"I am the door. By me if any man enter in he shall be saved, and shall go in and out and find pasture." - John 10:9 At every parish where I have had the pleasure of attending services, there is always a small group of people who find their way all the way up to the church building but don't actually attend services. At one parish it was a group of male gypsies who talked on cellphones or smoked cigarettes. At another it was a few Protestant husbands who, though they never attended services, opened the parish doors for people as they filed in. At yet another parish the men stood in the narthex and chatted until it was time to receive and then got in line. Latin or Greek Catholic, Eastern or Oriental Orthodox I see the same small throng of men standing next to the front door, but not standing, sitting, or kneeling amongst the people. If it were me (and I can only speak for myself here) this option would be an unsavory one. The boredom would be immediate. The anxiety of som...
Now and then I wonder why we have both ROCOR and Moscow Patriarchal parishes in the US. Then I decide that I'll never know.
ReplyDeleteGood question. The only answer I can think of is that it is congruent with the Tomos and the Act of Canonical Communion. If ROCOR and the MP parishes could become a Ethnic Diocese in the OCA than that might take away the fear of losing their identity.
Deletein my opinion it is time to fish or cut bait - logic dictates that the moscow parishes came out of the metropolia and most have galician roots as do most of the oca parishes so a return to the oca would make most sense. st nicks can become the moscow representation church in the usa -- in fact to to its age and significance - the mother church - if you will
ReplyDeletejoining with the oca would be of benefit to both
You mean the Metropolia came out of Moscow Parishes.
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