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Married aged 19 to Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich, her first cousin, Xenia received a million rouble dowry. Is this not uncanonical as aren't orthodox only to marry fourth cousins and beyond not third or closer? Do the canons exempt royalty or for the good of the nation its oikonomia? Such a sad...

So in the event that someone wanted to convert from another True Orthodox Church like RTOC- they would have to be baptized in the GOC? My understanding and in my experience is that most traditional/true orthodox receive converts via chrismation/confirmation, meaning if they have had a canonical ort...

I just saw your other response now... Yes they seem to follow the Florinite synod group of Auxentios prior to the schism and latter Kallinikos/SIR etc groups which are now joined again... It was mentioned that Auxentios was a good and just bishop though a scandal arose because he ordained a homosexu...

@d9popov, once again thank you for your learned and knowledgeable replies I am guessing nobody has any info on those bishops which were named above? The reason I asked about the ordaining of a bishop technical matters is that I have heard from other opposing GOC's of Archbishop Micheal that he had a...

I'm glad the forum is back online :) I have some more details about the hierarchy which a church near me is under, which is the topic of this thread What can people share about the below bishops which have consecrated the current Archbishop Michael Ο ΤΑΛΑΝΤΙΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΛΟΚΡΙΔΟΣ Κ.Κ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΟΣ (Κεφαλᾶ) (Bis...

I will not comment on anything about the internal and current Matthewite group disagreements as there are just many different angles unfortunately... Why did Bishop Auxentios refuse to join the GOC? And why did his own synod then defrock Bishop Auxentios? There are exceptions to the canons that allo...

Please excuse my lack of knowledge though did not both the Matthewite and Florinite succession lines receive assistance from ROCOR before it become non traditional orthodox as it is today? Assistance in terms of establishing themselves in a more canonical way and recognized way? As I have previously...