Saturday, December 2, 2017

Heads & delegates of the Local Orthodox Churches in Moscow


Posted by Byzantine, TX

16 comments:

  1. Matvey CassDecember 2, 2017 at 11:01 PM

    That's the second time in two years I've seen this many hierarchs from so many Local Churches gathered in Moscow. The first time was just over a year ago for the Liturgy on Patriarch Kirill's 70th birthday. Warms the heart!

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  2. PalomnikDecember 3, 2017 at 6:46 AM

    Is there a list anywhere?

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    1. mikeDecember 3, 2017 at 7:32 AM

      From left to right:
      Rostislav of Czechia and Slovakia (out of the frame)
      Anastasios of Albania
      Daniel of Romania
      Theophilos III of Jerusalem
      Theodore II of Alexandria
      Cyril of Moscow
      John X of Antioch
      Irenaeus of Serbia
      Chrysostom II of Cyprus
      Sava of Poland
      Tikhon of USA and Canada (and that's all the primates of autocephalous Churches)
      Daniel of Lovech (head of the Bulgarian delegation)
      Daniel of Japan

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    2. mikeDecember 3, 2017 at 7:35 AM

      *Gabriel of Lovech

      nex to HB Rostislav there is Theodore of Akhaltsikhe (head of the Georgian delegation)
      and next to him - Humphrey of Ukraine

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    3. PalomnikDecember 3, 2017 at 10:54 AM

      Thank you, Mike. Nobody from EP or Church of Greece? Hmm.

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    4. Matvey CassDecember 3, 2017 at 10:59 PM

      Surprise!

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  3. TriggstarDecember 3, 2017 at 7:57 AM

    I suppose these Most Holy and Most Reverend Prelates all listened so attentively to Putin. Well, were they all snoring as he spoke?

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    1. Matvey CassDecember 3, 2017 at 11:02 PM

      He spoke for 15-20 and mainly mentioned the Saint (Patriarch) Typhoon's sacrifice for his country. It wasn't something you'd snore through. Putin kept it clear and concise.

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    2. TriggstarDecember 10, 2017 at 4:11 AM

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    3. TriggstarDecember 10, 2017 at 4:13 AM

      Yes, and did Putin say that the Communists and KGB were responsible for St. Tikhon's death and then the virtual elimination of the Russian Church? Of course not - Putin is an unreformed KGB man at heart. It was scandalous that he was ever allowed to address a Church Synod.

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  4. mikeDecember 3, 2017 at 8:34 AM

    BTW, if neither Theophilos nor John back away that willd be their first concelebration since that Qatar nonsense.

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    1. mikeDecember 4, 2017 at 2:03 AM

      Well, the Antiochian one did not concelebrate after all.

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  5. r j klanckoDecember 3, 2017 at 8:50 AM

    If you have the power, you need not tell the world, all you need to do is to exhibit it --- the Third Rome is alive and well, and following the recent PEW Study, Moscow does exhibit a tremendous more leadership than the Phanar does. This is a great exhibition of fraternity and hopefully co-operation ---- all for the good of all -- many years!

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  6. PalomnikDecember 3, 2017 at 10:58 AM

    One nice thing about this, IMO: it shows that the heads of local churches can get together without too much fuss to build fellowship and (we can hope) discuss issues among them. No need to spend decades on a "Council."

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    1. mikeDecember 3, 2017 at 11:51 AM

      sure, let they pretend everything is fine, then go back home and start fighting each other again.

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  7. rhartscDecember 27, 2017 at 3:00 PM

    What was the purpose of this gathering? Why no CoG or EP?

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