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Russian Orthodox Church to Skip Pan-Orthodox Council
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| 06-10-2016
Posted on 06/10/2016 1:16:01 PM PDT by NRx
Russian Orthodox Church spokesman Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk has not departed for Crete to attend the Pan-Orthodox Council on the Greek island of Crete after the church decided to suspend its participation following the refusal of several orthodox churches to take part, a church source told RIA Novosti Friday.
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I don't think this has been formally announced as of yet, but the writing is on the wall. My guess is that the meeting of a Great Synod will happen in due course. But too many of the local churches, monastics, hierarchs and respected theologians have expressed concerns for it to go ahead as presently envisioned. There need to be some changes to the proposed documents and the Church as a whole needs to deal with a major dispute between Antioch and Jerusalem. For now the EP really needs to just accept this and agree to postpone the Synod for maybe six months so these issues can be ironed out.
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posted on
06/10/2016 1:16:01 PM PDT
by
NRx
To: NRx
Note to self: Proofreading is my friend...
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posted on
06/10/2016 1:16:37 PM PDT
by
NRx
To: Religion Moderator
The last word in the title should be Council. Could you fix that please? Thanks...
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posted on
06/10/2016 1:18:27 PM PDT
by
NRx
To: NRx
No biggie NRx, we knew what you meant.
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posted on
06/10/2016 1:21:12 PM PDT
by
milford421
("All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke))
To: NRx
This article says what the Council is *not* about. (Not ecumenical and not doctrinal.)
So is this Council meeting more a meet-and-greet than a serious “COUNCIL”, as the word “Council” implies?
The whole thing seems unnecessarily mysterious, unless it really is simply a friendly social event.
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posted on
06/10/2016 1:33:39 PM PDT
by
RitaOK
(Viva Christo Rey. Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming-- infinitum.)
To: NRx
Another one bites the dust.
So much for “unity” among the Eastern Orthodox.
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posted on
06/10/2016 1:35:00 PM PDT
by
vladimir998
(Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
To: NRx
I think that this (the council failing to meet) is probably a good thing for the Orthodox. They dodged the Vatican II bullet.
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posted on
06/10/2016 1:40:28 PM PDT
by
jtal
(St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle ....)
To: NRx
Uh-oh! This is a big one—the largest Local Church body in the Orthodox world !!!!
It looks like the celebrations of Pentecost in our local parishes will be the big events of that day. Perhaps eventually there will be a great Council of the Orthodox Church!
Keep praying!!!!
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posted on
06/10/2016 1:47:20 PM PDT
by
Honorary Serb
(Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
To: jtal
But they didn’t dodge the Great Eastern Schism bullet. So they’re already behind the 8 ball.
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posted on
06/10/2016 3:25:03 PM PDT
by
piusv
(The Spirit of Christ hasn't refrained from using separated churches as means of salvation:VII heresy)
To: NRx
You worry too much. Notice who is falling off the Ladder of Divine Ascent. We've known about hierarchs pretty much from Day 1.
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posted on
06/11/2016 4:51:10 AM PDT
by
Kolokotronis
(Christ is Risen and you, O death, are annihilated!)
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