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Recent content by StanU

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    Who calls an Ecumenical Council?

    Let's start with the only fact there is: you (and I) don't really know what EP "accepted", how they see the situation, or how they chose to handle it. Also, one fact you ignore is that along with a phoney "ROCOR bishop", the ordinations in question were performed by Ioann (Bodnarchuk), who at...
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    Who calls an Ecumenical Council?

    OK, let's play by the rules of this rotten game called "geopolitics" and assume you're right. ("Hybrid war" is a term for what others call "asymmetrical warfare" or "Gerassimov Doctrine", btw). OK, let's say there's war. Which side are you on? ?"Western Powers", or KGB-Mafia clan in Kremlin...
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    Who calls an Ecumenical Council?

    Ukraine IS Rus. Being part of the Protean imperial entity that seeks to monopolize that name is not a requirement. Submission to a branch of House of Holstein or to the current KGB-Mafia alliance does not a Rus make. GOARCH's take is factually accurate. EP is Ukraine's Mother Church that had...
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    The Synod convened.

    I'm not sure it can be answered with "yes" or "no". Ukraine has far stronger military than in 2013, but the conflict still isn't gone.
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    The Synod convened.

    That's a new one. Care to elaborate? On Ukraine, situation is much simpler. Moscow is the aggressor. That's it. Theories that seem to imply "revolutionary insurgents" are agents of "NATO" (which is a treaty, so not sure what would being "agent" of it even be) and Ukraine's internal...
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    The Synod convened.

    Plain wording then: MP is complicit in wars in Ukraine, Syria, and one can argue Georgia, yet people are "concerned" with EP. How can this be right?
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    The Synod convened.

    Yawn. In more serious note, EP concern trolling lately (and especially since Ukraine) hit notes that make me think "why aren't these people Old Calendarist yet?". Fear mongering and purity fetishes and conspiracy theories are basically the same.
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    The Synod convened.

    People who think EP has become "abusive" should try to live under the MP for a century or three. I mean, seriously?
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    Patriarch of Alexandria commemorates Epiphany

    Well, clearly I'm not familiar with the details. Wikipedia is a bit vague, but apparently the bishops from Church of Finland (EP) stepped in and eventually ordained ones for Estonia. No clue whether or not EP excommunicated any of the participating priests.
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    Patriarch of Alexandria commemorates Epiphany

    I really don't think it's satanic; no more nor less than various national ID number systems small groups of Christians (including Orthodox) tend to obsess about. ...well, if one MUST think about the details of Antichrist's One World Government or whatever, I guess computers will be part of it's...
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    Patriarch of Alexandria commemorates Epiphany

    \No. What this refers to is how EP re-established it's autonomous jurisdiction over objections of the MP, leading to a brief 1996 schism between EP and MP. Currently, EP and MP jurisdictions co-exist in Estonia (not sure how peacefully, but at least there's no schism). MP version attracts...
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    Patriarch of Alexandria commemorates Epiphany

    In practice, it is simply infrastructure for providing government services over Internet. Estonia is famous for this; in Ukraine, the newest government had "digitalization" as a prominent part of what these clowns passed off as their "platform" (not sure if even they know what they mean by that).
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    Ukrainian Schismatics Ask To Serve New Calendar Nativity To Separate From “Aggressor Russia”

    What's your objection to Dec. 25th for Feast of Nativity? "Culture is important" is as good an argument to try to move away from Russian aggressors as much as possible; they learned to play culture as a fiddle for centuries now. Having said that, most likely, they'll not move the date any time...
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    Patriarch of Alexandria commemorates Epiphany

    I hope this does illustrate how rational people in Russia bubble get. I guess it is understandable if you realize just how much propaganda they got from their ББЗ ("ballistic defense towers" - mind control tech in a cult Russian scifi novel. Also, Russian TV).
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    Is this true: Greek Orthodox Holy Synod recognizes Ukrainian Schismatics?

    ...yet somehow I have a hunch all existing autocephalies are safe. Even Moscow. Well, maybe except OCA.