Even if we extend a lot of slack to them, and accepting for the sake of argument the hidden agenda of the Phanar, the plain facts as presented are horrible to the extreme. I don’t want to hash them out again but this point needs to be made: the GOA is a glory-seeking enterprise from head to toe, that’s obvious. For proof, all you got to look at are the splendiferous banquets and press releases they put out and the way they spare no expenses on soirees, press releases, fund-raising, etc. But they’ve forgotten the one needful thing, and that is taking care of hardship cases like this. (Don’t forget how they secretly raised money to pay for the pederasty cases.)

I promise you this: if the Archons, the GOA, their assorted bureaucrats were actually setting up orphanages and running soup kitchens in America, they would NEVER run out of money. No “eparchy” (I won’t use the word “church” since it’s self-evident what a church does) can get to this point until they do some serious introspection. No foreign-based colonial eparchy can do this. Not the GOA, not the Serbs, Antiochians, nobody. Until recently, thi was true of the OCA as well (at least as long as it was in thrall to its East Coast demographic). Any such entity has to ask themselves: what are we here for? Are we a local church or are we a ethno-nationalist religious cult?

John,

I think you are onto something….

I’ve been wondering for a while now..”Why now?” with regard to the sudden interest in the Preparatory Commission, and the Episcopal Assemblies. This has been in deep freeze since the mid 90’s…suddenly they are moving at warp speed.

Why?

I’m wondering if your “misdirection” comment is in some way related to my question (or, more accurately, the answer to it).

In any case…I wouldn’t be surprised if you are right

Best Regards,
dean

In fairness to the Herald, I have not seen the original story, nor is it quoted elsewhere, so my criticism might not be accurate.

I bring this up not to minimize the scandal of one hierarch excoriating another in a public forum without having first taken up the matter privately, but just to point out that the laity also need to exercise restraint and withhold immediate judgment until the facts are all known, so that we can serve as role models for our bishops.

I had to laugh when I saw where this metropolitan “ranks” among hierarchs of the ecumenical throne…just below Nicholas, of Detroit.

…and his See, Iconium, probably hasn’t seen a liturgy in 10 centuries.

Just gets curiouser and curiouser.

LOL

Dean

I will go you one further. Politics aside. Why not fly the omogenia-1 gulfstream jet to pick up these kids and at least get them a temporary home somewhere until their guardianship can be settled. Regardless of who is involved the kids are innocent and St. Basil Academy is open for business.

Short of outright adoption, none of the other jurisdictions have the facilities. Most likely there will not be any ecclesiastical impediments put in their way. I don’t know about any governmental ones.

Because the relatives asking for help live in the USA, and because the GOA has St. Basil’s Academy which is equipped to help the boys. This is all very reasonable.