Alexander Kuzmin wrote:Metropolitan Valentine asked other bishops to sign empty papers and then added this text. You can read about it in the memories of Bishop Ambrose whose signature is also under this document and who later ordained bishop Gregory. Here is the text of Bishop Ambrose in Russian: http://www.portal-credo.ru/site/?act=authority&id=1180
He says that among all bishops only bishop Anthony was against Name-Glorifying, but his reason was "Because Father Victor Melekhov says this is a heresy".
But now Met Valentine and Bishop Anthony are both dead.Besides Alexander Soldatov is mentioned in this document as a main Name-Glorifier, but now he receives Holy Communion in Suzdal and he lives there very often, you can see him on many pictures there (although he continues to publish documents on Name-Glorifying on his Portal-Credo.Ru).
Try to find some OTHER document of ROAC that says something against Name-Glorifying. I will be VERY MUCH surprised if you find something.
I said I would not say something, as I felt your heresy was getting tolerated here, but I don't like lies.
Your story is completely false. You may not know this (or you may, as one of your sect might have told you) I was present in Suzdal when the meeting that produced Protocols 51 & 52 took place. The basis of the text and the condemnation of name-worshipping was not only known to the Bishops but the majority of the signers were present. The alleged "issue" was the actual writing of the document, though the Bishops present did agree to the condemnation. They also ORDERED Senina and Soldatov to stop.
Furthermore, the Synod had already suspended him and called him to trial-- in fact, through a complete and bizarre coincidence (I had only come to light a candle as a favor), I showed up at the St Elizabeth parish, and saw him serving. His face turned white as bone, nodded slightly at me, and told the parish AFTER THAT SAME LITURGY that he had been suspended-- after which he left the country so he could not be "served" with the paperwork for deposition (serving under suspension alone is cause for deposition). Some attempted to say that there were false signers after the fact to bring the number of Bishops deposing him below six. The Synod had more than six Bishops there: Metr. Valentine, Abp Theodore, Abp Anthony, Bp Irinarch, Bp Timofei, Bp Seraphim and (if my memory serves me well, the others I spoke to) Bishop Ambrose.
So the entire argument is moot, as Gregory did not need the entire Synod to depose him. He needed six Bishops. I know for a fact there were more than six Bishops there. Because I WAS THERE.
You also neglect to mention is that the Synod did in fact agree to depose Father Gregory. Again, I know-- unlike you, obviously, I was actually there. Meanwhile, they worked furiously to agitate against the Synod, and parishoners in St Petersburg and elsewhere loyal to the Synod received anonymous threats by phone: I can attest I had some come to the downstairs door of my flat yelling and inviting me out to "have a conversation" (Russians with their cute euphemisms!)
You are trying to present Archbishop Anthony of Yaransk as feeble and weak. In fact, Abp Anthony kept Fr Victor under his protection against the Metropolitan's wishes (which the Metropolitan basically just opted to ignore). You neglect to mention the OTHER catacomb Bishop-- Abp Seraphim-- who had been making trips to strengthen the faithful, determine who were in the name-worshipper camp and report his findings to Suzdal. In fact, Luriye's servants watched for him to show up to "report" that Abp Seraphim was "trying to foment schism". But the surprise came when Luriye realized he had been outmaneuvered by an old Catacombnik and then it was just a short while before the suspension announcement.....
You claim everyone outside Metropolitan Valentine and Abp Anthony was on your side because "no one's saying anything". Metropolitan Theodore knows how you operate. Many of us remember Metr Valentine getting beaten and wrapped in that carpet. Here is the truth. All the heretics on your side have left with you. ROAC remains clean. I don't know what's going on with Soldatov. I do know, however, that ROAC sent six documents condemning Luriye and the role of Portal Credo-- paid for by none other than Gleb Pavlovsky-- in promoting him. ROAC doesn't talk about name-worshipping anymore, because your ilk have been booted from the Church. True Orthodox Russia, more and more, is forgetting you exist.
Your leader is nothing but a power-obsessed, four foot tall mafia thug, and the True Orthodox of Russia are not afraid of him. Now he wants the attention of Metropolitan Rafael? Luriye's made clever little inroads here and there in every Synod. But we will find them and we will cut them off.