Three Greek priests join the RTOC Synod - June 2015

[igor]

Intercommunion was a common place even in Lesna Monastery with evlogians.
I am talking about actual clergy concelebrating at the altar.
All ROCOR First Hierarchs( except perhaps Met Vitaly) under various circumstances
cocelebrated with new calendarist clergy.
I wonder if SIR have ever done that.

[Maria]

Intercommunion was a common place even in Lesna Monastery with evlogians.
I am talking about actual clergy concelebrating at the altar.
All ROCOR First Hierarchs( except perhaps Met Vitaly) under various circumstances
cocelebrated with new calendarist clergy.
I wonder if SIR have ever done that.

Did Met. Philaret of New York ever concelebrate with the New Calendarists or give communion to those in New Calendarist churches like the OCA, Greek Archdiocese under the EP, or the Antiochians. Certainly, wouldn't he have given communion to members of the Serbian and Jerusalem Patriarchate, who were known to concelebrate with New Calendarists. The Serbians and JP were in regular communion with the ROCOR, Auxentians, and SiR, weren't they?

[igor]

St Philaret fairly regularly served with Romanian new calendarists
in Paris in the seventies. In fact , a whole NC Romanian diocese
was received by ROCOR in 1958.

[Maria]

St Philaret fairly regularly served with Romanian new calendarists
in Paris in the seventies. In fact , a whole NC Romanian diocese
was received by ROCOR in 1958.

Did the NC Romanian diocese remain New Calendarist?

What was the ROCOR relationship with the persecuted Old Calendarists in Romania under St. Glicherie?

On May 23, 1961 (Old Style), St. Glicherie fell asleep in the Lord at 76 years of age. He knew the late Metropolitan Cyprian of Oropos and Fili (Greece) and was a sister church to the SiR. Incidentally, St. Glicherie tried to meet with St. Matthew the New Confessor of Greece. However, he was unable to be consecrated as he and his flock desired because St. Matthew was unable to get another True Orthodox Bishop. Remember that horrible travel restrictions were imposed against True Orthodox Christians during WWII and its aftermath, so they had to use false papers to travel during those times or not travel at all.

[igor]

As far as I know Romanians remained NC - they were
escapees from Chaushescu. They eventually left - not sure who they joined.
I am not aware of ROCOR contacts with Romanian
old calendarist in Romania - I guess it was not easy.
In the 60-70s Commies in Romania were probably
even more brutal than in USSR

[Maria]

As far as I know Romanians remained NC - they were
escapees from Chaushescu. They eventually left - not sure who they joined.
I am not aware of ROCOR contacts with Romanian
old calendarist in Romania - I guess it was not easy.
In the 60-70s Commies in Romania were probably
even more brutal than in USSR

If you take the time to read the link on St. Glicherie (see my immediate post above),
it was mainly the freemasons who led the brutal attack against the Romanian
True Orthodox Christians while leaving the Romanian New Calendarists alone.

[igor]

Thank you Maria. I will read it.