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by jdigrande
Mon 2 April 2018 3:42 am
Forum: Intra-TOC Discussions
Topic: Is ROCOR-Trenton still canonical?
Replies: 29
Views: 398

Re: Is ROCOR-Trenton still canonical?

thank you for the North American priests. Does anyone have the complete list of the Omsk priests and monks under Bishop Stefan and where they reside? Thank you for any help in this. Also can anyone direct me to the worldwide directory of the GOC under Archbishop Stephanos of Athens. On his website t...
by jdigrande
Sun 1 April 2018 9:10 pm
Forum: Intra-TOC Discussions
Topic: Is ROCOR-Trenton still canonical?
Replies: 29
Views: 398

Re: Is ROCOR-Trenton still canonical?

Has Bishop Stefan taken the Omsk priests who broke with RTOC under him? Can anyone tell me the full list of these Omsk priests, where they reside and if they were summoned to a RTOC canonical trial three times as the canons proscribe? Does anyone have a full statement of their beliefs with regards t...
by jdigrande
Sun 1 April 2018 9:54 am
Forum: Intra-TOC Discussions
Topic: ROCOR and Freemasonry
Replies: 19
Views: 411

ROCOR and Freemasonry

I just do not understand how ROCOR for most of its history could be so anti-MP and at the same time so supportive of the other heretical Patriarchates (Alexandria, Constantinople and later Jerusalem, Serbia and Antioch). According to the ROCOR for most of its history one cannot be a KGB bishop like ...
by jdigrande
Sat 31 March 2018 7:32 am
Forum: Monasteries and the Monastic Life
Topic: Is an Orthodox Christian Tonsure like the RC one?
Replies: 14
Views: 24806

Re: Is an Orthodox Christian Tonsure like the RC one?

Does anyone have a description or photo of what the tonsure looked like for an Irish monk circa 6th century? I see in the ikons of St. Savva that the tonsure included a shaved head on the dome of the head. When did this type of tonsure disappear in Serbia?

Thanks for any information

Joseph Digrande