tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post3494923675093333467..comments2024-03-22T11:37:52.668-05:00Comments on Byzantine, Texas: Russian Church discusses commemoration of New MartyrsByzantine, TXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17845681957622343484noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-16208993095660141592013-02-06T09:21:19.090-06:002013-02-06T09:21:19.090-06:00The problem of "de-canonizing" some of t...The problem of "de-canonizing" some of the saints canonized by the ROCOR is currenting being discussed at the Sobor of Hierarchy in Moscow. Here are some links in Russian:<br />http://www.portal-credo.ru/site/?act=news&id=98379<br /><br />http://vz.ru/society/2012/12/21/613098.html<br /><br />http://www.pravmir.ru/igumen-damaskin-or...are-na-2013-god<br /><br />http://www.pravmir.ru/u-komissii-po-kano...skin-orlovskij/<br />http://diak-kuraev.livejournal.com/404290.html<br /><br /><br /> And there is this article about the problem from 2007.<br /><br />21 June 2007, 14:52<br />The Moscow Patriarchate and the ROCOR to start composing common martyr list next<br />month<br /><br />Moscow, June 21, Interfax - The Moscow Patriarchate and the Russian Orthodox<br />Church Outside of Russia plan to start composing a common list of new saints,<br />martyred by the Bolsheviks, in July 2007.<br /><br />'The ROCOR has canonized many new martyrs without clear evidence that they were<br />really martyred for their faith, such as interrogation or execution protocols.<br />That could result in some mistakes,' the St. Petersburg Central State Archive<br />official Mikhail Shkarovsky told the participants of the conference on<br />Christianity, Culture and Moral Values in Moscow on Thursday.<br /><br />According to him, the number of Soviet citizens martyred for their faith is<br />still uncertain. We know, for instance, that out of 300,000 Orthodox clergymen<br />200,000 were murdered. At the moment, the Moscow Patriarchate has canonized near<br />1,500 new martyrs.<br /><br />However, the canonization process involves some problems, Shkarovsky said. In<br />particular, only few new saints martyred during the first two years of the<br />Bolshevik rule have been canonized due to lack of documents. Members of the<br />so-called 'rightwing opposition' or 'Sergianist movement' also have problems<br />with canonization since the church people remain divided over the issue.<br /><br />Finally, another problem with the canonization is that places of mass execution<br />and burial of the new martyrs are still unknown.<br />http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=3555<br /><br />Steve_Barriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01700596373993979010noreply@blogger.com