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...

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...

Today, December 7th, we celebrate the memory of our Father Among the Saints Ambrose of Milan. The Life of the Saint, written by his close disciple Paulinus, relays important information on the state of the Church at the time and the way in which the Saint was elected bishop which is quite relevant to our contemporary situation and very instructive for us vis-a-vis how the Fathers of the Church dealt with...

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,...

(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...

INTRODUCTION

Among the milestones of contemporary Orthodox ecclesiastical history with regard to the Church's struggle to maintain "the faith once delivered" and Her belief in the "one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church," the 1998 Synodical Decision of the Apostolic Orthodox Church of Georgia is of especial importance. Echoing the earlier

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1) Πώς αξιολογείτε, σε γενικές γραμμές, τα αποτελέσματα της ‘Πανορθόδοξης Συνόδου’; Ανταποκρίνονται στις προσδοκίες σας;

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...

Editor's Note:

This is by far the most complete historical account and spiritual analysis of the "Council" of Crete to date, giving the reader both an overview and inside look at the events leading up and occurring at the "Council", with emphasis on the Church of Greece's involvement. The following translation into English makes this important analysis available to...

The well-known and respected Professor of Dogmatic Theology at the Theological School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Demetrios Tselengidis, has issued an important and timely three part analysis of the Cretan Council and the ecclesiological problems and issues surrounding it. The letter was sent to all of the hierarchs of the Church of Greece at the end of August and has been included in...

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1) How do you assess the results of the Pan-Orthodox Council in general? Do they coincide with your expectations?

Unfortunately, the failure of the Council was pre-determined by the anti-synodical, unorthodox methodology followed prior to and implemented at the Council itself. The Way and Truth of our Lord...

Wednesday, 28 September 2016

AT ITS MEETINGS on 24 and 25 May 2016, the Hierarchy of the Church of Greece, as was its right and responsibility, studied the texts adopted by the Pre-Conciliar Pan-Orthodox Conferences and Summits of the Primates, further to the decision and proposal of the Standing Holy Synod. Having taken into account Article 11 of the Organisation and Working Procedure of the...