tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post2063248394281339482..comments2024-03-22T11:37:52.668-05:00Comments on Byzantine, Texas: Eastern PA diocese has lost two parishes to schismaticsByzantine, TXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17845681957622343484noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-91861000730072399422017-07-12T19:41:03.663-05:002017-07-12T19:41:03.663-05:00Ramzi still claims his ordination through ROCOR (n...Ramzi still claims his ordination through ROCOR (neglecting to mention that they defrocked him) on his website: <br /><br />http://www.catholicchurchoftheeast.org/Archbishop-Melchesdick.html<br /><br /><i>"He was Ordained a deacon on July 7, 2015 by the hand of Metropolitan Hilrion of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia as a Deacon at the Cathedral Church of Saint John's in Mayfield, Pennsylvania and was elevated to the dignity of the Priesthood of Christ at Saint John's Cathedral Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia in Washington, DC by Metropolitan Jonah on August 17, 2015. *** [unmentioned defrocking by ROCOR sometime after that ] *** Archbishop Melchisedeck was raised to the Episcopal Office by the Greek Orthodox Church of Greece on May, 8, 2016 by the hands of Metropolitan Angelos and was enthroned as the First Archbishop of the Palestinian Orthodox Church Archdiocese of Pennsylvania."</i> David https://www.blogger.com/profile/09728364431363413760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-5175079428671748482017-07-12T19:28:24.817-05:002017-07-12T19:28:24.817-05:00"the schismatic “archbishop” Ramzi Mussalam w..."the schismatic “archbishop” Ramzi Mussalam who has a history of belonging to schismatic groups, and was defrocked as a priest by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia not long after being received into the Church."<br /><br />I knew we hadn't heard the last of Ramzi . He had previously been defrocked by the Polish National Catholic Church . This was well-known to anyone who could use a computer and spend about 20 minutes to do a little research , but he totally duped the ROCOR hierarchs , got his "ordination" from them as an Orthodox priest, then when they got suspicious , asking too many questions and deposed him , he quickly slithered on to join himself to a schismatic Greek group and now he's an "archbishop" (all within a two year period of time … from deacon to archbishop !) . Before that circus, he left a trail of ruined Anglo-Catholic parishes (one of which I'm familiar with near where I live) who signed on with his schismatic "Catholic Church of the East" , being conned into believing he had legit Catholic orders. <br /><br />Oddly enough, the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St John the Baptist (ROCOR) in Washington, DC still hosts a sermon given by the newly ordained Hieroschemamonk Elias (Musallam) on their YouTube Channel . (never mind how he was ordained as a Hieroschemamonk despite never having spent any time in a monastery) I wonder why they keep this sermon by a defrocked Hieroschemamonk on their YouTube channel ? I emailed them about it and never heard a word of response. ROCOR bears some responsibility in this ongoing debacle. <br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKmqa3il3Js<br /><br /><br />.David https://www.blogger.com/profile/09728364431363413760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-32038165536390384882017-07-07T18:54:52.834-05:002017-07-07T18:54:52.834-05:00The Monastery of the Protection of the Mother of G...The Monastery of the Protection of the Mother of God, under the Romanian Patriarchate in Canada (monastereprotection.com) also left for the "Kiev Patriarchate" in March of this year.<br /><br />The main reason given was the ethno-phyletism of the romanians who were allegedly unable to accept a community of non-romanians among them. I find it strange that joined a schismatic jurisdiction which is founded on nothing but ethno-phyletism (Ukrainian nationalism in this case, and more specifically extreme hatred of Russia), although in their defense they asked for a canonical release and their bishop wouldn't give them one, so they couldn't go to a recognized jurisdiction.David Di Giacomohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06530668400623365905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-21786064890697248872017-07-07T10:44:31.380-05:002017-07-07T10:44:31.380-05:00Yes. He is a menace.Yes. He is a menace.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02219625736934205767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-40078251986240251172017-07-06T22:29:11.636-05:002017-07-06T22:29:11.636-05:00Is this the same infamous Ramzi Mussalam who duppe...Is this the same infamous Ramzi Mussalam who dupped ROCOR a few years ago? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02545044592290761591noreply@blogger.com