Two paragraphs were excluded from d9popov's post approval above:
A.
d9popov wrote:All totaled, the following churches affirm the Anathema and have issued statements against Cyprianism: ROAC-Suzdal, ROAC-Petrograd, ROAC-Ukraine, ROAC-USA, RTOC, Serbian TOC, Makarios, HOCNA, and, most recently, the Andronik-Sofroniy-Andrei synod. These churches also do not use the phrase "old calendar ecumenism," because they think it is legitimate for separated groups to seek unity under a common confession of the true Orthodox Faith.
http://www.genuineorthodoxchurch.com/19 ... menism.htm
Old Calendar Ecumenism was proclaimed by the GOC in 1983 and is often misunderstood. It refers to the practice of giving communion to those who are not in communion. In other words, certain parishes in various "True Orthodox Old-Calendarist" parishes may give communion to those from New Calendarist churches or other "True Orthodox Churches." Certain parishes formerly with the SiR and the ROCOR under Agafangel had this practice. I say this from personal experience in the past of visiting these parishes and being offered communion without being received into those parishes. This also occurred in 1997 when I was given Communion in the ROCOR parishes in the Los Angeles area even though I was a member of the OCA New Calendarists (World Orthodoxy). There was no effort to convert me. I was simply asked to make my confession to an ROCOR priest beforehand.
While all these ex-ROCOR synods listed above may not use the precise term "Old Calendar Ecumenism," except for the Name-Worshiping churches, these Old Calendarists do not practice intercommunion between themselves. True Christians who have been baptized, are usually received by chrismation after a brief catechumenate into these various Old Calendarist synods.
The Makarios Synod, HOCNA, and ROAC under defrocked Bishop Gregory are Name-Worshipping Churches who also teach the Awake Sleeper heresy. Therefore, these churches are not considered to be True Orthodox churches.
B.
d9popov wrote:Some might even be willing to negotiate a deal with the Greek government or even the new calendar church (but retain the old calendar, like Paisios and Vikentios did for a time).
This is exactly what Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Florina did. After his imprisonment, he cooperated with the Greek State government and New Calendarists. Of course, he was severely maltreated by the Greek Government, which no doubt affected his faith and his health. Please realize that every individual responds to drugs, malnourishment, sleep deprivation, exposure to cold and heat, and physical beatings differently. No doubt Metropolitan Chrysostomos being an older man was not in very good physical shape, so the abuse he received caused him to fail. In spite of this maltreatment, Metropolitan Chrysostomos outlived St. Matthew.
Paisios and Vikentios cannot be compared with Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Florina as Paisios and Vikentios were sexual predators who fled to the EP as soon as the U.S. authorities wanted to arrest them.