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I am not sure if he was a "Josephite" but Vladyka Mikhail (Yershov), who undeniably was a true Confessor for the Faith, fell asleep in 1979 after suffering for years in the Soviet psychiatric prisons and after bringing many to Orthodoxy. My good friend who runs the Gregory Decapolite channel ...

The last Josephite bishop, Avdiy, died in 1978.


I have tried looking up the life of Bishop Avidy and I haven't been successful. Who was he and what was his full name? The last Josephite bishop I was aware of was Schema-Bishop of Nizhegorod Peter Pitirim Ladygin who died in 1957. Do you know ...

I actually was thinking along a similar line recently! Im not dead set on this list.

To define the terms in how im using them:

Inconsistent is a group who's actions do not seem to line up with the stance they claim today.

Separatists believe that the ones they separated from are not members of ...

It's a shame that I wouldn't be able to commune, but due to church politics I understand and i dont hold it against anyone. It will be my joy to attend liturgy with your synod in my travels.

It would be great news to see your synods reunite! If it is God's will may it happen soon. Any unity based ...

A few questions if you dont mind. Were you raised a part of this synod or did you join it later and why? Given your best guess how would priests from this synod treat a layman of a different synod visiting their church for example in America, Canada, the UK, Australia, Greece, or Cyprus? I expect to ...

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This is one of the best ones I've found. Many of the uses in the Orthodox West were specific to a cathedral, like the Sarum use, the York use, the Braga use ect. And the specific religious order rites mostly come from local cathedral uses. Also of note here ...