The Saint Euphrosynos Cafe

Interesting. I'm unfamiliar with the story. Was this during German occupation? Were these catacomb clergy who came out of hiding? Where did you learn about it?   Yes, these Polish-Ukrainian consecrations were performed under German occupation. I am re-reading: Wassilij Alexeev and Theofanis G. Stav...

Orthodox Christians and Secular History Posting 2 THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS OF UKRAINIAN CHURCHMEN, 1921-1945: THE SELF-CONSECRATED AUTOCEPHALISTS, THE POLISH-RECOGNIZED AUTOCEPHALISTS, AND THE AUTONOMISTS The first group of Ukrainian churchmen that needs to be distinguished from others was the self-co...

ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS AND SECULAR HISTORY   Posting 1: Ukrainian Autocephalist Bishops of the 1940s Were Not Self-Consecrated by Thomas S. Deretich 20240401   The movement for Ukrainian church autocephaly in the 1920s resorted to uncanonical “self-consecration,” as well as to radical “renovationism” ...