tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post3798542305416281436..comments2024-03-22T11:37:52.668-05:00Comments on Byzantine, Texas: "Widower Bishops in American Orthodox History"Byzantine, TXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17845681957622343484noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-5912862870119996112019-06-14T18:34:17.335-05:002019-06-14T18:34:17.335-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Seraphimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05599631433554791674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-25596856283251060342019-06-14T17:52:26.948-05:002019-06-14T17:52:26.948-05:00https://www.acrod.org/diocese/formerbishops/metrop...https://www.acrod.org/diocese/formerbishops/metropolitanorestes/<br />Also, Metropolitan Orests Chornock, the first ACROD bishop was a widowerold McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15802541704386279102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-26943559897968853582019-06-14T15:08:09.314-05:002019-06-14T15:08:09.314-05:00My late confessor was a priest in the era of a fai...My late confessor was a priest in the era of a fair number of widowed bishops. He said it was a time of far better pastoral understanding by the bishops. He recalled a conversation long ago between himself and some other priests who were discussing the shortcomings of those bishops. They were overheard by Fr. Schmemann who admonished them that someday they would call this the golden era of OCA bishops. At the time they laughed at him, but in later years he agreed completely.bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14039146105983736459noreply@blogger.com