Timeline of the Church of Genuine Orthodox Christians

[尼古拉前执事]

Dear OOD:

Thank you for the suggestions. The work on the timeline will begin next week after I finish my exams.

anastasios

Anastasios, is it done yet?

[mwoerl]

i think it is rather interesting that the episcopate of all the greek old calendar churches in existence today derive from the consecration of archimandrite akakios (pappas) to the episcopate by two hierarchs of the rocor-archbishop seraphim (ivanov, +1987) of chicago and detroit, and bishop teofil (ionescu, +1975), head of the romanian diocese in rocor at that time. now, the very interesting part is this-bishop teofil was an adherent of the new calendar! his diocese followed the new calendar...another interesting little piece of trivia is that when bishop akakios returned to greece, archbishop leonty (filippovich, +1971) of rocor travelled to greece to assist bishop akakios in the consecration of other bishops for the greek old calendarists. the greek government got wind of this, and of course, was not amused. at that same time, metroplitan leonty of the metropolia (now the oca) was travelling in greece...apparently all the greek government knew was that a "russian bishop" named "leonty" was there to help out the old calendarists, and it was metropolitan leonty of the metroplia who was detained by the police...and i am sure that he, too, was not amused!
michael woerl

[OrthodoxyOrDeath]

What's even more interesting is there is a place called vladimirovo, IL

That sounds like a place I would like to visit.

[Daniel]

... and it was metropolitan leonty of the metroplia who was detained by the police...and i am sure that he, too, was not amused!
michael woerl

This is what we like to call Divine Providence

[mwoerl]

vladimirovo is located miles down the road from rock city, 12 miles east of freeport, thirty miles west of rockford, about 100 miles west of chicago.
abp seraphim of chicago (+1987, rocor) purchased fifty acres of land here in nineteen sixty-half for a summer camp, half for acre lots to be sold to parishioners of the chicago cathedral for summer "dachas," which was to finance the entire deal.
a church (saint vladimir's) was built for abp seraphim's use when he was here (which was quite a bit in his later years), and eventually became a parish church when many of the summer "dachas" became retirement homes for the people who bought them. and a beautiful little church it is. im no good at posting links-go to the chicago/detroit rocor diocese website, link to orpr camp, then there is a photo of the church...
the orpr (organization of russian orthodox pathfinders) camp's first session was held in nineteen sixty, and continues to this day-camp runs the entire month of july. in the early nieties when my kids started going, a lot of convert kids came, and a lot of english was used. with the influx of
new people form russia, a lot more russian kids come, and less and
less english is used.
over the years, as people died, or wanted to move to warmer climes, some residences were sold and some non-russian, and non-orthodox people have moved in, but several still remain-there are maybe twenty houses.
i likes it here, too-a lot of peace and quiet!
michael woerl

[priestmark]

i likes it here, too-a lot of peace and quiet!
michael woerl

Except during Camp - and that's when Michael fled to Ohio this year !

I like it too! and it's only a short drive into Freeport for espresso and internet access at the Library.

2003 was the 14th or 15th year for my kids' attendance at ORPR Pathfinder's Camp (three now have "rank"). We still have two young-uns who are of age (>8 yo) but who have not yet started camp, so we have another 10 years or so of camp attendance left. I hope to be retired (from a secular job) by then and free to spend the entire month - maybe buy a dacha ourselves. Only one person this year openly lamented my lack of russianness. That's a big change!

I served two Sundays and two Feasts this July and, over the course of two days just before Ss Peter and Paul, heard 68 confessions of young people and adults (some of whom only know the church through camp). I was exhausted and invigorated at the same time. I miss that Life in Christ. I got to stay in Vladyka's house and teach daily Law of God in the basement parish hall. Nothing I have experienced comes closer to the "Community" discussed on this Forum some time back, but as Michael can testify, it is not (nor is anything else) as idyllic as some people envisoned their ideal orthodox community to be. But it is real.

o.M