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by Isaakos
Wed 18 April 2018 2:31 am
Forum: True Orthodox Christian Churches
Topic: The Life of Metropolitan Anthony Gavalas
Replies: 7
Views: 6153

The Life of Metropolitan Anthony Gavalas

I recovered this for my friends under Archbishop Stephanos. Metropolitan Anthony was a godly man whom I enjoyed speaking with.

by Isaakos
Mon 18 April 2016 6:19 pm
Forum: Theology and Tradition
Topic: Patriarch of Moscow Cyril - There is only one Church!
Replies: 9
Views: 33708

Re: Patriarch of Moscow Cyril - There is only one Church!

This is where we need to be careful. Met Hilarion did not exactly support Sergius. He denounced his attempt to subvert the Church to the godless atheists, BUT he did believe that in all strictness Sergius remained the canonical Hierarch. He was more of a middle-road approach, trying to avoid ...
by Isaakos
Mon 11 April 2016 12:32 pm
Forum: Heterodox Groupings / Debate
Topic: So-so documentary St Anthony of Desert, AZ
Replies: 1
Views: 2106

Re: So-so documentary St Anthony of Desert, AZ

Nah, it's not a resort, I have been there. Men are housed in the basement, men with families tend to get family housing and women and children get to stay in a house setting. It's quite beautiful when the sun is going down and you hike to the outlying churches and watch the sunset. By God's grace ...
by Isaakos
Mon 9 March 2015 11:43 pm
Forum: Theology and Tradition
Topic: Can icons representing the Father be venerated?
Replies: 28
Views: 70934

Re: Can icons representing the Father be venerated?

Cypriot, why are you treating a single post of mine as if it were an active dialog with your objections? lol. Thank you for showing me the quotes, I appreciate it! I also 100% hold to the encyclical of 1992 issued by our synod.

We are brothers, there is no need to be defensive or aggressive my ...
by Isaakos
Fri 6 March 2015 3:18 am
Forum: Theology and Tradition
Topic: Can icons representing the Father be venerated?
Replies: 28
Views: 70934

Re: Can icons representing the Father be venerated?

All the theophanies of God to man in the Old Testament were the appearance of the Word, the pre-incarnate Christ.

And it is actually John 6:46

"Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father."

And regarding the lifting of the anathemas by the 1666 synod ...
by Isaakos
Thu 5 March 2015 6:58 pm
Forum: Theology and Tradition
Topic: Can icons representing the Father be venerated?
Replies: 28
Views: 70934

Re: Can icons representing the Father be venerated?

Isn't it Pan-Orthodox because all the patriarchs were in attendance and represented? I mean, do you believe Old Believers are schismatic?

by Isaakos
Thu 5 March 2015 1:57 pm
Forum: Theology and Tradition
Topic: Can icons representing the Father be venerated?
Replies: 28
Views: 70934

Re: Which one of these is a valid icon and why?

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Moscow_Synod#

It is called Pan-Orthodox and all Patriarchates were represented.

Similar here...

http://orthodoxwiki.org/Moscow_Sobor_of_1666%E2%80%931667


And Metropolitan Kirykos and his followers clearly consider it Pan-Orthodox:

http ...