GOC Archbishop Stephanos Condemns New Schism, Aug. 2017

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GOC Archbishop Stephanos Condemns New Schism, Aug. 2017

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http://nftu.net/main-matthewite-synod-i ... claration/

Published on Dec. 11, 2017 by Hieromonk Enoch:

The mainline Matthewite Synod, whose president is Archbishop Stephanos, issued a condemnation of the actions of several clergy for accusing the Synod of planning a ‘union’ with the GOC-K. Part of the issue was that a bishop of the GOC-K, called “Mr. Kyprianos”, gave a greeting to a Matthewite bishop at a service, which caused a great deal of scandal. One Matthewite Bishop and other clergy reacted by asking that a new confession of faith be signed by the Synod; the Synod reacted by saying there was no need since it did not solicit nor want the presence or ‘greeting’ of the Mr. Kyprianos [presumably the current GOC-K bishop of Oropos and Phyle]. The attached file is only an ‘Unofficial’ translation.

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http://nftu.net/wp-content/uploads/2017 ... 323466.pdf

The Holy Synod of the Hierarchy of the Genuine Orthodox Church of Greece convened
exceptionally today on the 24th of August 2017 (eccl. cal.), following the decision of the
Residing [Ἐνδημούσα] Holy Synod (2/8/17 eccl. cal.) with the exclusive topic of discussion:

“The co-examination, due to the correlation and relevance, because of the failure to respond
by His Eminence the Metropolitan of Argolis kyr. Pachomios, as well as the similar
position of His Eminence the Metropolitan of Patrai kyr. Eustathios, in relation to the
position they have taken towards the Synodal decisions and announcements, in fact after
the publication and dissemination of their letters Protocol No. 117-12/7/2017 (posted
on the official website of the Holy Metropolis G.O.C. Patrai) and the letter Protocol No.
119 -13/7/2017”. ...

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Let us pray that they will repent and come back to the true Mattewite church.

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Amen. This is the GOC under Archbishop Stephanos to which I belong.

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Maria wrote:

Amen. This is the GOC under Archbishop Stephanos to which I belong.

I recommend that you check out the comments on this article Maria, it's worth a look

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Justice wrote:
Maria wrote:

Amen. This is the GOC under Archbishop Stephanos to which I belong.

I recommend that you check out the comments on this article Maria, it's worth a look

I notice that you have made several comments.

However, the comments are neither vetted nor scrutinized.

The people who have made responses to your comments are
not trustworthy, and have become part of the problem as they
are in schism with the GOC. Notice their language.

Thus, I do not rely on them at all. Please be careful.

Also, the site at NFTU has always been very difficult to navigate
as my computer stalls frequently on that website. Even though I
have purchased several new computers with ubuntu and mozilla
upgrades, NFTU remains very cranky and is a frustration to read.

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