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by fserafim
Thu 14 October 2004 7:14 pm
Forum: World Orthodox, Heretical, and Vagante Jurisdictions
Topic: "world orthodoxy"
Replies: 16
Views: 4298

It is indeed shocking to read this statement - EP at large again! I will certainly ask my bishop about this, since I receive monophysites by triple immersion. To make my point clearer, I have personally only seen one incident of ecumenism in action - it was also EP in UK. I also watched that ridicul...
by fserafim
Thu 14 October 2004 12:56 am
Forum: World Orthodox, Heretical, and Vagante Jurisdictions
Topic: "world orthodoxy"
Replies: 16
Views: 4298

All my Orthodox life I have only once witnessed or heard of ecumenism and that was in UK many years ago. Instead we of the MP at that time, were accused of not taking the 'others' seriously. Yes we were invited to chant vespers at a French Protestant Church and at the RC Cathedral at Westminster and...
by fserafim
Mon 11 October 2004 11:59 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Issues
Topic: GIORGIOS' PROFILE PROPOSAL FOR CONSIDERATION
Replies: 25
Views: 6593

I think Giorgos is referring to the use of pseudonyms instead of open identities. I must admit I find it very strange that Orthodox Christians should pose as liturgical expresssions etc. I have noticed a slant towards ROAC and Greek Old Calendarists. That does not bother me - I think we need to deba...
by fserafim
Thu 7 October 2004 11:05 am
Forum: World Orthodox, Heretical, and Vagante Jurisdictions
Topic: Official Statement Re: Orthodox Christian/Jewish Relations
Replies: 27
Views: 6457

I hope I am wrong but there seems to be a flavour of Tolstoy in this thread. Of course we meet hate with love, but love is not non-resistance to evil. We must face the facts and be prepared through prayer, confession and above all by partaking of the Holy Mysteries. I serve openly as a priest, but m...
by fserafim
Wed 6 October 2004 7:39 pm
Forum: World Orthodox, Heretical, and Vagante Jurisdictions
Topic: Official Statement Re: Orthodox Christian/Jewish Relations
Replies: 27
Views: 6457

In the 1960s, a Roman Catholic theologian, Dr. (somebody - forgot the name) said that the Orthodox should remove all negative references to Jews in the Holy Week Services. Since that time I have not heard anymore but I have been collecting info on world jewry as we prepare for the reign of Antichris...
by fserafim
Fri 1 October 2004 7:38 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Issues
Topic: End Of Arguement Once And For All !
Replies: 22
Views: 6390

Dear Artemon, May God bless you! I think I understand what you are trying to say. I found the article by Met Ioann totally patristic. He does not advocate hatred of Jews but of Judaism. I would apply the same to my Moslem friends and acquaintances. I don't know any Buddhists - apart from those raise...
by fserafim
Mon 27 September 2004 11:00 pm
Forum: True Orthodox Christian Churches
Topic: Dozens hurt as clerics clash in Jerusalem church
Replies: 22
Views: 5522

When I was a student I remember having to put up with loud pop music on nights when I could have got a good night's sleep. When I was in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in 1976, the Franciscans had the habit of playing their organ at full volume during the Divine Liturgy. I don't recall whether the...