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ROAC, ROCOR-A representatives discuss differences at conference
(source: portal-credo.ru) Representatives of the ROAC and the ROCOR-A met last week in Odessa at a conference called “Paths of the ROCOR in the Modern World”. On the ROCOR-A side, Metropolitan Agafangel, Bishop Georgy and assistant clergy were present; a delegation of priests led by Archpriest Alexey Lebedev of the Joy of All who Sorrow Church in St Petersburg, represented the ROAC.
The discussion apparently started quickly, with Metropolitan Agafangel began by appealing to the audience to ask questions urgently and without pleasantries so that they could get to the heart of the ecclesiological differences between the two sides. Father Alexey read a statement which dealt with the recent history of the ROCOR as well as the question of “Cyprianism”, which he pointed out was condemned by both ROAC and RTOC in 2008.
The question of the communion with the Synod in Resistance became the focus of the second day of discussion during which the primary speaker was Portal-Credo editor Alexander Soldatov. Soldatov argued that the 1994 union sped the union process with the Moscow Patriarchate and that the ROCOR-A remained the only part of seven parts of the old ROCOR/FROC that was in communion with the Synod in Resistance. On the second day a paper was also presented discussing the ramifications of the Sorrowful Epistles of St Philaret of New York.
Finally, on the third day the conference wrapped up with discussion on the state of World Orthodoxy, the apparent capitulation of the primates of World Orthodoxy to the primacy of the Pope of Rome, and the causes of the 2007 union being tied to the abandonment of the repentance of the Russian people. Metropolitan Agafangel expressed the hope that such an inter-jurisdictional conference could become an annual event.
Portal-Credo Detailed Links (in Russian):
- Conference "Paths of the Church Abroad in the Modern World" with representatives of the ROCOR (A) and ROAC opened in Odessa
http://www.portal-credo.ru/site/print.p ... s&id=78792
- Document: On the existence of "traditional ecclesiology ROCOR. Report Archpriest Alexei Lebedev ROAC at the conference "Paths of ROCOR in the modern world"
http://www.portal-credo.ru/site/print.p ... s&id=78806
- The conference "Paths of ROCOR in the modern world" in Odessa continue discussion on "Cyprianism"
http://www.portal-credo.ru/site/print.p ... s&id=78818
- PAPER: The practical application of the Ordinance of 7 / 20 November 1920 for the number 362. Report of the Primate of ROCOR (A) Metropolitan Agafangel at the conference "Paths of ROCOR in the modern world"
http://www.portal-credo.ru/site/print.p ... s&id=78820
- The pastor of the temple icon of the Mother of God in sorrow and grief consolation "in St. Petersburg (ROAC) Archpriest Alexei Lebedev:" I am glad openness to dialogue as the Metropolitan of ROCOR (A) Agafangel, and its clergy"
http://www.portal-credo.ru/site/print.p ... ty&id=1445
- Document: "Sorrowful Epistles" Metropolitan Filaret (Voznesensky) as patristic apologia in defense of the Ecumenical Orthodox. Report protopresv. Valery Alexeev at the conference "Paths of ROCOR in the modern world"
http://www.portal-credo.ru/site/print.p ... s&id=78846
- Conference "Paths of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Modern World" has completed its work in the diocesan center ROCOR (A) in Odessa
http://www.portal-credo.ru/site/print.p ... s&id=78849
- PAPER: Religious consciousness and cultural problem. On the monarchist sentiment in the ROCOR. Report of a teacher of the European Humanities University (Vilnius), Dmitry Vasilevsky at the conference "Paths of ROCOR in the modern world"
http://www.portal-credo.ru/site/print.p ... s&id=78860
- PHOTOS: Collection "fragments": the first step. Conference "Paths of ROCOR in the modern world with the participation of clergy and laity ROCOR (A) and ROAC. Odessa, 13-15 July 2010
http://www.portal-credo.ru/site/print.p ... s&id=78867
- First Hierarch of ROCOR (A), Metropolitan of Eastern America and New York Agafangel: "It is clear that in the coming days," splinters "of the ROCOR did not unite, it requires long-term growth of each jurisdiction"