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Nice post!

And forgive me if I was being judgemental -- I was -- by using the term "normal Orthodox Christian."

Fr. Deacon Eugene

Hi, Fr. Nicholas -- I wish you joy in your service.

Well, regarding HOCNA.info, the main thing I want to say is: Fr. Panteleimon's head is not really "freakishly large." I know for a fact that I have the largest head in the diocese. I know because I have a larger kamelafia size than Fr. Rodion of ...

No, Fr. Panteleimon didn't consecrate bishops. Archbishop Auxentios of blessed memory did. He consecrated Bishop (now Metropolitan) Ephraim of Boston and, I believe (though I may not have the chronology right) Bishop (now Metropolitan) Macarios of Toronto.

Our Synod is one of the many shattered ...

Okay, I'm taking a risk here, of censure from many quarters.

First of all, I am a clerical member (deacon) of the Holy Orthodox Church in North America: HOCNA. The reason I am in HOCNA is that thus far, my bishops (Ephraim of Boston, Macarios of Toronto, Moses of Seattle, and Sergius of ...

Canon XV of the First-and-Second Council
of Constantinople (A.D. 861)

The rules laid down with reference to Presbyters and Bishops and Metropolitans are still more applicable to Patriarchs. So that in case any Presbyter or Bishop or Metropolitan dares to secede from communion with his own ...

So is our lack of desire in proclaiming the gospel a lack of knowledge of who we are in Christ, or due to a lack of confidence on our part of the armour of righteousness given at baptism?

Thanks, Rd. Chrysostomos, for the quotes from St. Cyril. Very good and thought-provoking... as are your ...

Christ is Risen!

When we stand for the Holy Liturgy, we're taught to stand expectantly, with a feeling of reverence and joy, and not to analyze things too much, but to expect to receive something beautiful and life-giving.

I think that's an icon of how we should stand before every individual ...