Chrysostomos,
Here is document, recently signed:
http://www.goarch.org/en/news/releases/ ... se9004.asp
I was shocked to read this. I don't always agree with OOD's polemical style but I have to admit, how does one remain in communion with these people?
Anastasios
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It is indeed shocking to read this statement - EP at large again! I will certainly ask my bishop about this, since I receive monophysites by triple immersion.
To make my point clearer, I have personally only seen one incident of ecumenism in action - it was also EP in UK.
I also watched that ridiculous video with Orthodox Hierarchs singing African chants - something along the lines of 'bunkum..bunkum' at the jaboree in Canberra, OZ. Of course I know what is going on, via the press and forums, but on a personal encounter I must be shielded by the grace of God. I'll probably be baptizing and serving the Divine Liturgy when everyone else is in jail. I once got forgotten by the British Army - but that's a long story.
Yours in Christ,
Fr Serafim
