Act of Canonical Communion signed in Moscow

interfax ^ | 17 May 2007, 10:33 | interfax

[kawaii]

on the otherhand stuff like this would make me wonder whether in practice these rules have been ignore or forgotten

http://www.oca.org/news.asp?ID=1167&SID=19

[blinachka]

Glory be to God! My sister is in Moscow as a member of the official unified choir of ROCOR (and many, many friends are there as well as clergy singers and the official delegation.) I watched the live online broadcast from 1:00AM to 5:00AM EST on the Cathedral of Christ the Savior website. I am still in awe and completely inspired and amazed by it all.

I spoke with my sister this afternoon and she told me that to be there was incredible. The most amazing thing for her was going to the new exhibit in the museum (which is in the lower part of the cathedral building) and seeing our maeternal grandmother's photo and our paternal grandfathers photo along with the major contributions they both made to ROCOR. She said she stood there shaking because she never expected to see that!

I so wish I could have been there...but alas I'm babysitting my sister's childrenso she could go!

[kawaii]

Glory to God indeed.

[kawaii]

one of the thinks i remarked to my wife, who is preganant, is that our children (it’s our first) will never have to know a world of multiple Russian churches now. they won’t have to go to one church here and one there and think wow these are so identical but they’re really different organizations. the Russian Orthodox church is now one

[dangus]

We just wanna know who to negotiate with ;^D

[dangus]

We just wanna know who to negotiate with ;^D

... and yes, I’m only kidding. As a Roman Catholic, I’m still leery of Moscow having too much influence, but if y’all are happy about this, I’ll presume that y’all are happy with the goings-on of Moscow lately, which I’ll take as the real good news. Putin still scares me, but I guess his presence there means nothing more than if Bush were to attend the installation of Washington’s new cardinal.

[kawaii]

As a Roman Catholic, I’m still leery of Moscow having too much influence

Yeah because I mean if one person or city were to have disproportionate influence it'd just throw everything off right? (/sarc)

[kosta50]

If the two Orthodox Churches are in canonical communion with a thrid Church then they can intercommune and serve Divine Liturgy together. Period.

[Freelance Warrior]

As a Roman Catholic, I’m still leery of Moscow having too much influence

I can't see any reason why a Catholic person needs to worry about that. The two Orthodox Churches which once were one, are now in canonical communion. Moreover, the both are Russian churches. There are no differences in their teachings, in such situation a split is a sin. "I believe in one Church..."

if Bush were to attend the installation of Washington’s new cardinal.

I heard news that Putin took part in the negotiations. Anyway, ROCOR retains its legal status, property, etc, so no there is need to worry for anyone.

[kawaii]

putin did not take part in negotiations.