Lecture delivered at the Clergy Retreat of the Eastern American Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia

For a full written and photo report of the retreat, go to the Eastern American Diocese of ROCOR. Audio and video versions of this lecture will be forthcoming;...

From the website of the Eastern American Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia:

The Lenten Pastoral Retreat of the Eastern American Diocese, which will be held on March 20-22, 2017 at St. Alexander Nevsky Diocesan Cathedral in Howell, New Jersey, will feature a lecture by Archpriest Peter Heers on the "Great and Holy Council" of the Orthodox Church, which took place in Crete in...

Many times, at various meetings with people, even within ecclesiastical synodical bodies, the view is expressed that we must always agree on a matter, even if we hold a different opinion, for the “sake of unity”. It so happens that these synodical bodies, in which the same people partake, decide in a different way, a matter which is justified that this is being done “for the sake of” or...

The following is an excerpt from the Metroplitan's very important "Intervention and Text to the Meeting of the Hierarchy of the Church of Greece (November, 2016)," which can be foundhere in Greek and

An article written about this time last year by Dr. George Demacopoulos, "Innovation Cloaked in the Guise of Tradition: Anti-Ecumenist Efforts to Derail the Holy and Great Synod" has been once again making the rounds through the internet after it was uploaded to Academia by the author. Several clergy have written to me their concerns about this article and the need for a repy to be issued. There is no...

The Holy Synod of the Church of Georgia has met and discussed the "Council of Crete." We are now in possession of a summary* of the Decision which the Holy Synod of the Church of Georgia issued at its recent meeting regarding the Cretan gathering.

It was initially reported that the Holy Synod had "tabled" a conclusive decision regarding the "Council of Crete" until a theological commission could...

In divisive fashion the Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew, is demanding that the Archbishop of Athens and the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece depose and excommunicate leading hierarchs and clergy of the Church for their opposition to the "Council" of Crete and its innovative organization and decisions. The Patriarchal letter names first of all, the one-time representative of...

Blessed Father Seraphim Rose has bequeathed much to the Church, not least of all his tireless witness to the royal path of the Fathers in the face of the general apostasy of our age and the particular heresy of our day, syncretistic ecumenism. In the following excerpt, from a letter her wrote on the feast of the translation of the relics of St. John Chrysostom, Jan 27/Feb. 9, 1977, Fr. Seraphim...

The full, official text has been translated and posted online:

At a full session meeting on 11.15.2016, protocol № 22, the Holy Synod reviewed the text “ Relations of the Orthodox Church with the Rest of the Christian World ,” adopted at the Council on Crete,...

"At that time the Pre-Conciliar Conferences began in order to prepare a new Pan-Orthodox Synod, and among the issues discussed there were many proposals contrary to Orthodox tradition. When the Elder learned of them he was very worried and spoke with a pain of soul: "Do you understand what will happen?," he would ask. "Tradition will leave and all that will remain is the offense (evil-doing). [Θὰ φύγη ἡ...

(The following is a summary of the Decision based upon an automatic translation and separate summary, and not the final and official translation. We expect a full English translation soon.)

The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church has issued its final decision on the Council in Crete and the text "Relations of the Orthodox Church with rest of the Christian world." In a...

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Η Συνοδική Απόφαση της Αποστολικής Ορθοδόξου Εκκλησίας της Γεωργίας, του 1998 έχει ξεχωριστή σημασία ανάμεσα στα Κείμενα-ορόσημα της σύγχρονης Ορθοδόξου εκκλησιαστικής ιστορίας, τα οποία σφραγίζουν τον αγώνα της Εκκλησίας να διατηρήσει ανόθευτη την «άπαξ παραδοθείσαν πίστιν» και την πίστη Της στην «Μίαν Αγίαν, Καθολικήν και Αποστολικήν Εκκλησίαν».

Στο απόηχο μιας παλαιότερης...

Στήν τελευταία Ἱεραρχία τῆς Ἐκκλησίας τῆς Ἑλλάδος (23-24 Νοεμβρίου 2016) ὁ Σεβ. Μητροπολίτης Σερρῶν κ. Θεολόγος διάβασε τήν εἰσήγησή του, μέ τίτλο «Ἐνημέρωσις περί τῶν διεξαχθεισῶν ἐργασιῶν τῆς Ἁγίας καί Μεγάλης Συνόδου τῆς Ὀρθοδόξου Ἐκκλησίας» καί στήν συνέχεια ἔγινε εὐρύτατη συζήτηση γιά τό περιεχόμενο τῆς εἰσηγήσεως καί ἐλήφθησαν ἀποφάσεις.

Ἡ εἰσήγηση εἶχε τρία βασικά σημεῖα, πρῶτον τό Συνοδικό...

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Δυστυχώς, η αποτυχία αυτής της Συνόδου προκαθορίστηκε από την αντι-συνοδική, ανορθόδοξη μεθοδολογία, η οποία ακολουθήθηκε πριν από τη Σύνοδο και εφαρμόστηκε στη διάρκειά της. Δεν...