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Name-Worshippers often quote St. John of Kronstadt as being one of them. Let us listen to the words of Vladimir Moss on this subject: Vladimir Moss observes: "As another example of how the name-worshippers distort the holy fathers, let us consider their oft-repeated claim that St John of Kronst...

Maria was mostly correct in her information but for precision's sake I will make these corrections: The GOC stands for "Church of the G enuine O rthodox C hristians of America". This is presented on the "about" page of the HOTCA: http://www.hotca.org/about Also if you scroll to ...

Forgive me for asking this question in English.

Are Hispanic or Spanish Orthodox Christians allowed to take the name of Jesus at their Holy Baptism?

I wanted to share these thoughts on Arch. Sophrony's book, On Prayer . The Name Jesus as knowledge, as ‘energy’ of God in relation to the world and as His proper Name, is ontologically bound up with Him. It is spiritual reality. Its sound can merge with its reality but not necessarily so. As a name ...

Thanks James.

I posted a link to the life of this saint.
http://www.euphrosynoscafe.com/forum/vi ... 14&t=10457

joasia wrote:

TedMann wrote:

Since Joanna is going to venerate the relics of a saint, she is in good hands because she has his prayers.

Thank you.

TedMann (baptized name: Euthymios) certainly does need our prayers.

Lord have mercy.

Most Holy Theotokos, save him.

arcmode wrote:

Ok, but what do the letters stand for - GOC and HOTCA?

GOC = Genuine Orthodox Church of Greece.

HOTCA = Hellenistic Orthodox Traditional Church of America

However, now HOCNA uses the phrase: Church of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of America (GOC)