Part of my ongoing Correspondence series, featuring replies to people who contacted me and asked questions. Based on your research, Is it true that one of the ordaining bishops of Metropolitan Petros was with the “New Calendar but under the ROCOR” like I have read? You’re getting things mixed up a bit—Metropolitan Petros was ordained by ROCOR Bishop… Continue reading Ordained by a New Calendar Bishop?
Month: October 2014
Thoughts on Halloween
I don’t celebrate Halloween, out of obedience to my bishop and because my conscience does not permit me to engage in anything that makes light of the dark powers (which, when I was involved with occultic things as a teenager, I witnessed with my own eyes). That being said, a few points: 1) A lot… Continue reading Thoughts on Halloween
A Response to Some Distortions by Archbishop Gregory Concerning the GOC
[PDF] Introduction At the onset, I want to say that I have an extreme dislike for engaging in polemics. Nowadays, I normally do not engage in public refutations of false accusations; I spent too many hours of my life doing so in the 2000s, and it caused me a lot of consternation. Perhaps some good… Continue reading A Response to Some Distortions by Archbishop Gregory Concerning the GOC
Why Bishop Christodoulos Is Being Forced Off Facebook
Those active in Orthodox Christian “corners” of Facebook have likely heard of or interacted with His Grace Bishop Christodoulos of Theoupolis, who joined the site as soon as it became open to the public in 2006 (in fact, I joined Facebook when he invited me). Bishop Christodoulos, a vicar bishop in the GOC, quickly reached… Continue reading Why Bishop Christodoulos Is Being Forced Off Facebook