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by Sdcn.Ephrem
Fri 31 May 2013 1:00 am
Forum: True Orthodox Christian Churches
Topic: Position of RTOC (Tykhon) concerning Name Worshipping
Replies: 8
Views: 5352

Re: Position of RTOC (Tykhon) concerning Name Worshipping

But certainly the RTOC is against the heresy, since the Russian Church condemned it almost a century ago?

by Sdcn.Ephrem
Mon 29 April 2013 3:26 pm
Forum: Theology and Tradition
Topic: Which heretics ?
Replies: 28
Views: 19883

Re: Which heretics ?

An example of a manuscript written by St. Paisius (the picture is actually from his cell, which has been preserved, and that is his Abbot's staff leaning against the analagion): http://stpaisiusmonastery.org/wp-conten ... /08/m7.png

by Sdcn.Ephrem
Sun 28 April 2013 9:41 pm
Forum: Theology and Tradition
Topic: Which heretics ?
Replies: 28
Views: 19883

Re: Which heretics ?

If you've ever seen an old prayer book written in Church Slavonic, that's exactly the kind of script I'm referring to: occasionally embellished, red and black capital letters written in basically even size across the page. The Paisian manuscripts were all Slavonic. Optina translated some of it into ...
by Sdcn.Ephrem
Sun 28 April 2013 6:41 pm
Forum: Theology and Tradition
Topic: Which heretics ?
Replies: 28
Views: 19883

Re: Which heretics ?

Starets Paissy Velichkovsky wrote in the script, and his disciples were often given the obedience of copying patristic works in Uncial. This was before the printing press was widely available. Several of the Optina Elders also learned the script (I have in mind the brother-Elders Moses and Anthony ...
by Sdcn.Ephrem
Fri 19 April 2013 4:10 pm
Forum: True Orthodox Christian Churches
Topic: Metropolitan Valentine deposition by ROCOR
Replies: 15
Views: 6457

Re: Metropolitan Valentine deposition by ROCOR

What I want to understand are the factual and canonical reasons given by ROCOR then
NOT OFFICIAL:

Well, there were really two instances when ROCOR attempted to deprive Metropolitan Valentine of his see.

The first time said it was because of Metropolitan (then just Bishop) Valentine's health ...
by Sdcn.Ephrem
Sun 14 April 2013 7:00 pm
Forum: Theology and Tradition
Topic: Which heretics ?
Replies: 28
Views: 19883

Re: Which heretics ?

Many thanks, Matushka. Please pray for the Subdeacon Ephrem, preparing for ordination, and the handmaidens of God Elizabeth, Naomi, and Helen. We always remember Lesna and hope to bring our daughters to visit there when they are older.

by Sdcn.Ephrem
Sat 13 April 2013 11:44 pm
Forum: Theology and Tradition
Topic: Which heretics ?
Replies: 28
Views: 19883

Re: Which heretics ?

m. Evfrosinia wrote:

The biography "St. John of Kronstadt- A Prodigal Saint" goes into this.

Do you recommend this book, Matushka?