Deacon Roman Bannak
In fact, what difference does it make to Fr. George which child has perched on him—a Russian, Ukrainian, Serbian or German? In any case it’s heavy. So probably it is not easy for God with all of us.
The Supreme Court rejected on Monday the call from the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia to hear its objections to lower court rulings allowing the case of the defrocked Alexander Belya to be brought against the Church jurisdiction.
In his latest comments, Met. Nikiforos does not explain why the decision of the Holy Synod must be followed even if it’s anti-canonical.
The church, named for the Apostle St. Bartholomew, is explicitly pro-LGTBQ, and all the participants in the Great Vespers on June 10 had to pass under the “Progressive Pride Flag” that hangs over the church.
The document considers the troubled history of the second millennium in four periods.