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[尼古拉前执事]

Appeal Regarding the Glorification
Of Metropolitan Philaret (Voznesenskii)

To His Eminence,
The Most-eminent Vitaly,
Metropolitan of Eastern America and New York, the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad
and to the Sobor of Bishops
Of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad

Your Eminence,

Your Eminences, dear Archpastors,

We humbly implore you to consider the matter of canonizing that great confessor of the Orthodox Faith, a zealous guardian and defender of the Church of Christ, the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, the ever-memorable Metropolitan Philaret.  Vladyka Philaret was one of those few pillars of Orthodoxy who restrained the True Church of Christ from the apostasy of a world lying in evil.  Together with a true confession of the Orthodox Faith, he was also a great podvizhnik [spiritual athlete], supplicant before God, and ascetic: those of us who were Vladyka Philaret's spiritual children can bear witness not only to the grace-endowing assistance of his prayers, but also to his gift of clairvoyance.

We believe, that it is precisely now, more so than at any other time, that we are in need of the heavenly intercession and assistance of our Vladyka's prayers.

Asking your holy prayers,

Parishioners of the Cathedral of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia (Nyack, USA):
Alexander Alexandrovich Benzemann
Marina Alexeevna Benzemann
Dmitrii Vasilievich Sizintsev
Dimitrii Nikolaevich Lanzheron
Irina Ivanovna Lanzheron
Maria Alexandrovna Fedorova
Oleg Vladimirovich Trofimenko and household
Arkadii Leonidovich Dolgin
Vyacheslav Vladimirovich Melnikov
Rdr. Stefan Moran
Valentina Efimovna Novitskaya
Larisa Vladimirovna Benko
Nina Maximovna Kibireva
Peter Nikolayevich Budzilovich
Ekaterina Ivanovna Budzilovich
Nikolai Petrovich Budzilovich
Tatyana Mikhailovna Budzilovich
Andrey Alexandrovich Benzemann
Rodion Vasilievich Galeev
Tatyana Alexandrovna Rymashevskaya
Vasilii Vladimirovich Podosenin
Anna Valerievna Volovik
Liudmila Ivanovna Yurash
Tamara Ivanovna Siutkina
Elena Alexeevna Hatchins
Vladimir Hatchins
Alexander Alexandrovich Suchkov
Rufina Rakhmoeva
Irina Nikolayevna Mitze
Natalya Vasilievna Kempfer
Kristine Dyson
Mary Linda Banks
Catherine Peters
Hannah McGuire

Parishioners of the Holy Dormition Cathedral (Caracas, Venezuela):
Priest Alexander (Pr. Amilachvari)
Matushka Elena Tikhonovna, Pr. Amilachvari
Deacon Fr. Kirill (Kirill Konstantinovich Zholtkevich)
Matushka Maria (Asisclo Zholtkevich)
Dr. Vladimir Alexandrovich, Pr. Amilachvari
Lydia Mikhailovna Scheblykina
Lydia Mikhailovna Kushnareva
Valentina Fedorovna Horvat
Yurii Iosifovich Yakimov
Lyubov Romanovna Yakimova
Alexey Viktorovich Kushnareff
Dr. Nina Viktorovna Balabanova
Tatyana Iosifovna Balabanova
Alexander Danilovich Tugachev
Alexandra Pavlovna Tugacheva
Antonina Zaharovna Checheleva
Andrey Valerievich Chechelev
Alexey Valerievich Chechelev
Valerii Valerievich Chechelev
Dr. Alexey Vladimirovich Sokolov
Dr. Elizaveta Alexeevna Sokolova
Elena Alexeevna Sokolova
Rostislav Ivanovich Vishnevskii
Zlata Ivanovna Vishnevskaya
Oleg Nikolaevich Pleskachev
Klavdiya Olegovna Pleskacheva
Nadezhda Olegovna Pleskacheva
Olga Beatriz Useche
Ekaterina Beatriz Bacalao
Vladimiro Olivio Torrelles
Alexander Hector Briones
Natalia Vyacheslovna Plescheeva
Grigorii Valerievich Plescheev
Georgii Arkadievich Panasov
Nonna Anatolyevna Panasova
Leonid Georgievich Panasov
Georgii Georgievich Panasov
Alla Alexandrovna Castro
Andres Castro
Mikhail Alexeevich Kushnareff
Alexander Alexeevich Kushnareff
Juliana de Kushnareff
Sergey Nikolaevich Kondrashov

Parishioners of the Cathedral of All the Saints Who Shone Forth in the Russian Land
(Paris, France):
Svetlana Kirillova
Ekaterina Kirillova
Rdr. Grigorii Flyagin
Galina Flyagina
Maria Flyagina
Olga Flyagina
Feofan Mozoleo
Anastasia Mozoleo
Nikolai Zaitsev
Dmitrii Aggeev

San Francisco, California:
Deacon John Kochergin and Matushka Katerina Kochergina
Mat. Elena Kochergina
Lana Biletsky
Nicolai Biletsky
Andrey Valerievich Volynetz
Elena Vyachelavovna Popil
Peter Vladimirovich Petrovich
Mariamna Borisovna Petrovich
Oleg Alexeevich Fedorov
Galina Sergeevna Mezentseva
Seraphim Harper
Athanasius, Anna and Maria Ferguson
Ksenia Lubisch

Russsian Orthodox Monastery of the Most-Holy Theotokos (Santiago, CHILE):
Archimandrite Benjamin Vozniuk
Abbess Juliana
Sister Ioanna
Sister Justinia
Handmaiden of God Marina

Cathedral of St. Vladimir (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada):
Priest Andrew Kencis and Matushka Nina Kencis
Anna Kencis
Theodore Williams
Judith Williams
John Williams
Michael Williams
Patrick and Olga Thorpe, and their children: Anna, John, Julie, Nicholas and Alexander
Todor Borozan
Zdravka Borozan
Danielle Borozan
Dragana Borozan
Slavko Brakus
Margareta Brakus
Svetozar Djukich
Sophie Djukich
Wes Djukich
Rosanda Djukich
Sandra Fitzpatrick
Alexis Fraese
Theodora Fraese
Emily Fraese
Con Griwkowsky
Priest Mark Smith
Matushka Anna Smith

Dormition Skete (Alberta, Canada):
Nun Anastasia

St. Seraphim of Sarov (Home Chapel)
Joseph Vagnone
Vera Vagnone
Kyra Vagnone

Parish of Holy Martyr Tsarevich Alexey (Kostroma, Russia):
Protopriest Konstantin Fedorov and Matushka Tatiana Fedorova

St. Alexander Nevsky Church (Prince George, BC, Canada)
Laurence, Katherine, Anna, Christina, Alexander, and Anastasia Doll

St.Innokenty of Alaska Mission (Hoonah, Alaska)
Joseph Digrande
Maria Digrande
Alexey Ivanovich Scherbakov
Tatiana Anatolievna Vlasova

St.Nina, equal-to-the-Apostles, enlightener of Georgia
ROCOR-V mission (Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA)
Vladimir Mskhiladze and Anna Mskhiladze

Everett, Washington (USA)
George Vladimirovich Spruksts
Alexandra Jeneaue

[尼古拉前执事]

Epistle Of the Sobor Of Bishops To the Faithful Sons and Daughters Of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad

Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ!

We, the bishops of the holy Russian Orthodox Church Abroad have gathered in a Sobor of Bishops at the Transfiguration Skete in Mansonville in order to resolve a host of important ecclesiastical issues.

We thank the Lord God that He has preserved us in the bosom of His One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, against Which the gates of hell shall not prevail, even unto the end of the age.  We also thank the  Most-High for the flock that He has given us in order to serve Him in spirit and in truth.

Now total chaos reigns in the world.  It is not only in saecular life that the situation is confused in the extreme, but disorder and schisms are also multiplying in ecclesiastical life, leading many sincere people away from faith in God.

The Lord forewarned us that times of trial would come: «Then, if any should say to you: «lo, here is the Christ», or «there», do not believe it; for there shall arise false christs and false prophets and shall present great signs and wonders, in order to lead astray even the chosen, were such a thing possible» (Matt. 24, 23-24).

«Truth has been shaken in the world», wrote the hiero-martyr Bishop Damaskin [Damascene]. «Falsehood has become the law and foundation of human life.  Men have lost faith in one another and have sunk into an ocean of insincerity, hypocrisy and fraud.  But among these elements of general corruption, guarded by a rock of martyrdom and confession of the faith, the Church has stood firm, as the pillar and the ground of Truth».

Through blows inflicted upon the Church of Christ, the enemy of the human race attempts to deprive Orthodox Christians of that spiritual freedom which the Saviour purchased by means of His suffering and death upon the Cross.  Contemporary man, satiated with a surfeit of things in this sinful and adulterous world, is most of all likely to become a «victim» of the enemy's will. World powers, in their striving to dominate the entire earth, wage war against the last bastion of man's true freedom - Orthodoxy.

St. Ioann of Shanghai reveals this mystery is his Discourse On the Dread Judgment:

«Those forces which are making possible the appearance of the antichrist will dominate social life...  The antichrist will be very wise and gifted in human relations.  He will be charming and loving...  During the reign of the antirchrist there will be a massive falling-away from the faith.  Many bishops will betray the faith and will attempt to justify this by pointing to the magnificent condition of the Church.  The search for compromise will characterize mankind's mood.  Unreserved confession of the faith will vanish.  Men will excel at justifying their fall and affectionate evil will support this general mood.  There will be an habitual falling away from truth and righteousness among men, and the sweetness of compromise and sin shall prevail».

In the course of the past 80 years many Russian folk have left the Russian Church Abroad and melded with world society: the schisms of old - that of the Platonites in America and the Evlogians in Western Europe - have torn away from the fight for Russia many of her faithful sons who, thinking of personal advantages and gain, ceased to become confessors of the faith; then, too, there are the repeated Lazarite schism, which began at the start of the 90s, the Valentinian one, and the tragic schism of Archbishop Lavr, which led a large part of the Russian Church Abroad away from the Truth.

All these disorders have led many believers astray, casting them into error; however, all of them must be given the opportunity to return without hindrance to the bosom of their Church.  When those people who have been deceived come to realize where they find themselves, they must know that our door is open to them.

But, first of all, each of us must fence ourselves off from all false teachings and false witness - and with the fear of God and Faith, let us us not fear the trials to which we might be subjected.

St. Paul, Archbishop of Constantinople, Confessor of the Faith

Signed:

• Metropolitan Vitaly
• Bishop Sergii
• Bishop Vladimir
• Bishop Varfolomey
• Bishop Antonii of Los Angeles & South America
• Bishop Viktor

Mitred Protopriest Veniamin Joukoff, Secretary of the Synod of Bishops

See picture at http://www.russianorthodoxchurchinexile ... 004151.jpg
Bottom row, left to right: Bp. Sergii, Metropolitan Vitaly, Bp. Viktor
Top row, left to right: Prot. Nikolai Semyenov, Bp. Antonii, Bp. Vladimir, Bp. Varfolomey,
Mitr. Prot. Veniamin Joukoff, Secretary of the Synod of Bishops

[Mor Ephrem]

I knew about ROCOR, but I didn't know that ROCIE was also in Nyack. Did people from the original parish split?

Now I'll have to visit both...