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He officially left the Church about a year ago, not long after Obergefell. But, to my knowledge, he never posted an announcement or explanation.

Yes, there are a half dozen other authors, most of whom are known to be in favor of gay "marriage" and Maria McDowell is even in one. David Dunn wrote an infamous article for HuffPo endorsing it. So far from vindicating Fr. Robert Arida, that just raises further questions.

Yes, it's always good to email the priest ahead of time and ask what their expectations are for communion. That way you can get those chalice questions out of the way ahead of time, and the priest will recognize you when you approach. You also have time to schedule and prepare for confession...

Lord have mercy! I had to deal with fellow students who weren't exactly clear on Orthodox teachings on bioethics, which fortunately the priest in charge was able to correct. But the main problem was that most of them thought Orthodoxy was something they did because they were [ethnic group]...

Podmoshensky led his young and naive followers (including Fr. Gerasim) into schism with talk of resisting ecumenism and so forth. When Fr. Gerasim realized that Podmoshensky was not in schism for love of tradition but as a fugitive from ecclesiastical justice, he and his brothers demanded that...

No one in the diocese is questioning Bishop Alexander's leadership yet since they haven't even met him yet. That's the problem.

The Synod consulted with the deans in private, apparently.

It's not that unusual for a bishop to pick up the chancery phone. Archbishop Seraphim did. The Platina monastery returned to the canonical Church in 2000 after years of effort, and Fr. Gerasim led that effort himself. If that past was supposed to make him risky compared to anyone else, there...

Who are you referring to, and why didn't he want Bishop Alexander to become a bishop?

Let me put it this way. If you've been very pleased with how the OCA has been operating for the past few years, you're likely to be pleased with Bishop Alexander. If not, well...

I don't know anyone in real life who's actually happy about this. More like perplexed and nervous. Fr Gerasim was the landslide favorite at the nomination, everyone I know in the Diocese was worked up for him... and then they just pick someone who no one in the Diocese really knows, who wasn't...

No, that does not follow. Anyway, ROCOR does generally receive by baptism while sometimes permitting reception by Chrismation. I'm aware of one that took place with Metropolitan Hilarion's blessing, and some that happened under Bishop Jerome. The best thing for any particular person to do...

You might find this helpful. http://anglicanhistory.org/alcuin/tract12.html

I also adopted new pets after losing one suddenly and tragically. It didn't diminish my grief for the one I had lost, it just meant my sadness had some consolation.

I'm so sorry for your loss of Barry. I hope there is some way to find out what happened to him.

You have my prayers for Barry. It sounds to me like he may have had a stroke.

I watched one stupid video where a man gloated about telling Starbucks his name was "Merry Christmas" so they would have to say it and write it on his cup. Beyond that, nearly every single post I've read on newsfeeds and on websites has been reacting to that supposed Christian outrage. Some of...

http://thelawdictionary.org/common-lawmarriage/ http://kinglawoffices.com/common-law-marriage/ When you said "If you mean they are actually legally married, I don't see why the church would not consider them to be married", I was worried the original poster would get confused and think it's...

Antony, that's not a common law marriage, that's a civil marriage. Common law marriage is where a couple lives together and calls themselves "husband" and "wife" for a certain length of time, and eventually the government considers them 'married'. This is not practiced in the Orthodox...

Cappadocious and gzt, you two are confusing the issue with this business about common-law marriage. Marrying outside the Church is unacceptable for Orthodox Christians. Niko92, sex outside of marriage is a sin regardless of an intention to marry this woman in the future. Orthodox Christians...