HAH EP Bartholomew is coming to the US in May
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EP calls different Paschal dates a "scandal"
( Orthodox Times ) - Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew extended in his homily his heartfelt wishes to all the non-Orthodox Christians who celebrated the Holy Easter on Sunday, March 31, after presiding over the Sunday Divine Liturgy at the Church of Saint Theodore of the Community of Vlanga. “On this day, the timeless message of the Resurrection resonates more profoundly than ever, as our non-Orthodox Christian brethren and sisters commemorate the resurrection of our Lord from the dead, celebrating Holy Easter. We have already sent our representatives to all the Christian Communities of the confessions here, to extend our heartfelt wishes of the Holy Great Church of Christ and our Patriarchal congratulations. But also from this position we extend a heartfelt greeting of love to all Christians around the world who celebrate Holy Easter today. We beseech the Lord of Glory that the forthcoming Easter celebration next year will not merely be a fortuitous occurrence, but rather the beginning...
South Bend...Indiana?
ReplyDeleteThe University of Notre Dame is in South Bend, Indiana.
ReplyDeleteAh, thanks!
DeleteIs kyrill coming also,,,,if so let us have a square off in msq,,,how many of our young people will we loose due to this intrusion on the autocephality celebrations
ReplyDeleteWhat poster of EPB is complete without a shot of kissing the pope? He really makes it too easy sometimes...
ReplyDeleteThat's the first pic but the 2nd and 4th are even more concerning. The 2nd shows him right before he devours a child and the 4th shows his gluttony as he prepares to devour a poor farmer's livestock. Has he no shame? No. No, he doesn't.
DeleteThe west coast saved from this indignity.
ReplyDelete"Apostolic Visit" seems to be apeing a certain someone's language...
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone know the actual history of the use of "Apostolic Visit" by the EP and the ancient sees of the East in general?
DeleteI can't find evidence of any other Orthodox church using it. The Syriac Orthodox patriarch does when he goes to India, but this is under obvious Roman influence.
DeleteCould we try and be bit more civil?
ReplyDeleteConsidering the gross offense the poster alone presents I think folks are being quite civil
DeleteMichael,
DeleteWhat exactly is the "gross offense" of the poster? Ecumenical Patriarchate, New Rome, and such language 1600 years old - even granting the traditional tension with Orthodoxy between "strong" and "weak" interpretations of the EP's canonical role. Irenic meetings with Popes and the like are newer, but now at least 60 years old (older than that if you included WCC, etc.) and yes, there is a tension within the Church about the real effects of these largely symbolic and "political" actions but they are certainly 'legitimate' and not heretical or against Holy Dogma per se and the sorts of things a "universal" bishop would naturally do. What exactly is "grossly uncivil" about the EP and this poster?
Meanwhile...
ReplyDeletehttps://orthodoxethos.com/post/formal-accusation-of-heterodox-teaching-by-patriarch-bartholomew-submitted-to-the-hierarchy-of-the-church-of-greece
As they say in Texas: All hat and no cattle.
ReplyDeleteIt is a marketing/sales poster that is so far beyond the sobriety and humility of a Bishop it just makes me sick.
ReplyDeleteIt is a good example of the work of an adman, no argument there.
DeleteAll modern advertising seeks to manipulate we "consumers". I wonder, where does "rightly dividing the word of Truth" come in?
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