tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post8908239255124119364..comments2024-03-22T11:37:52.668-05:00Comments on Byzantine, Texas: First Things covers Synaxis at the PhanarByzantine, TXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17845681957622343484noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-38508432408082412492014-03-14T08:53:43.385-05:002014-03-14T08:53:43.385-05:00The OCA occupies a peculiar position because of it...The OCA occupies a peculiar position because of its irregular "autocephaly". That some Orthodox jurisdictions interact with the OCA on a day-to-day basis, then draw back at certain times, perpetuates the problem. Perhaps one task of a 2016 Synod ought to be to render truly canonical this jurisdiction which deserves proper status in fact, not just "in claim." A readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00330876142449304359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-52019971152539941222014-03-13T11:11:37.839-05:002014-03-13T11:11:37.839-05:00"As the Ecumenical Patriarch pointed out in h..."As the Ecumenical Patriarch pointed out in his opening address, to deal with the problems of secularity “there is one necessary condition, namely the unity of our Church and the prospect of addressing the contemporary world with a unified voice.”"<br />We cannot speak with one voice while the Czech Lands and Slovakia and the OCA are silenced.<br /><br />Isa Almisryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13749216447941238038noreply@blogger.com