The Saint Euphrosynos Cafe

Thanks Icxypion, I totally forgot 1983! That is a very significant date and an important line in the sand as it were, and probably more important than all the years I listed. One could make a strong case for 1983. Still, the 1983 Anathema (for reasons I don't quite understand) seems to address a ver...

At the risk of getting distracted by this ongoing discussion, I have to agree with Jonathan. Categories are often fuzzy by necessity. A"light-switch" theory of Grace (where Grace definitely disappears when certain conditions are met) is inconsistent with the history of the Church. All the ...

Bretheren, I don't have the stomach for this kind of protracted discussion. I'm not the right person to fly the flag for this union. In fact I'm very ambivalent about the idea of laymen engaging in this type of discussion at all, when my hierarchs have already decided the issue. I happen to believe ...

The common statement appears to have been posted a few hours ago see here: http://www.ekklisiastikos.gr as well as the official GOC site in Greece. I don't see an English translation yet. As for the 1998 Anathema you posted I don't see anything specifically directed at Cyprianism. I may be wrong. Th...

This is a very problematic discussion that reeks of the armchair Orthodoxy that the Internet encourages. Whatever one may think of the ecclesiology of the late Met. Cyprian, as far as I know it has never been condemned as a heresy by the GOC. In fact it is likely that many GOC hierarchs and clergy h...

The court's ruling can be found here

It's too bad that HTM hasn't yet properly published some of the items mentioned in the ruling, they would certainly be nice to have! (e.g. the dismissal hymns and the Octoehos).

I read the 75 page decision of the court, and there is certainly nothing there that Is going to infringe on anyone's freedom of worship. The decision is actually a very sound and serious analysis of the copyright issues raised in this matter. Whether one agrees with the outcome or whatever your feel...