FATHER CHRISTOS PATITSAS'S LETTER OF SEPTEMBER 2012 CONTAINS LEGITIMATE CRITICISM AGAINST THE ANTI-HOCNA SCHISM
I am not happy with what I am hearing, reading, and seeing. The accusation of heresy is a serious one. I cannot condemn my hierarchs on hearsay. As St. Nicodemus retorted, “Doth our law ...
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- Mon 9 March 2026 5:03 pm
- Forum: Heterodox Groupings / Debate
- Topic: Thomas Deretich and Name-Worshipping
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- Mon 9 March 2026 4:21 pm
- Forum: Heterodox Groupings / Debate
- Topic: Thomas Deretich and Name-Worshipping
- Replies: 68
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Re: Thomas Deretich and Name-Worshipping
Hieromonk Basil of Toronto and other defenders of Metropolitan Makarios of Toronto's 2019 schism, misrepresent the chronology of events. HOCNA and TOC-Makarios of Athens came into communion in May 2013. Troublemakers on Athos and in Australia threatened Makarios of Athens that they would denounce ...
- Sun 8 March 2026 4:15 pm
- Forum: Heterodox Groupings / Debate
- Topic: Thomas Deretich and Name-Worshipping
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Re: Thomas Deretich and Name-Worshipping
Father Christos Patitsas’s letter on the website rightly states that the notorious May 1913 opinion (by Sergius Stragorodskii) contradicts Palamite Orthodoxy and that Demetrius’s side was the aggressor in 2012. Father Christos’s son’s letter focuses on not being isolated (and unable to find spouses ...
- Sun 8 March 2026 12:17 pm
- Forum: Heterodox Groupings / Debate
- Topic: Thomas Deretich and Name-Worshipping
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Re: Thomas Deretich and Name-Worshipping
Today, Orthodox Christians celebrate Saint Gregory Palamas’s defense of ancient Scriptural, synodal, patristic, and liturgical teaching. In contrast, that website Jean-Serge refers to represents the resentments of Hieromonk Basil of Boston (later of Toronto) against his ruling bishops, Metropolitan ...
- Thu 22 January 2026 7:59 pm
- Forum: Heterodox Groupings / Debate
- Topic: Timeline Of When Each Local Church Full From Grace
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Re: Timeline Of When Each Local Church Full From Grace
haralampopoulosjc wrote: ↑Thu 22 January 2026 7:05 pmthe state church of Greece, which was condemned by the Matthewites' 1957 encyclical and was signed by the requisite number of hierarchs.
I don’t believe the loss of grace is contingent on the number of bishops. But I am curious how many bishops you think signed in 1957 or subsequently
- Thu 22 January 2026 7:07 pm
- Forum: Anathemas: Past and Current Heresies
- Topic: Agenda for a Future Pan-Orthodox Council
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Re: Agenda for a Future Pan-Orthodox Council
Wasn’t he ordained a bishop several years after the 2016 meeting?
- Thu 22 January 2026 3:55 pm
- Forum: Anathemas: Past and Current Heresies
- Topic: Agenda for a Future Pan-Orthodox Council
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Re: Agenda for a Future Pan-Orthodox Council
I'm pretty sure it's stated in their clarification document from 2016 regarding the 2014 Confession of Faith.
The 2016 GOC K confession of Faith allows no room for the teachings of Met Cyprian that stemmed from his “ecclesialogical theses” pamphlet.
I will concede that Met Agafangel has ...