Traditional jurisdictions

jckstraw72 · Post by **jckstraw72** » Tue 22 August 2006 11:58 pm

Are all the various Traditional Churches represented on here in communion with each other?

Jean-Serge · Post by **Jean-Serge** » Wed 23 August 2006 9:29 am

As far as I konw, no, they are not. I only know about communion between Cyprianists and Romanian and Greek old calenderists...

jckstraw72 · Post by **jckstraw72** » Wed 23 August 2006 12:39 pm

is there any intention of or effort to coming into communion with each other or is that not even on the radar? just curious...

Priest Siluan · Post by **Priest Siluan** » Wed 23 August 2006 6:09 pm

We have hopes and it is why there are places like this Cafe. God may grant the unity to the True Orthodox, If this happens in a future it will be much easier for people to know where the Church is.

1937 Miraculous Cross · Wed 23 August 2006 10:37 pm

is there any intention of or effort to coming into communion with each other or is that not even on the radar? just curious...

Sadly, no. The Greek Old Calendarists are in serious discord, and now unfortunately, the Russian Old Calendarists are in the same boat. I think the ROAC under Met Valentine have the most generous approach however, for the laity coming from other OC jurisdictions.

We must pray for these divisions to end.

in Christ,
Nectarios

尼古拉前执事 · Wed 23 August 2006 11:00 pm

Thank you Nectarios,

Here is a excerpt from the Address of the 8th Congress of the clergy, monastics and laity of the Suzdal Diocese of the Russian [Rossijskaya] Orthodox Church to all Orthodox Christians in the Fatherland and in the Diaspora at http://www.SaintBasilChurch.org/15.html

Address of the 8th Congress of the clergy, monastics and laity of the Suzdal Diocese of the Russian [Rossijskaya] Orthodox Church to all Orthodox Christians in the Fatherland and in the Diaspora wrote:
Beloved in Christ Jesus, brothers and sisters!
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   Many today are faced with the question: is it possible to preserve one's faithfulness to True Orthodoxy while remaining in the Church Abroad, which is consciously hurling itself into the embraces of the ecumenist 'World Orthodoxy'. We all very well understand that a significant part of the ROCA will not follow its clerical leadership along the false path.

   The Congress of the Russian Orthodox Church calls on all these zealots of Orthodoxy to come over under the omophorion of the Hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church.

   We wish to emphasise that we are far from a striving to lord it over whomever it may be. We only want to help those who need help in acquiring a canonical ground for their ecclesiastical existence.
The Russian Orthodox Church is not striving to close in on itself. On the contrary, we desire communion with the True Orthodox Christians of all countries and peoples. We intend to take practical steps to establish full canonical communion with sister True Orthodox Local Churches.

November 12/25, 2000.

Archbishop Valentine, President of the Hierarchical Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Members of the Hierarchical Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church: Bishop Theodore, Bishop Seraphim, Bishop Victor, Bishop Anthony, Bishop Timothy.

Protopriest Andrew Osetrov, Secretary of the Hierarchical Synod.

And the signatures of many other participants in the Congress.

jckstraw72 · Post by **jckstraw72** » Wed 23 August 2006 11:58 pm

is that letter from an MP Church? I got a bit confused by that....