tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post7263569040587968181..comments2024-03-22T11:37:52.668-05:00Comments on Byzantine, Texas: Pick-a-priest in the Diocese of Eastern PAByzantine, TXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17845681957622343484noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-25664816635433368442013-07-05T11:33:57.612-05:002013-07-05T11:33:57.612-05:00I doubt any bishop in the OCA would send a priest ...I doubt any bishop in the OCA would send a priest to a parish without consultation with the local parish.Steve_Barriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01700596373993979010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-51859533455511191042013-07-04T10:59:47.448-05:002013-07-04T10:59:47.448-05:00I wonder if, Bp. Mark being an administrator and p...I wonder if, Bp. Mark being an administrator and perhaps not knowing either the parish or the priests very closely, is simply using this to learn about both in trying to make the right assignment. It certainly seems better than a bishop simply sending a priest to a parish without much consideration, which has certainly happened.Virgil Petrisorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05467744522668766048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-88366771586214533382013-07-03T09:47:53.601-05:002013-07-03T09:47:53.601-05:00You have to look at the local Orthodox historical ...You have to look at the local Orthodox historical tradition. In Eastern Slavic Orthodoxy for example, the local parish did not interview priests like this but an assignment of a priest was usually worked out between the eparchial consistory and the parish. In the archives of the Russian Orthodox Church for example, there records of parishes complaining about priests and removal/ transfer of priests from a parish. Ironically, the Spiritual reform of peter the Great still left the local parish council with some powers.Steve_Barriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01700596373993979010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-79555100063899341172013-07-03T09:14:53.446-05:002013-07-03T09:14:53.446-05:00A diocesan administrator has no real authority. He...A diocesan administrator has no real authority. He can only do what the Locum Tenens of the Diocese directs. The whole idea of interviewing clergy is Protestant. A responsibility of the bishop is to assign clergy to parishes. He should be the one who meets with the parish and the potential clergy and then prayerfully make the decision. This idea of "auditioning" for parishes, which has even gone on in some dioceses who are without a bishop may be egalitarian but it is not the traditional Orthodox way.Fr Joseph Festerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00998791197831746289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-63878507934741124552013-07-02T21:38:59.520-05:002013-07-02T21:38:59.520-05:00Realizing there might be truth in the previous com...Realizing there might be truth in the previous comment by "John," I won't state this as strongly as I might otherwise have done. But this is not for us. It is for the Bishop to assign clergy, who are his representatives. They are not "called" by the congregation; indeed, the congregation is "called" into assembly by the priest, acting on behalf of the Bishop.<br /><br />No Protestant clergy-calling processes, please!<br /><br />Monk TheodoreAbbot Theodorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09033976541107844341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-18285942434540630522013-07-02T11:23:16.939-05:002013-07-02T11:23:16.939-05:00I wonder if His Grace is approaching it this way b...I wonder if His Grace is approaching it this way because he is not the Bishop of DEPA but only the administrator appointed in the wake Abp. Tikhon's election as Metropolitan. Perhaps this is his way of trying to guide without ruling? Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06441899759386755903noreply@blogger.com