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Holy Synod in Resistance
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The Holy Synod in Resistance or True Orthodox Church of Greece, also
called the Cyprianites, are a resistance, Old Calendar synod which
separated from the Church of Greece, regarding the latter as being in
error.
History
In 1979, a schism occurred in the Synod of the Church of the Genuine
Orthodox Christians of Greece (GOC), or the "Florinites." Metropolitan
Callistos of Corinth and Metropolitan Anthony of Megara had become
dissatisfied with the administration of Archbishop Auxentius, who had
irregularly received priests from New Calendar jurisdictions with
questionable reputations. Callistos and Anthony ordained eight other
bishops, declared Auxentius to be deposed, and registered their synod
as the Church of Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece (GOC, so-called
"Kallistiakoi", or Callistites).
In 1980, the synod entered into communion with the Synod of the Old
Calendar Orthodox Church of Romania. However, in 1983 the synod
disintegrated. Metropolitan Callistos quit the Synod because of a
disagreement on the question of grace in New Calendarist sacraments,
Bishop Maximos of Magnesia and two others returned to the Synod of the
True Orthodox Church of Greece under Archbishop Auxentios. The rest,
Matthew of Oinois, Kalliopios of Pentapolis, and Kallinikos of Achaia,
returned to the synod in 1985 under the presidency of Metropolitan
Gerontios of Peiraeus, after the first removal of Archbishop
Auxentios.
Two members of the disintegrated synod, Bishops Cyprian of Fili and
Giovanni of Sicily, organized the Holy Synod in Resistance.
Ecclesiology
Unlike the other Old Calendarist Greek jurisdictions, the Holy Synod
in Resistance has a markedly distinct ecclesiology. While opposed to
ecumenism and the New Calendar, the synod maintains that the 1974
declaration was an error and that the Church of Greece and other New
Calendar jurisdictions have grace, despite the anathema against the
New Calendar issued in the Sigillion of 1583. To support this view,
the synod points to the views expressed by the father of Greek Old-
Calendarism, Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Florina.
Status
From 1994 to early 2006, the synod had been in full communion with the
Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR), though relations have
cooled recently because of the recent negotiations between ROCOR and
the Church of Russia. As of February 2006, the synod severed communion
with the ROCOR. The synod continues to maintain communion with the Old
Calendar Orthodox Church of Romania (Synod of Metropolitan Vlasie). In
1993, the synod ordained, and maintains communion with, Bishop Photii
of the Old Calendar Orthodox Church of Bulgaria.
On 17 November 2007 the Synod entered into a "Memorandum Regarding
Principles of Coöperation Between the Greek and Russian Anti-
Ecumenists", which defined its relationship with the self proclaimed
"Provisional Supreme Ecclesiastical Authority of the Russian Orthodox
Church Abroad" [1] under Bishop Agafangel, who has departed into
schism from the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.
Structure
The synod has five dioceses, including the Metropolis of Oropos and
Fili, the Archdiocese of Etna (California), the Diocese of Sydney and
New South Wales, the Diocese of Nora (Italy), and the Diocese of Luni
(Italy). There are also missions in Austria, Sweden, Italy, Czech
Republic, Georgia, South Ossetia, Kenya, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Republic of the Congo, Uganda, the United Kingdom and South
Africa.
Serving and praying in the synod's parishes, missions, and monasteries
are 74 priests (including 17 hieromonks and 57 married priests), 15
deacons, 43 monks and 60 nuns.
There is also one publication house, the Center for Traditionalist
Orthodox Studies. |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:34 pm |
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On Nov 3, 7:57 am, Alexander Arnakis <inva... at (no spam) invalid.invalid> wrote:
Quote: On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 07:31:59 -0500, "~AGG~"
Australian_Capital_Territ... at (no spam) Pacific-Rim.act.au> wrote:
***These folks are schismatics and non-canonical. Avoid them!
Exactly!
The point of the posting is to remind people that some of the people
who legitimize vagrante groups are themselves canonically irregular
and that jurisdictionalism is rife even in countries that one would
not expect . These people at one time legitimized the ROCOR, the
ROCA, the HOCNA, the Free Serbs, which was most of them that didn't
belong to the OCA, and numerous other groups. An Greece has a number
of these. |
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