[AlbionGirl]

Thanks for the ping, Kolo, and Cheverus, per your oh, so accurate post.

...the issue of the "strongest" Orthodox poster, I would have to give that title to the gentleman who's father was Catholic and mother Greek Orthodox, who's tagline escapes me,

Kolokotronis is the escapee.

[Kolokotronis]

"Thanks for the ping, Kolo, and Cheverus, per your oh, so accurate post.

...the issue of the "strongest" Orthodox poster, I would have to give that title to the gentleman who's father was Catholic and mother Greek Orthodox, who's tagline escapes me,

Kolokotronis is the escapee."

You are as always very welcome. As for me being the "strongest" Orthodox poster, well I'm certainly the greatest sinner...but I guess I'll keep trying. :) By the way, my vote for the strongest is Agrarian, but you can take that whence it comes!

I've noticed of late that some of our Latin and Orthodox brethren have been going at it hammer and tong. That's a shame in my opinion. One would hope that we are all comfortable in our Faith and the contrary views of one particular church or the other shouldn't get us so upset with each other. As members of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, we all carry the heavy burdens which the histories of our cultures as they manifest and manifested themselves in our churches today and in the past. The Faith is a timeless state of existence. It should therefore come as no surprise if one church or the other harkens back to depredations which happened either 75 years ago or 1200 years ago. The world may look upon these issues as "ancient history", especially the Western world, but in the eternity of The Faith, these events which today cause us such trouble are very much here and now. It seems to me that the challenge we face is to understand that much of what separates us today is, in fact, the past and ongoing work of the Evil One. For those of us who are not hierarchs and who, basically, are not affected in our Faith by what may or may not be happening in some foreign land, perhaps it would be best to "walk humbly with our God", recite the Jesus Prayer and respect each other for the Christians we at least hope we can become.