Canons, Commemoration, Chaos, and Churches: Thoughts and Unpopular Propositions
A somewhat free-wheeling overview of controversial issues. Breaking Communion: Public and Private Teaching Canon 15 of the First-Second Synod of
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Reply of V. Moss to the Proposals of Bishop Andrei (Erastov)
[Original Article] From the year 2000, as the Synod of ROCOR began officially to accept the canonicity of the MP
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Godless America: The New Reality
Americans of all stripes have grown accustomed to the idea that the United States, whether good or bad, is fundamentally
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Might and Right in Middle Byzantium by Vladimir Moss
[Original Article] It was a fundamental principle both of the Emperor Justinian’s legislation in the sixth century and of St.
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MP Protopresbyter Artemia Skripkina Becomes Non-Commemorator
On this past Sunday, July 23, Moscow Patriarchate Protopresbyter Artemia Skripkina, of the Tikhvin Diocese, announced that, after repeated attempts
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Proposed Moscow Patriarchate Catechism: Opponents of Ecumenism Should be Subject to “Canonical Rebuke”
A new draft Catechism of the Moscow Patriarchate states: “The Church condemns those who, using unreliable information, deliberately distort the
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St. Raphael Hawaweeny (+1915) on the Historical Problems of the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre
NFTU: St. Raphael’s “An Historical Glance at the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre” was translated into English for the first
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New Demands for Patriarch Theophilos III to Step Down
NFTU: It seems what goes around comes around. They got rid of Pat. Irenaeus, so that they could install George
Read moreReport on RTOC Synod of Bishops Meeting 2017
Original Source [Material in Russian] The Meeting of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian True Orthodox Church took place
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Archbishop Arnulf of Orleans (+1003) and the Synod of Verzy (991AD) on the Papacy
“Looking at the actual state of the papacy, what do we behold? John [XII.] called Octavian, wallowing in the sty
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