tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post4512338446026644899..comments2024-03-22T11:37:52.668-05:00Comments on Byzantine, Texas: Greek anti-ecumenists meet with Bulgarians ahead of CouncilByzantine, TXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17845681957622343484noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-40562380340872781372016-05-20T15:48:58.813-05:002016-05-20T15:48:58.813-05:00Archpriest Theodore Zisis calls himself that. You ...Archpriest Theodore Zisis calls himself that. You can imagine little air quotes over the term if you'd like. Byzantine, TXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17845681957622343484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-21445478692722049372016-05-20T15:34:47.491-05:002016-05-20T15:34:47.491-05:00Oh, come on. "Anti-Ecumenist?" Better to...Oh, come on. "Anti-Ecumenist?" Better to just say "Orthodox." I am so saddened by the attempts to brand some Orthodox opinions as somehow backward or unacceptable, instead of as a healthy and vital part of Orthodoxy and Orthodox dialogue (I said part, not necessarily the whole). Are we going to brand Saint Mark of Ephesus as "anti-ecumenical" now? These differences of opinion and interpretation are the life signs of the Church!Matvey Casshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14121365910878071505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-2385015596306307992016-05-20T08:06:07.261-05:002016-05-20T08:06:07.261-05:00Looks like this council is fostering a different k...Looks like this council is fostering a different kind of pan-Orthodox unity than what the Ecumenical Patriarch intended.Anaxagorashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06740822202435477034noreply@blogger.com