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by Dcn.Ephrem
Sat 8 June 2013 12:17 pm
Forum: Intra-TOC Discussions
Topic: Death of Metropolitan Cyprian of Fili
Replies: 14
Views: 202

Re: Death of Metropolitan Cyprian of Fili

I am reminded of the scene in Brothers Karamazov, when the monks are reading the Psalms over the body of Father Zosima, and the body begins to stink, which some of the fathers take as a sign that the starets was a fraud. Anyone who knew Fr Zosima in life, however, knew he wasn't a fraud. /\ I had t...
by Dcn.Ephrem
Wed 5 June 2013 12:11 pm
Forum: Intra-TOC Discussions
Topic: Archbishop Theophan and the mysterious Fr. Barnabas
Replies: 62
Views: 710

Re: Archbishop Theophan and the mysterious Fr. Barnabas

Never he has visited the sessions of the Synod of the ROCOR because his position angainst the President of Synod, Anthony Khrapovitsky (+1936) and his strict r e f u s a l of the "Dogma of REDEMPTION" (=Salvation not on the Holy Cross but at Gethsemane in a only ethical, not ontological s...
by Dcn.Ephrem
Mon 3 June 2013 5:32 pm
Forum: True Orthodox Christian Churches
Topic: Position of RTOC (Tykhon) concerning Name Worshipping
Replies: 8
Views: 3964

Re: Position of RTOC (Tykhon) concerning Name Worshipping

But certainly they are against the heresy, just as the Russian Church has been since its inception? I understand being cautious about entering into a difficult argument, but it can be dangerous to be too cautious. In the meanwhile people might think the RTOC accepts the heresy, or some variant of it.