Good news, bringing together of the RTOC and GOC CII.

[Despotovac]

On February 27 - 28 2008, during the time of the episcopal visit of the Leaderchief of the episcopal Synod RTOC, the most Reverend Tikhon in the Monastery of Lesna (France), Archbishop Tikhon and the Right Reverend Bishop Photius Marathonos, the secretary of the Synod of the GOC CII met together. They greeted each other with the Hristos posredi nas! I iest i budet! and with the brother salute. On February 29, in the Liturgy time, Bishop Photius was present in the Oltar. http://www.catacomb.org.ua/modules.php? ... e&pid=1315

[Jean-Serge]

I think that Bishop Photius was present at the sanctuary but did not concelabrated. I do not know if this is a good new since RTOC canonicity is really dubious... RTOC had better first negociate with ROAC and ROCIE...

[Despotovac]

For the each True Orthodox Synode we can find a lot of uncourtesies, and asking for the union of all Russian TOC before stepping into the communing with the Greece TOC may only make things complicate, because the Greek should analogously unit, and then step into the communing with the Russian. It seems impossible to me. Let's see at least some of the unions, because the soul hurts watching only dividings. For the unit of the RTOC with the GOC CII with all heart.

[Jean-Serge]

Well I would prefer a union between GOC-CII and ROAC... Many elements of RTOC are cyprianist.

[Varsanufios]

What elements ?

[L.M.P.]

Well I would prefer a union between GOC-CII and ROAC...

Well, this would be something of great importance. Don't forget that it would mean the union between the two largest Old Calendaristic Synods in Greece and Russia.

Despite the fact that there are many good bishops in ROAC, their Metropolitan has a bad reputation. And this is due to his request to the court for a settlement (a compromise) on the "child-molestation" issue instead of asking full examination of the issue.

Moreover one of his bishops___________________, was a married Mathweit priest, and his presbytera divorced him because she caught him molestating a child in their own bedroom. What is more, during his consecration to episcopacy someone who was aware of this incident screamed "anaxios" instead of "axios". Then some of ____________'s relatives beat him and broke his neck...

But above all, it's worthless to speak for such a thing (union) because as Valentin admitted, something like that would happened after his death. Which means he's not willing to..

[Jean-Serge]

What elements ?

Their deacon Germain Ivanoff Trinadatsy shares the cyprianist view, if of course he did changed his mind.