And yet again, we Americans think we know Orthodoxy because we read it out of a book. Amazing, simply amazing. Lay people who get on internet fora and bash a bishop and a priest. None of these posts would be made if you were talking to the bishop himself, nor to the priest.
Isn't it nice to know that online we have a certain amount of "freedom" even when that freedom breaks the same canons that are apparently so carefully memorized and understood by the people who posted them in these threads?
If these things bother you so much, why not do the right thing and call the bishop himself or email him your concerns. If you can speak so openly about the things you find wrong why not tell this to him directly rather than slandering him on the internet where nothing can be accomplished?
Here, for those that are actually interested in doing the right thing and dealing with this in the way that the canons actually say to do so (not to mention the Holy Scriptures), here is the contact info for the Bishop. I am sure if there were messages left for him he would take them into consideration, and who knows, some of you may get the honor and privelege, (especially our resident iconographers and iconography experts) to talk about it with him.
WestDiocese@earthlink.net (email)
I would be very interested in the responses anyone might get.
In Christ,
Juvenaly