Metropolis of Oropos & Phyle on Union with GOC(K) - Mar 30

[Maria]

a report of the events leading up to their joining the GOC (K), as well as the subsequent concelebration and other activities

http://nftu.net/report-metropolis-oropo ... nion-gock/

An excerpt:

• ... the Community of the Orthodox in Resistance submitted to the Holy Synod in question a document, dated February 21, 2014 (Old Style), which proposed the revocation of its walling-off of some thirty years ago, since the reasons for maintaining the same have now ceased to exist.

  The document was delivered on Tuesday, March 5/18, 2014 at a middaymeeting of the Holy Synod at the Church of Christ “the Unfading Rose” ...

  The Holy Synod accepted the document and proceeded to lift the penalties imposed upon the then Hierarchs of the Synod in Resistance, recognizing their Consecrations and Mysteriological acts and those of their successors who heretofore remained in communion with them..

See this 6 page document for the complete report by the Metropolian of Oropos and Phyle
http://www.synodinresistance.org/pdfs/2 ... noseos.pdf

[Maria]

This document also answered a question that I had, namely the Bulgarian question.

• It should be noted that, although the presence of His Eminence, Bishop Photiy of Triaditza, from Bulgaria, who was positively disposed towards the Common Statement, was expected, problems of a practical and pastoral nature nonetheless prevented him from coming to the present deliberation. We await his later arrival, for the sake of strengthening and broadening the unity that has been attained.

[Despotovac]

Bulgarian bishop Photius seems to have a problem. First, with regarding to his clerics, monks and believers who once crossed in to the omoforion of Archbishop Kallinikos GOC and he baptize them all again and again tonsured and again ordained. Problem is how all these people return to the Bolgarian TOC? Bulgarian hieromonk Cassian wih his departure а few years ago to archbishop Kalinic avoid canonical church court of Bugarian TOC. Archbishop Kalinic in contrary of this awarded him with the rank of Archimandrite. These are so many serious problems. There is even the possibility that the GOC of Greece now not recognize the independence of the Bulgarian Church in wich existing only one bishop – bishop Photius of Triaditca... Maybe that's why Bishop Photius pulled? Lord have mercy!

[Maria]

Lord have mercy.

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