Church-practical conference devoted to topical issues of the CPI in the modern world, was held May 16-17 in St. John the Baptist convent in the village Denezhnikovo Ramensky District. As the correspondent of "Portal-Credo.Ru", headed by Metropolitan forum CPI (P) Raphael (Motovilov) and Chairman of the Council of Bishops meeting RPATs Bishop Gregory (Lourie). The speakers at the conference were representatives of both Churches.
In his opening remarks, the Primate of the True Orthodox Church (Synod of Metropolitan Rafail - CPI (P)) Archbishop of Moscow, All-Russia Metropolitan Rafail (Motovilov) spoke about some of the important results of his recent visit to the Metropolitan Synod CPI Greece (Chairman - Metropolitan Angel). During a lively discussion participants made suggestions on ways and means of convergence of various CPI that will be considered at the Local Council of the CPI (P) in July this year.
Speaking about the current state of True Orthodoxy Russian tradition, Bishop Gregory ( Lourie ) stated that " most of the parishes in the former ROCOR left Russia in quiet depression ." In his opinion , the basis of convergence CPI Russian tradition should not serve their common historical origin of the ROCOR , as previously thought , and consent " as to what in the formal ecumenical Orthodoxy can not save your soul ." The same social conditions inevitably push various Orthodox communities driven towards each other , the speaker said .
Predsedately Arhiereyskogo soveshtaniya ROAC specify two ryada obstacle kotorыe sushtestvuyut Putin collision in particular ROAC CPI (P). K pervomu otnosyatsya kanonicheskie voprosы, svyazannыe with uchastiem predshestvennikov nыneshney CPI (P) in эkumenizme and polucheniem CPI (P) hirotoniy episkopov of эkumenistov. Co. vtoromu ryadu - voprosы tserkovnoy distsiplinы (in pervuyu ocheredy, participation and even laymen nekotorыh klirikov CPI (P) in bogosluzheniyah ROC MJ and Others Tserkvey "mirovogo Orthodox").
Archbishop of St. Petersburg and Novgorod Veliko CPI (P) John noticed that his Church "also has a number of issues" to the activities of Bishop Gregory (Lurie), to which he gave detailed answers. Questions focused mainly activities of Bishop Gregory in the early 2000s., Which was the subject of controversy online with a number of former activists RPATs.
Metropolitan Rafail familiarized the participants with the draft of its report at the forthcoming Local Council of CPI (P), which, in addition to issues of socio-political nature, also addressed the topic of name (presented in the most categorical terms condemned the "heresy imyaborchestva" [Name-fighters]).
Archbishop of St. Petersburg and Novgorod Veliko CPI (P) John noticed that his Church "also has a number of issues" to the activities of Bishop Gregory (Lurie), to which he gave detailed answers. Questions focused mainly activities of Bishop Gregory in the early 2000s., Which was the subject of controversy online with a number of former activists RPATs.
Speakers at the conference also made by Alexey Zaytsev (ROAC ) ( " Confession of Faith in the True Orthodox Church "); Abbot Ignatius ( Dushein ) (ROAC ) ( "The Way of the community of the Moscow Patriarchate in True Orthodoxy "); Deputy Chairman of the Missionary Department of the CPI (P) John Abbess , who spoke about his missionary journeys ; Alexander Soldatov (ROAC ) ( " The practice of rites of reception and the origin of the clergy in the modern CPI "); Archbishop CPI ( R ) Vladimir ( Polishchuk ) ( "The monk " ) . The forum participants toured the Holy Trinity Monastery CPI (P) in the village of Ostrovo Nut- Zuevsky Moscow Region.
Following the conference decided to develop a series of documents that will review the Local Council of the CPI (P).
