The Saint Euphrosynos Cafe

George Australia, I suppose that I read what was written while granting a bit more leeway in interpretation. I think the Moscow Patriarchate has come a long way in how they word things. Also, I don't see anything wrong with a Patriarchate, or a Synod, or any other type of artificially imposed system ...

Ummmm.... is anyone else slightly worried by these official statements?

I only read the parts put in bold (which I assume are considered to be the worst parts), and scanned the rest, but I didn't see anything particularly offensive or unOrthodox.

God is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Heb. 13:8 ). However, the way he deals with people changes depending on what the best solution is in a particular situation. You set the Old Testament against the New Testament, as though we are talking about the same human situation and it is God that ...

Tom, perhaps the best way to explore this then would be for you to give one of these contradictions?

The contradictions between the God in the Old Testament and the God in the new are many.

I find the original post troublesome, though I am also deeply troubled by some of the responses. How much do we know about this situation? Do we even know for certain that it happened at all? Have we now set new criteria for condemning Orthodox bishops? What of the canons which seem to speak against ...

Two Churches in Search of Unity
By Dmitrii Urushev

Recently, the third round of discussions between the Russian Orthodox Church/Moscow Patriarchate (ROC/MP) and the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) to overcome their differences was held in Moscow. Archbishop Mark (Arndt) of the ...

The act of praying to Christ already is working for your salvation. We need no one else but Christ.

Certainly we all have to give account for ourselves, and no other person can jump "save us" if we have ourselves rejected God. Still, aren't there passages in the Scripture which seem to indicate ...