The Saint Euphrosynos Cafe

"As many of you know, I was retired as a deacon after I questioned some uncanonical actions of the vicar bishop administrating the ROAC in America 2 years ago."

I wondered if you can help me better understand how "retirement" from the deaconate works. Are you now a layman in the fullest sense or ...

"We have to consider how the picture is approached. If it is in the living room because a person has a picture of an elder then I think that would be alright. But, if it is included in the icon corner and venerated, then that would be wrong. Didn't people have pictures of Saints Met. Philaret or ...

Is it considered irregular if not outright cult-ish for monasteries to display photographs of living Elders in kitchens and sleeping quarters?

Thank you.

Dear Catherine,
No need to be surprised that the World cares little about miracles. Everything that is transpiring has been foretold:

II Thessalonians 2:3
Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son ...

Dear Catherine,
I had visited the church of the Joy of All who Sorrows 3 years before the Union and I could tell you that the members though not many were reverent and welcoming. One year ago I heard the Pastor/Archimandrite say that within 2-3 years the church "will no longer function."
I'm ...

Q: Do the Episcapals baptize in the name of the Holy Trinity with immersion?

Most Episcopal "baptisms" are done by affusion/aspersion or pouring/sprinkling of water.

But really it is not important if they used immersion or not because their "baptisms" are not baptisms at all.
Heretics twice ...

So the timeline goes something like this:

May 9, 2004- The Icon of Righteous Anne begins to stream myrrh.
Physical and spiritual healings take place.

November 5, 2004- Metropolitan Lauras visits the "Joy of All of who Sorrows" church in Philadelphia PA. The Icon of St. Anne begins to stream blood ...