I think I have found a problem with Met. Seraphim's Confession of Faith, namely:
h) I confess that the local Church of Greece remained complete and perfect between the years 1924-1935 despite the fact She was left without bishops in the same period.
http://media.wix.com/ugd/9060ee_7f65e85 ... 1c2b3b.pdf
Now, why couldn't we apply the same principles to the Russian Old-Believers, who, at the beginning were Orthodox Christians whose only "crime" was using liturgical books considered Orthodox for hundreds of years instead of the revised liturgical books Pat. Nikon forced on them, which contained many more changes than just a change in the calendar? Then, they were falsely "anathemized" (despite not professing a single heresy) and persecuted, and not a single one of the other local Churches came to their aid (thus going into schism and losing the grace of their mysteries), and eventually they also ran out of bishops. Couldn't we come to the conclusion that today the Priestless Old Believers are the complete and perfect Orthodox Church despite not having any sacraments available except Baptism, since there were no bishops for so long that eventually none existed anywhere in the world to ordain any new priests or bishops?
To me it seems to be a questionable statement at best, though saying that something was lacking could imply the local Church of Greece could not canonically receive the 3 bishops at that time.
Edited to add link as this post has been split from the original into a new thread due to a change in topic.
Maria