The Saint Euphrosynos Cafe

That said, 90% of your problem is solved if you don't lobby for a specific candidate in an official capacity, which in truth one shouldn't be doing as a Christian anyway. America is getting worse with control; but we aren't where the Soviets where. Not even close.

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf ...

In America:

"In 1954, Congress approved an amendment by Sen. Lyndon Johnson to prohibit 501(c)(3) organizations, which includes charities and churches, from engaging in any political campaign activity. To the extent Congress has revisited the ban over the years, it has in fact strengthened the ban ...

This situation could be an "attention-getter" from God to remind the TOC hierarchs of all of these many jurisdiction who profess the same faith that - along with that unity of faith - it needs to be sealed by mutual communion.

United we stand, divided we fall.

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It seems, here those that think that they are "Super Correct" are ROCOR-PSCA when rejecting to their three "sisters" Russian TOC jurisdictions (ROCOR-V, RTOC and ROAC) for the Kyprianites, and when doing so they also rejected the true Old Calendarist of Greece (20% of the Christians in Greece ...

Even if Agafangel persecuted people but did not preach heresy, he is still an Orthodox bishop. We are not Donatists. If he preached heresy, show us the evidence and I will inform some people of this straightaway. In this era of persecution, I notice that many of us jump to hasty conclusions, apply ...

GOCTheophan,

Can you please clarify this criticism of dissenting ROCOR Bishop Agafangel? I have been in the ROCOR for many years, and never fully understood the events surrounding the retirement of former ROCOR Metropolitan Vitaly (Ustinov.) When and how did the Ukrainian ROCOR Bishop Agafangel ...

This has been floating around the net for many years.

So many more extreme laws have been passed since this essay was first written. The Patriot Act. Abolition of Habeus Corpus. Hyper Eminent Domain to take private property (just to name a few).

I am wondering what comments this short essay ...