Does anybody know these guys?

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Rick of Wessex

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Folks,

Does anyone here know anything about this spurious group?

It seems it was founded in the US by a certain Dionysios Makrogambrakis, who proclaimed himself "Archbishop of America and Canada".

Of course I know this is a fraud, but I need some detailed information about them. Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Rick
 

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I'm still trying to find out, E.C.

I don't know if they are schismatics or just another pseudo-Orthodox group.

These guys are trying to establish themselves over here (in Brazil); that's why I want to gather any info availabe about them.

In XC,
Rick
 
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The church seems to be Orthodox, but they are recognized only by The Orthodox Church of Alexandria (or at least so it seems).

The priest is Romanian and can be reached by the email address posted on the site:

http://www.sfantulduh03.com/dumitrescu.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_creation/2006-05-28#Archbishop_Dionysios_Makrogambrakis

Archbishop Dionysios Makrogambrakis

1919-2005

His Beatitude was born on August 15th, 1919 in the town of Heraklion, on the Island of Crete, in the country of Greece. He is known in the world by the surname Makogambrakis, and attended the government seminary Pytagoraia Institute in Heraklion, Crete, from 1934 to 1937. In 1937 he was tonsured a monk at the Holy Monastery of Iviron on Mount Athos. In 1940 the Monk Dionysios was ordained to the Diaconate and in March 1943 he was ordained a Priest by Metropolitan Ierotheos of Militoupoleos, Greece, at the request of the Holy Monastery of Iviron. His Eminence has studied Patrology and Theology for over 14 years.

During the pilgrimage to the Church of the Holy Monastery of Iviron, he was assigned by the Patriarch as Superior of Saint Peter Monastery and Holy Mother's Shrine in Nazareth, Israel. By 1945, Hieromonk Dionysios was appointed a member of the ecclesiastical court under Metropolitan Isidoros. Later during the same year, he was assigned as Superior of the Monastery of Cana in Galilee and he continued to serve the Lord there until 1960. In 1960, Patriarch Benedictos reassigned him as Superior of Saint Charalambos Monastery in Jerusalem and also assigned him to serve as a priest at the Cathedral of Saint Constantine and Saint Helen in Jerusalem.

A year later in 1961, he was appointed Superior of Holy Cross Theological School in Jerusalem. At the same time Hieromonk Dionysios studied Greek, Hebrew, Russian and English at the Hebrew University. He continued to serve the Holy Cross until July 1963 when, with the permission of Patriarch Benedictos, he returned to the Holy Monastery of Iviron on Mount Athos in order to seek permission from his Brotherhood to journey to the United States of America.

After receiving the blessing of the Iviron Brotherhood, Hieromonk Dionysios left for America, arriving in the second half of 1963. For the remainder of 1963 and part of 1964, he served as a Priest at Saint Markela Orthodox Church is Astoria, New York, under the Greek Bishop Petros (Astifitheso) who was in turn functioning under the administration of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad.

In the fall of 1964, after coming under the jurisdiction of the Greek Orthodox Church in America, he was assigned by Archbishop Photios, the former Metropolitan of Phatos on the Island of Cyprus as Archimandrite at Saint George Greek Orthodox Church in Lowell, Massachusetts. In 1966, Archimandrite Dionysios was transferred to the Orthodox Church of resurrection in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. While serving the body of Christ a the Church of the resurrection, he also attended English classes at Brown University.

Five years later, in 1971, Archimandrite Dionysios was canonically elected Bishop by the Parishes of the Greek Orthodox Church in America. On March 7, 1971, he was consecrated to the Episcopate of the orthodox Church by Bishop Andreas and Anthony. The Church of the resurrection was then raised to the status of Cathedral. His Grace continued to serve there until 1980. After serving the Lord in Pawtucket, Rhode Island for nearly fourteen years at the Resurrection Orthodox Cathedral, Bishop Dionysios raised Saint George Orthodox Church in Memphis, Tennessee, to the status of Cathedral and transferred there.

On January 11, 1983, Bishop Dionysios was requested to serve as Exarch for the Exarchate of the Patriarchate of Alexandria in America known there as the Diocese of New England, and the Patriarch confirmed the canonical consecration of Bishop Dionysios. On May 26, 1986, His Holiness Patriarch Nicholas The 6th gave "Autocephaly" (which means "Auto-Self", or "Independence") to his Exarchate in America and Bishop Dionysios became the first Primate of the autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church.

Patriarch Nicholas VI left the U.S.A. with a little gift in that he granted autocephaly to Archbishop Dionysios (the last Exarchos) so that he could continue operating throughout the world as a Greek Orthodox Church and Former Exarchate of the Patriarchate of Alexandria.

By granting autocephaly to Archbishop Dionysios, this made it canonically possible for Archbishop Dionysios and his successors to operate without direct interference or influence by any Patriarchate in the future. It also established a clear canonical line of Apostolic succession via Patriarch Nicholas VI and the Patriarchate of Alexandria.
 
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Hmmm....

On March 31th, 2003 Rev. Fr. Viorel Dumitrescu and his Parish was gladly accepted to work under

The Autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church of America and Canada by His Eminence Archbishop DIONYSIOS, D. D. of New England, Primate.

But the church is under "The Holy Hellenic Orthodox Church of Christ of The Diaspora".

Changing of jurisdiction???

I wonder why haven't they been accepted by The Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America... Maybe personal differences...
 
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They seem to be schismatic. There in communion with some schismatic bishop from Greece. There not old calendarists, so im not sure what there status is. If they consider themselves Orthodox like the other jurisdictions in communion with the Patriarchates they should seek entrance into SCOBA. On there website they mention a romanian parish in canada which recently suffered a fire, under the OCA, as a sister church. So who knows why they wont seek communion with the rest of Orthodoxy.
 
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