ROCOR-L UNANIMOUSLY VOTES TO UNITE WITH MP!

AndyHolland · Post by **AndyHolland** » Mon 15 May 2006 5:38 pm

I had a cousin (now deceased) who gave a newspaper interview, and they called him "Dr." Smith. It was an interesting feature article about an archeological dig. He was as a professor at a community college so the writer 'assumed' he was a doctor. My cousin didn't bother correcting them as they got allot more wrong in the story anyway. It was a small town newspaper anyway - a community paper. Big mistake!

The next news story was of him being fired - he should have corrected them right away. My cousin certainly was negligent in not telling the paper he wasn't a PhD, and apparently they called again for another story and he did not correct them - so there was certainly cause for his termination.

He never worked again in his profession and ended up driving a cab - he became an alchoholic - went on welfare - it was an amazing tailspin. Satan spit on that fellow unrelentingly. Please pray for the soul of Bob Smith.

It is easy for reporters to make mistakes and it is easy to just ignore it and move on when giving an interview. I just had one published about our company, and they got 90% of the story wrong. It was a flattering story, and I probably should correct them - but where does one begin?

Reporters have an awesome job and awesome responsibility. They can do allot of good and allot of harm even when intending to do good.

andy holland
sinner

Myrrh · Post by **Myrrh** » Mon 15 May 2006 8:30 pm

Liudmilla wrote:
I personally have a great skeptism to news articles.

Milla, are you referring to the interview with Fr Lebedeff? It was sent to me as explanation by the same ROCOR priest in response to my question "what exactly are the bishops going to vote for in the next stage of this?"

I've emailed him about the concern for the accuracy of reporting.

Myrrh

spiridon · Post by **spiridon** » Mon 15 May 2006 9:29 pm

they are voting as we speak alone- about Communion with MP...
all Bishops are present, including Vladyka Daniel who arived yesterday morning for Liturgy and sat all alone at the St.John of Kronstadt altar the whole 4 hours...so all The Bishops are there, w/ St.John of Shanghai and San Francisco..This Sobor couldve met anywhere in the world, a fact that other cities wouldve been more accomadating...But the Reason they met in San Francisco were toinclude St.John of Shanghai and san franciscos help to decide...Before the resolution was accepted many didnt want to accept it , and a Molieben was made at St.Johns Relics to ask for his guidance, at which the next day everyone signed the resolution without hesitance...Gods Grace is Present

JAMESthePERSIAN · Post by **JAMESthePERSIAN** » Tue 16 May 2006 10:04 pm

Liudmilla wrote:
I personally have a great skeptism to news articles.

I find that most are bias, inaccurate and almost always give misinformation... from the eye of the writer and/or editor.

I took a course in writing for a newspaper. There were 25 of us in the room. We all were presented with the same "facts". There were 25 different reports, with almost as many angles.

My husband, who is a journalist, says this is normal.

Newspapers are not the place to go for the "Truth".

Milla

me too..... Mostly, they are a reflection of the financial power that controls them, and have Nothing to do with real news....

尼古拉前执事 · Post by **尼古拉前执事** » Wed 17 May 2006 8:32 am

17 May 2006, 16:28
Russian Church abroad backs reunion with Moscow Patriarchate
http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=1432

San Francisco, May 17, Interfax - A San Francisco session of the Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church abroad has approved a resolution proposing a reunion with the Moscow Patriarchate, the Russian Church abroad said on its official website.

The council will also adopt an act on interaction with the Moscow Patriarchate.

尼古拉前执事 · Post by **尼古拉前执事** » Wed 17 May 2006 8:34 am

SAN FRANCISCO: May 16, 2006

Resolution on the IV All-Diaspora Council

Heard: The report on the IV All-Diaspora Council held in San Francisco on May 7-14, 2006.

Decreed:

To raise thanks to God, Who enabled us to successfully hold the IV All-Diaspora Council with the participation of clergy and laity from all dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, that obvious unity of spirit was expressed on the principle question, that the culmination of its constructive work will be the reestablishment of the desired unity of the Local Russian Church, as was expressed in the Epistle of the Council.
To approve and confirm the Resolution and Epistle of the IV All-Diaspora Council.
To confirm the Minutes of the Meetings of the IV All-Diaspora Council and to enter them into its official Acts.
To confirm the Resolutions on lectures and appeals adopted by the Council and in response to greetings received by the Heads of Local Churches and other individuals at the commencement of the Council.
To express thanks to the Pre-Council Committee, the San Francisco Organizing Committee, the Rector, clergymen, Warden, Parish Council, Sisterhood, Choir Director and Choir of the Cathedral in San Francisco, the organizers of the trapeza meals and all those who labored for the successful organization and operation of this event, which was of exceeding importance to the Church.
To express gratitude to the Press Office of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia and the colleagues of the official internet sites of the Synod of Bishops and of the Council, who aided in the daily global dissemination of information on the Council along with numerous photographs.
To instruct the Synodal Chancery to draw up all Council decrees.
To instruct the Secretariat of the Synod to collect all materials subject to publication and present them to the Synod of Bishops for confirmation before publication.

May 3/16 2006

Myrrh · Post by **Myrrh** » Wed 17 May 2006 3:07 pm

I was sent this eaflier today:

EUCHARISTIC COMMUNION ACHIEVED BETWEEN MOSCOW AND THE RUSSIAN CHURCH ABROAD

Резолюция по итогам IV Всезарубежного Собора - внизу

An announcement from the ROCA Synod of Bishops in San Francisco confirming the vote of the Council of Clergy and Laity to enter into communion with the Moscow Patriarchate.

This decision by our Bishops is only a few hours old and so far it is up on the official website only in Russian. I am sure an English translation will appear in an hour or so.

http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/syn ... uncil.html