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I took a series of immersion courses.

For funsies. I am not fluent, but I do know Hebrew and, well, once it a while it is just fun to use and give the serious discussion a little levity.

Google Translate was correct! Ignore them, they know not what they're talking about. If they were so focused on being "Bible based" and all that, than they would take to heart that part where Christ said "only the Father knows the hour" regarding the end of the world. Not even Christ knew, so...

'Twas my impression as well. Which, again, is why I make it a point to ask Orthodox what they mean by liberal vs conservative vs traditional vs ecumenical.

Adding to this, It is partly because of the "patriarch's" words that Russians in the diaspora are victims of Russophobia. There are other causes as well, such as the media turning a blind eye to the Ukrainian government's own evils and misdeeds, but being what is effectively a spokesman for...

אינשאללה הכול יהיה בסדר!

As far as the USA and Canada go, yes, he is operating outside of the episcopal authority of American/Canadian based jurisdictions. The Assembly of Bishops released a statement two years ago about it referencing an official communication from ROCOR that "he ain't one of ours [ROCOR]" and he does...

Considering that Kyril Gundyayev is acting more like a Borgia than a patriarch and that he is the head of the Russian Orthodox Church and speaks for her, this does indeed make it a de facto endorsement. Mr Gundyayev's lack of refuting this position is also concerning as well and shows the...

How so? How are they liberal?

To be fair, Patriarch Nikon wasn't exactly the most diplomatic about things, but that was life in the 17th century vs 21st.

Well, yet another reason that I have zero respect for those who continue to affiliate with "Patriarch" Gundyayev who has clearly drank the Lubyanka kool-aid. Maybe in six months ROCOR will react just like how it took them four months to say that the war in Ukraine is bad :rolleyes:

They may not be traditionalist in the sense of being defined Traditionalist Catholics - meaning, Old Catholics aren't the same as more traditional minded Catholics who want the pre-Vatican II Church. However, Old Catholics are "traditionalist" in their beliefs that the Bishop of Rome isn't a...

I was also sixteen at the time and my dad and stepmom had been Orthodox for a while. She was part of the EOC/Antiochian wave during her first marriage. My dad followed suit much later - they had a long relationship before getting married and for a while we went to two churches. By the time I...

CF is stagnant. It was great in the 2000s when I joined, but in some ways the site shot itself in the foot and in others its just suffering the general trend away from message boards that's been going on since Facebook took over the world. I like my TAW "family". The Eastern Orthodoxy...

It would be great if some of those folks could come home to Orthodoxy - even if it meant maybe making a Western Rite out of the Tridentine Mass (after Orthodox-izing it of course). However, there are four practical problems. 1) Catholicism revolves around the Pope, Rome, St Peter's Chair, etc...

Yep. It will be on a semi-temporary basis because I am going into the Reserves after leave is over. I'll be in the DC swamp if anyone needs me ^_^

For what it is worth, the last of the immigrants in my family came from my great-great-grandfather. He was a Bavarian Catholic who in the late 1890s did not want his sons fighting in the Lutheran kaiser's army. First he immigrated, then the grown sons, then the rest of the family. A hundred...

So, I'm (almost) out of the Navy now and already started growing the beard back

Again, he's not doing anything to help his case. He is being dodgy about who his bishop is, he is putting his own opinions above that of bishops (including those of the jurisdiction he wants to be a part of), and, he is making a theological mountain out of a molehill. Don't even get me started...

"Leaked" would be inaccurate, he posted it on his own website. Persecution is a bit strong. Is he in jail? Has he been deposed? Is his parish under bombardment? Does he have to pay a jizya tax to his Muslim overlords? Has he been beaten in the streets? Has he been run out of town? Is he...