Five priests join the Genuine Orthodox Church of Greece

[Ekklisiastikos]

An Announcement

On Monday, May 30, 2011, Fr. Panagiotes Carras, Fr. Alexander Dizes, Fr. David Belden and Fr. Sergios Pellegrini of Toronto, Canada, were accepted into the Holy Synod of the True Orthodox Church of Greece. Later that week, Fr. George Kochergin of Boston was also accepted.

The five Presbyters of Toronto, in their petition to the Holy Synod of Archbishop Kallinikos, stated that, guided by the instruction of the Apostle Paul, a heretic man, after a first and second correction, abandon, and the injunction of the Fifteenth Canon of the First-Second Council of Constantinople, they had laboured against Metropolitan Ephraim’s teaching of posthumous enlightenment and salvation of heterodox and non-Christians, by admonishing the hierarchs, clergy and laity of HOCNA concerning the dangers of the above mentioned false teaching.

Since the hierarchs of HOCNA did not admit to their error and did not cease to preach the above mentioned heresy, the five presbyters then followed the admonitions of St. Paul and the First-Second Council of Constantinople and broke communion with these hierarchs.

Furthermore, they consciously realized that the Holy Church, shepherded by Archbishop Kallinikos, is the canonical Church of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece. Their petition to be placed under their protection was accepted.

The Holy Synod of the Church of the True Orthodox Christians of Greece is made up of sixteen hierarchs. In Greece there are 130 clergy who serve 200 Churches and 80 Monasteries. In North America there are 19 Churches and 6 Monasteries, served by 27 Clergy.

There are also Churches, Clergy and Monasteries in Australia, Germany, England, Italy, Serbia, Rumania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Russia, Georgia and Bosnia.

In Christ,
+Fr. Panagiotes

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrthodoxInfo/message/862

[Ephrem]

Does this mean that the GOC under Archbishop Kallinikos consider Metropolitan Ephraim to be a heretic, since they accepted five priests from his jurisdiction under the pretext that they were abandoning communion with a heretic?

[Ekklisiastikos]

If not a heretic..certainly a clergyman who preaches cacodoxies !

[Ephrem]

Does this mean that the GOC will cease having friendly relations with those who remain in HOCNA?

[Ekklisiastikos]

Not necessarily! Stay in good relations with those who remain apart...maybe help them to abandon these false "private thoughts" of Met. Ephraim and overcome the obstacles which prevent the Eucharistic unity.
It's obvious, we think, that this is God's will. Whenever feasibility and selfishness is absent and only pastoral care and love are present through the application of holy canons, then God is there!

[Ephrem]

Thank you very much for the information.

[Ekklisiastikos]

http://ecclesiagoc.gr/el/anakoinwseis/1 ... -ioun-2011

Τὴν 4/17 Μαΐου 2011 ἡμέραν Πέμπτην, εἰς τὰ ἐν Ἀθήναις γραφεῖα Αὐτῆς, συνῆλθεν εἰς τακτικήν συνεδρίαν ἡ Ἱερά Σύνοδος τῆς Ἐκκλησίας τῶν Γνησίων Ὀρθοδόξων Χριστιανῶν Ἑλλάδος καὶ συνεζήτησε τὰ κάτωθι θέματα:

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    1. Ἀπεφάσισε νὰ ἀπορρίψῃ τὴν αἴτησιν προσχωρήσεως νεοημερολογίτου φερομένου ὡς ἱερέως ἐκ Βραζιλίας καὶ νὰ θέσῃ τὸν φάκελον εἰς τὸ ἀρχεῖον.


    2. Συνεζήτησε τὰς λεπτομερείας περὶ τῆς κανονικῆς ἐντάξεως τοῦ ἐκ Κολομβίας πρ. νεοημερολογίτου κληρικοῦ π. Φήλικος Pinero.


    3. Ἀπεδέχθη τὸ αἵτημα προσχωρήσεως τοῦ ἐξ Ἀργεντινῆς Κληρικοῦ τοῦ Πατριαρχείου Γεωργίας π. Δαβίδ Lestani.


    4. Ἀπεδέχθη τὴν αἴτησιν προσχωρήσεως τῶν ἐκ Τορόντο Καναδᾶ Αἰδεσιμωτάτων Κληρικῶν: 

α) π. Παναγιώτου Καραθανάση, Πρωτοπρεσβυτέρου.
β) π. Ἀλεξάνδρου Διζέ, Πρωτοπρεσβυτέρου.
γ) π. Γεωργίου Τούρπα, Πρεσβυτέρου.
δ) π. Δαβίδ Belden, Πρεσβυτέρου
ε) π. Σεrγίου Pellegrini, Πρεσβυτέρου

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    5. Ἀπεφἀσισε τὴν μή ἀπστολήν ἱεραποστολικοῦ κλιμακίου εἰς τὴν Λαϊκήν Δημοκρατίαν τοῦ Κογκό ἐπί τοῦ παρόντος, ἀλλά τὴν πρόσκλησιν τῶν προσχωρησάντων κληρικῶν εἰς Ἑλλάδα διὰ τὴν κανονικήν των τακτοποίησιν καὶ παραλαβήν τῶν χρειωδῶν (ἀντιμηνσίων, Ἁγίου Μύρου, βιβλίων, ἱ. σκευῶν κ.λπ.).


    6. Ἐνημερώθη ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοφιλεστάτου Χριστιανουπόλεως Ἐπισκόπου κ. Γρηγορίου περί τῆς προσφάτου ἐπισκέψεώς του εἰς Νέαν Ὑόρκην καὶ Μόντρεαλ.