(But the wayward Orthodox Church of Finland has established INTERCOMMUNION with the lutheran church of Finland meaning de facto INTERCOMMUNION with the church of Sweden?!!!!)
:mrgreen: http://directionstoorthodoxy.org/mod/ne ... le_id=6597
A Christmas tree and a snowman are installed for New Year and Christmas celebrations in Moscow, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2005, with the Russian government building in the background. Christmas falls on Jan. 7 for Orthodox Christians in Russia. Russian Patriarchate suspends relations with Church of Sweden
MOSCOW. Dec 27 (Interfax) - The Moscow Patriarchate has suspended relations with the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Sweden after it decided to establish an official ceremony on blessing homosexual couples.
MOSCOW. Dec 27 (Interfax) - The Moscow Patriarchate has suspended relations with the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Sweden after it decided to establish an official ceremony on blessing homosexual couples.
"We have received with great disappointment and grief the news that not only does the Lutheran Church of Sweden not oppose so-called homosexual marriages, but has even ruled to establish an official blessing ceremony," Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church said in a statement at a session in Moscow on Tuesday.
The members of the Synod believe that the Church of Sweden's decision contradicts the Biblical concept of family and marriage "and the testimonies of the Holy Writing leave us no doubt that homosexuality is considered a sin and 'confusion'," the statement says.
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