Gregory,
You make good points on your posts, even though I do not draw the same conclusions as you do.
Out of curiosity, what are your conclusions?
But please answer an honest question: Do you consider OOD Orthodox? Do you consider GOC Orthodox? It seems that you don't because 1) ROAC is not in communion with GOC and because 2) no church outside of ROAC is Orthodox.
The ROAC as it is currently established, separated from ROCOR several years ago over it's betrayal of basic Orthodox principles - a double betrayal since ROCOR had for so long strongly articulated those principles. The ROCOR, prior to 1995, was in communion with the GOC of Greece (OOD's Church.) Many would argue that ROAC is the "continuing ROCOR".
The GOC of Greece, otoh, is the continuing Church of Greece, separating herself from the ecumenist-new calendarists decades ago. Up until recently (as previously mentioned), she was in communion with ROCOR, which ROAC had been a part of until it's defection (indeed, the separation of those Bishops under Metropolitan Valentin and their flocks from ROCOR, involved the same basic events which caused the break between ROCOR and the GOC.)
Seeing that both parties come from different basic historical situations, and that the ROAC emerged from a Church which had in fact broken with the GOC, it's understandable that neither party is currently in communion with one another. While (for various, even understandable reasons) there are those in both camps who are wary of the other, most consider it inevitable that formal relations will be established in the near future. Certainly, there is no question of faith dividing the two - rather, it is a matter of circumstances; chaos created by ecumenist heretics, not by the victims therof who have done their best to extricate themselves from such impiety.
This would not be the first time in Christian history that two groups of Bishops, both confessing the truth and fighting so called "official churches" under the control of heretics, were slow to seal their unity visibly, ASAP. There have been Saints who were not in "official" communion with one another, for similar reasons.
I've been told part of the "hesitation" at this point, is a matter of "wait and see" - namely, waiting to see what the GOC manages to do in terms of it's healing it's relations with other Greek Old Calendarist bodies (the Matthewites in particular, a large group of which last I heard, were in talks with the GOC of Greece). Perhaps the GOC has the same mind regarding ROAC and what might happen after ROCOR officially re-joins the MP (perhaps there are those in the GOC, for whatever reason, holding out hopes for the ROCOR since I get the impression Metropolitan Petros was quite perplexed as to why the ROCOR did what it did back in '95 with the Cyrpianites.)
These are the messy circumstances of life which need to be worked out. It has nothing to do with saying officially one way or another that "group X is not Orthodox." Though to be fair, I know that there are those in ROAC who as individuals do not think the GOC of Greece is legit (I'm obviously not one of them.) Sadly, I wouldn't be surprised if the feeling was mutual in a similar proportion on the other side of the fence.
Blame the heretics. To do otherwise is like blaming the children of a messy divorce for having to sort out so much confusion and turmoil, as if they were the cause of their own troubles and misfortune.
Seraphim
