... JRS: It may be worthy of note, that the Old Rite is *also* a form, albeit an earlier one, of the Byzantine Rite. One can distinguish between "new" and...
... The bitter fruits of ... While this summary appears to lay the entire blame for the schism at the door of Archpriest Avvakum and the millions of faithful...
Dear Fr. Sergei, Please let us know what encoding is used in Archimandrite Tikhon's (Shevkunov) message. I tried both Cyrillic (Windows) and Cyrillic (KOI8-R)-...
... In ... for the ... the use ... JRS: It should be added that the Moscow Patriarchate had issued a similar decree shortly before. More recently, the Old...
Bless, Fr Eugene and Fr John. Dear Katherine, Thank you for your answers. I have read the chapter 6 of Bishop Kallistos´ "/The Orthodox Church/", in which...
... Dear Felipe, I would want to check with Archpriest Pimen Simon of the Church of the Nativity in Erie, PA to be sure of being accurate in my reply; I know...
It is worthy to note that much of the persecution of Old Believers in Russia had little to do with religion and religious practices and a lot to do with...
This is the web page for the Life Giving Spring Orthodox Mission, which has been recently established in Bryan/College Station, Texas... which is where Texas...
Can you give some references to this? Lew ... From: Aleksandr Andreev [mailto:aleksandr.andreev@...] Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 10:10 PM To:...
... JRS: Most of them would, of course, deny having "broken off from the Orthodox Church". Note that, in a recent statement, Metropolitan Andrian spoke of the ...
... during the service, at least on certain days, it is not immediately evident whether this is a new-calendar or an old-calendar church. But in the Russian...
... Dear Katerine, I either don't have prejudice against old believers, and even more I think they and we are no more parts of one Russian church, but two...
Eugene Grushetsky
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... JRS: However, there is a crucial difference, because the Old Believers do not simply "make the sign of the cross with two fingers". The thumb, 4th and 5th...
... JRS: No, not the Monophysites: true or "extreme" monophysite doctrine denies that Christ had two natures, so they cross themselves, not with two, but with...
ROCOR to discuss unification with Church in Russia 2004.12.02 ITAR-TASS: Russian Church Abroad to discuss unification with Church in Russia 02.12.2004, 19.32 ...
I'm going to develop a page for my Orthodox web site on the issue of the Julian Calendar vs. the Revised Julian vs. the Gregorian. Any links to internet...
... Not only the 40 Martyrs, but other feasts on the fixed calendar assume a correlation of the Menaion and the Paschal cycle. Look at the services for St....
Anna Voellmecke
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... JRS: The earliest that the 40 Martyrs can fall according to the Julian calendar is on the Tuesday in Cheese-fare week (when Pascha is on the latest...
Bishop-friends Of Focolare Promote Unity In Istanbul 2004.12.04 Zenit: BISHOP-FRIENDS OF FOCOLARE PROMOTE UNITY IN ISTANBUL Dozens Gather for a Congress ...
The feast of the 40 Martyrs of Sebaste occurs on the 9 (22) March. The latest Pascha would occur on the 25 April (8 May). Performing the desired calculations,...
ROCOR: Archbishop Mark's Gazeta interview 2004.12.03 ROCOR: NEWS FROM THE DIOCESES Two Churches in Search of Unity: Nezavisimaya Gazeta's interview with ...
... One can but wonder how was it possible for Russians in XVII-th century to remain in such an ignorance and continue to use the primitive organic metaphors...
Eugene Grushetsky
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I could be wrong but I recall that in the ancient Celtic Orthodox Church one could find evidence that the sign of the cross was done with two fingers and that...
... JRS: If you have "The Orthodox Church by Timothy Ware", in the 1972 edition which has a picture of a bishop's mitre on the cover, on p. 122, as I noted...
... In 10th century when old Kievan Russia was Christianized, Constantinople made sign of cross with three fingers, signifying superiority of the Holy Trinity....
Eugene Grushetsky
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JRS: Here is my English translation of the article that appears in the current issue of "Pravoslavnaya Rus": "THE OLD BELIEVERS ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT...
