do not want be a Matthewite...." Why ? Because Auxentios Pastras was a defrocked and deposed Matthewite Archimandrite since 1947, later the leader of the Akakian-Florinites. This may be an explication. More than likely, as the GOC was known to make candidates wait up to three years ...

"..he do not want be a Matthewite...." Why ? Because Auxentios Pastras was a defrocked and deposed Matthewite Archimandrite since 1947, later the leader of the Akakian-Florinites. This may be an explication. Are you sure it was 1947, Father Nilos? I have read that he left Bishop Matthew o...

Because Lydia, Fr Panteleimon wanted to join the Matthewites first. He wanted to go with Archbishop Andreas. Greetings. How is it we know this? Source/documentation? Father Panteleimon never considered going to a Matthewite. Period. I have a lot of documentation in my personal possession and althou...