The Saint Euphrosynos Cafe

Dear Myrrh,

you wrote: Not at all, a true "father" is always one who maintains the truth of Orthodoxy, I simply don't make the mistake of attributing this carte blanche to some mythical idea of "the Fathers are the Mind of the Church", this is heretical in that the Church is the Mind of Christ who ...

Dear Myrrh,

Correct me if I misunderstand you, but I'm getting the sense that in your
mind the only "true Fathers" are those that are pre-Nicene, and/or including the Celtic church fathers who maintained their pre-Synod of Whitby calendar.

what is your opinion concerning the role and involvement ...

Dear Myrrh,

you wrote: And so on. So for me this is really is far more complicated than even the calculations - and I'm still struggling with those! In this argument I've decided to take a stand with the tradition of St John and Britain and, until I have a reason for thinking otherwise, I consider ...

Dear Myrrh,

I'm not trying to engage you in a "tit for tat" dialogue in this matter about the Church Calendar. When I said that the matter is not complicated, I was not referring to the complexities of merging the Jewish lunar calendar with the solar calendar, or calculating the date of Nissan, nor ...

Dear Myrrh,

you wrote: The imposition of a common calendar on the Church wasn't for the Church's sake, but the Emperor's, to aid him in controlling his empire.

In doing so, the tradition of the early Church as held in Jerusalem and which continued to be held in the East and in Britain, with some ...

that was a great link. Thanks. I wished we had more short on-line
videos of churchs, monasteries, and other holy sites like that
available. I have two new friends that I'm starting to share the Faith
with and I sent it on to them. I think that video shows the
depth of our Faith and worship that most ...

Ioannis said: There seems to be way to much talk about Grace in the new-calendar churches and not enough concern with what we are doing with the Grace we have. If one found a huge pearl after completing a search of hundreds and thousands of empty oysters, I doubt one would talk much and be concerned ...