The Saint Euphrosynos Cafe

Thanks for chiming in, Maria. I realize I am ignorant of many things, but I would have thought that 'kutia' was a top 10 item on the Orthodox list from NCYet's chiding ! So tell us, NCYet, what it is. We are waiting ! I figure it sounds like some pudding or dessert ? Anyway, I am arguing that this ...

Well, at the recent pilgrimage from Washington DC to Brother Jose's grave at Jordanville, pannikida was served upon arrival at the gravesite for Abp Leonty of Chile, who had baptized Brother Jose, Schema Abbot Clement as well as the deceased carrier of the Icon. I wonder whether when Met Chrysostom...

Archimandrit Nilos wrote:

This is a invention of the freemasonry !

Supporting my contention above is the evidence of St John's attitude toward Patriarch Nikon. I was glad to read in the memoirs of one Rocor-MP figure exactly what I would have guessed but could not have confirmation of had this story not been related. Saint John was quizzing students at probably th...

Well, about St John himself, there does seem to be a thin thread ATTEMPTING to connect him with some Old Believer figures. I was rereading the story related by Bp Daniel of Erie about how a Serbian man inquired of St John whether he should become a monk. St John said No. As Bp Daniel told it, years...

Yes, absolutely. For example, St. Cyril of Alexandria used it when he addressed Capreolus as "the most reverend and pious Capreolus, Bishop of Carthage" and as the "most reverend metropolitan". Interesting, it says here that the title originated in medieval Europe. Link: https:/...