Rating: 8.4|Votes: 116

On the Break with the Ecumenical Patriarch and Parishioners of ROCOR

Fr. John Whiteford

Fr. John Whiteford gave a sermon to his parishioners explaining the decision of the ROCOR to break communion with the Ecumenical Patriarchate—which means also the Greek Orthodox Diocese of North America, under the Ecumenical Patriarch—and what this means for members of ROCOR.

Rating: 6.7|Votes: 35

Who Governs Whom? The Ecclesiastical Institution or those who Oversee It?

Fr Touma (Bitar) on Racism and Orthodoxy's Byzantium Complex

Archimandrite Touma Bitar

Among these crises, two have restricted the Church's movement, distorted her, created within her an abhorrent duplicity and to a significant degree hindered her from existing within the sphere of living spiritual theology and preaching the Gospel throughout the world. By this I am referring to the crisis of racism and the crisis of Constantinople.

Rating: 8.9|Votes: 82

A Brief Biography of Philaret Denisenko, with an Open Letter From His Daughter

From the purely human point of view, this is possibly the saddest part of Philaret’s biography. It was made public by his own children, who had a miserable childhood, being the children of their natural mother who treated them unnaturally.

Rating: 9.5|Votes: 34

An examination of the issues brought up by Patriarch Irinej of Serbia in his letter to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

Anna Stickles

While not addressing the canonical implications of the historical documents surrounding the 1686 submission of Ukraine to Moscow, it emphasizes two much more fundamental and serious issues that he sees as present in this situation.

Rating: 9|Votes: 33

The Decision of the Ecumenical Patriarch is Uncanonical

Metropolitan Amfilohije (Radovich)

This decision is a catastrophe for the Constantinople Patriarchate and for the unity of the Orthodox Church.