Ђура Јт wrote:Can we return to the subject please, it's hard enough to keep things NOT personal here in Serbia and to talk with love with people who seem to hate us, now things are becoming personal here.. on a virtual place for Christians...
So where were we... yes... STOC is schismatic becuse we wanted to have bishop for our struggling Church so we can continue strengthened our fight against BP and its lies to belivers in Serbia. Now we have a bishop ordained by the RTOC. On the other hand GOH was so offended with this act that they immedeately stoped all negotiations and contacts with RTOC (which btw lastet for three years without any progress ). Well, it seems to me that GOH is very happy about this turn because now they have excuse not to recognize RTOC and you'll all agree that three years of tapping in place is too muchto handle even for Greeks although they are known as skilled negotiators, this must be a great relief. We will always look on our Greek brothers with great love in Christ generously forgetting insults of recent talking and writing with great gratitude for their help (which, as we now see, was not unconditional as they pretended). The Truth must be preached this must not stop us all from confessing it .
Greetings with the Dormition feast of our Most Holy Lady,
-The tapping in place by GOC for 3 years as You put it regarding the RTOC seems to have been the correct move looking at the outcome of the Akakios-Tikon schism not only with the GOC but with the Majority of Clerics and Faithful in the Serbian-GOC. I don't know if anybody even really considers RTOC canonical. I'm quite sure that their anti-canonical meddling within GOC parishes outside of Greece (in Serbia) has raised more than a. Few eye-brows as to their Church laws IQ. As for Akakios it now seems clear that He wanted to become a Bishop all along, and with the very real possibly that someone else would be chosen for the Serbian-GOC mission, He totally lost His cool and ran like a thief in the night to France to secretly be ordained. Both He and Tikon have as their foundations the same and exact thing, a womens convent ( Lesna,New Stenik). When the Nuns realize with whom they are dealing with and make changes both Houses will crumble. The so-called stoc is a schismatic entity on Canonical Serbian land. If it caused conscience problems to You and Your when You woke up and realized that You were under the Hellenic hierarchy of GOC then instead of supporting an unstable Man and His quest for glory You should have. Contacted the truly suffering Bishop of Serbia His Grace Artemije. And if Your adventureous and brave you could go to Kosovo and Methohije and become a missionary among the Hagarenes. Then You would be doing Apostolic work.
If saving yourself is most important then the place to be is the Serbian-GOC; If You would like to help others save themselves then you should be under Bp Artemije. If on the other hand you enjoy hollywood settings and plots, you-tube videos, and someones demented view of the Orthodox Church,then you have found your spot. We will reap what we have sown. May the Master grant You wisdom to test the spirits; not all spirits are from GOD. A good tree does not yield bad fruit,nor a bad tree good. Please do realize where and with whom your are currently with. Glory to GOD for all.