Two other sources that were not posted above;
A letter:Dear Seraphim,
God bless you!
Thank you for your e-mail.
The apparent answer is, since betraying the Faith is such a hateful sin, the so-called Orthodox bishops who do this have come to the measure of spiritual depravity, as the popes, and ...
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- Wed 23 July 2008 8:02 am
- Forum: Heterodox Groupings / Debate
- Topic: Deaths of Patriarchs and Popes
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1907
- Wed 23 July 2008 7:52 am
- Forum: Heterodox Groupings / Debate
- Topic: Deaths of Patriarchs and Popes
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1907
Biographical Note
Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I (born Aristoklis Spyrou) was born on March 25, 1886 in the village Vasiliko, Pogoni (near Ioannina). Athenagoras was the son of a physician. He attended the seminary on the island of Halki, near Constantinople, and was ordained a deacon in 1910 ...
Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I (born Aristoklis Spyrou) was born on March 25, 1886 in the village Vasiliko, Pogoni (near Ioannina). Athenagoras was the son of a physician. He attended the seminary on the island of Halki, near Constantinople, and was ordained a deacon in 1910 ...
- Tue 22 July 2008 2:17 pm
- Forum: Heterodox Groupings / Debate
- Topic: Deaths of Patriarchs and Popes
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1907
Deaths of Patriarchs and Popes
In the midst of researching ecumenism I discovered that Patriarch Athenorgas had to have a closed casket at his funeral, ostensibly because his body swelled up, would not fit into his clothes and turned black while giving off a stench, all immediately upon his last breath. (seems to be reliable info ...