Sept 11th remembrance at OCA webpage.

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Today, Orthodox Christians remember the beheading of St. John the Blessed Forerunner of Christ.

Chronia Polla!

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Why do some members of the ROCOR church spend so much time "bashing" others?

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stgregorythetheologian wrote:

Why do some members of the ROCOR church spend so much time "bashing" others?

Becuase it is the cool thing to do. After all, you don't want to be caught dead with the world Orthodox.

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logos wrote:
stgregorythetheologian wrote:

Why do some members of the ROCOR church spend so much time "bashing" others?

Becuase it is the cool thing to do. After all, you don't want to be caught dead with the world Orthodox.

Gregory, whom do you speak of?

Logos, was the pun intended? :P

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Nicholas,
Take this very topic here. Peter Hatala started a topic of an OCA link to a 9/11 commemoration and was immediately criticized for creating a link with the OCA/MP. It's not a rare occurrence, either. I am new to these boards, but I have found that there are some who simply will not pay any attention to anything that's not ROCOR, ROAC, the Holy Especial Greek Autonomous Church, or whatever.

It confuses me. I was baptized Greek Orthodox (GOA). Am I forever under condemnation because I was not baptized ROCOR? I now worship at an OCA parish -- does that make me a double heretic?

I don't read similar animosities going the other way, however. I respect a lot in the ROCOR -- indeed, I pray to St John Maximovitch - a ROCOR bishop who was viciously persecuted within his very own church - and he has made wonders in my life. I respect ROCOR institutions and well, and pray that someday I can visit his holy relics and the Holy Virgin Cathedral in San Francisco.

I don't understand the animosities. So what if Peter posted an OCA link? Get over it!

The anger always seems to run ROCOR against OCA/GOA/Antiochians -- the OCA/GOA/Antiochians rarely waste time "bashing" ROCOR and the like.

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The anger always seems to run ROCOR against OCA/GOA/Antiochians -- the OCA/GOA/Antiochians rarely waste time "bashing" ROCOR and the like.

To be fair, there are still many OCA/GOA, etc. who speak very poorly of ROCOR ("non-canonical", "semi-canonical" - whatever that means, etc., etc.) However, I have noticed that there's been an attitude change in this regard, towards a more positive appraisal - but I think it needs to be recognized that it wasn't this way for a long time.

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