Abp ANTHONY (ORLOFF) has become First-Hierach of RusOC-A

[spiridon]

VERTOGRAD
Orthodox Journal
Newsletter No. 56, Friday, November 10, 2006. 1:30 P.M.

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ARCHBISHOP ANTHONY (ORLOV) HAS BECOME THE FIRST-HIERARCH OF A RUSSIAN (ROSSIJSKAYA) ORTHODOX CHURCH

(“Mech I Trost” – Portal-Credo. Ru – Vertograd, Moscow – St.-Petersburg)

Archbishop Anthony (Orlov) was elected a First-Hierarch of the ROCOR(A) at the Sobor of this church in the village of Scherbinka (Moscow region, Russia) on November 2-4.

A new hierarch — Bishop Athanasy of Nizhni Novgorod and Ural — was consecrated at the first service of the Sobor on November 2. He took participated the Sobor along with Archbishop Anthony (Orlov), Archbishop Victor of Cuban and South Russia, Bishop Damascene of Central Russia and Bishop Stephan of Ust-Sysol and Northern Russia.

The new First-Hierarch of this church Metropolitan Anthony will have the title of Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, and the church will have the name of a Russian (Rossijskaya) Orthodox Church, as was decided at the Sobor. It has five bishops and about ten priests now.

In his first sermon the new First-Hierarch emphasized that contemporary Russia “is run by intruders and foreigners”, whose aim is “to destroy Orthodoxy in Russia”.
“Pray at the walls of Moscow Kremlin for riddance of the enemies that are still here”, — Metropolitan Anthony said to those in church.

“I will not rule the Church from abroad, I will come often”, Metropolitan Anthony promised.

[Priest Siluan]

Alas... it seem they don't stop to continue with acts schismatic and non canonical nonsense, and now they have "usurped" the name of FROC/ROAC, the only one jurisdiction that used the word "Rossiyskaya" up to now. Because the other Russian jurisdictions uses the word "Ruskaya", that means "of the Russian people" (it is a more "ethnic" meaning), but "Rosiyskaya" is the old and true name of the Russian Church and it was the pre-revolutionary name, it means "of Russia" (it is a more "territorial" meaning)

[Reader Nicholas]

I have it on VERY good authority that this gentleman is still married. So, if true, does that mean the so-called "tradotionalists" are starting a new tradition?

Nicholas Trahan

[GOCTheophan]

I have it on VERY good authority that this gentleman is still married. So, if true, does that mean the so-called "tradotionalists" are starting a new tradition?

Nicholas Trahan

Nicholas he has a Church divorce.

Given that World Orthodox Bishops are mainly homosexual I think this is really the pot calling the kettle black when its actually a shade of grey.

Theophan.

[Reader Nicholas]

Theophan,

Not knowing what you mean about the pot calling the kettle black, I will ask now, can divorced men be ordained/consecrated? I didn't think this was the case.

Nicholas

[Benjamin W. C. Waterhouse]

Theophan,

Not knowing what you mean about the pot calling the kettle black, I will ask now, can divorced men be ordained/consecrated? I didn't think this was the case.

Nicholas

No.

[spiridon]

yes they can, they have been for centuries, even some of the popes were married at one time or another and even father children they had with other women. St Cyprian was married and separated from his wife,
St.Spyridon my namesake was also married with children and was made a Bishop, the current Moscow Patriarch was once married aswell.
as was Bishop alexander mileant of Blessed memory in the Rocor of L.a. with several children too.