The Saint Euphrosynos Cafe

You're RIGHT ! Metropolitan Demetrios of GOC-K did strongly defend that reprehensible practice. I remember that once you mentioned it.
Well, in that case, you better apply to ROCANA - ? At least they are also in the Southern Hemisphere, if that's any comfort ![/color]



This is really ...

It isn't a One World Religion its a "common sacred world view"

Lord Have Mercy on us all

https://spzh.eu/en/news/81329-fanar-vse-religii--eto-miriady-tropinok-vedushhije-k-odnomu-bogu

The Ecumenical Patriarch explained what unites God, Allah, Brahman, and the Luminous Void.

On July 29, 2025, in ...

Patriarch Dositheus II in his Confession (Synod of Jerusalem 1672)

This was a fascinating read, thanks for referencing it. I've spent a lot of time reading spiritual books, but not much on the synodal declarations or the history of the church beyond the first few centuries. I've read so many of ...

I personally believe the OCA wants to glorify any halfway pious person (like Olga Mikhail) who lived in America, but the Orthodox Church does not just glorify pious people, we glorify Holy (Agios) people.



What about confessors and martyrs? They weren't necessarily holy up to the point that ...

I agree those are all serious allegations, but it doesn't address my question. If the church claimed them saints but they aren't, then doesn't it call into question every other saint that has been canonized?

I didn't even know about Esphigmenou Monastery until recently, and it is utterly ...