Comments on: Met Jonah: Vision for America

By: L.Coman

L.Coman — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:50:07 +0000

Met Jonah has a very good plan. So good that it makes me wonder: how come nobody did that before? Met Jonah says that winning young people to Jesus in the Orthodox Church will fill our seminaries and monasteries. This is the strongest part of his program. That mainly depends on what is being taught in those seminaries. In some eastern European countries the value of the programs in the seminaries has dropped dramatically. Often young people filled with enthusiasm and love for the Orthodox Church come out atheists.

All I heard about Met Jonah is that his sermons about love impressed many people. May God keep him on the good path for “Love without Christ is meaningless, Faith without Christ is Godlessness, and Works without Christ, according to Saint Paul, are sinful.” http://www.philokalia.org/ Here you can find more about how people are searching for love and truth without Christ, falling in the trap of “the super-heresy of ecumenism, one of the greatest plagues of our Church”. This is a good webpage, you can find here audio books, one of them is Father Arseny.

By: George Michalopulos

George Michalopulos — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:38:58 +0000

The whole idea of an “eparchial synod” is pretty much a joke anyway. They have no real authority because anything they rule on can be countermanded immediately by the Archbishop or the EP. It reminds me of the typical high school student council. Essentially a safety-valve which allows the ambitious to blow off some steam and fool the people in the pews that autonomy exists for the GOAA.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:13:56 +0000

Metropolitan Jonah has shown more love, leadership and conviction in the first 3 weeks of his episcopacy than the entire GOA eparchial synod has it the last 15 years.

Many years Your Beatitude!

By: Chris Banescu

Chris Banescu — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:17:50 +0000

Wow, an American bishop who wants to engage the culture and bring Christ and the Truth to all the people. I am amazed and reassured to see such a bold and Christ-centered vision for the Orthodox Church and for the United States. May God grant Metropolitan Jonah many years!

By: Michael Bauman

Michael Bauman — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:24:32 +0000

Finally, a bishop who actually cares about American and her people.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:43:45 +0000

Eis polla eti, Despota!