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So, Where Are We? “Philippa” Comments on Auditor’s Report

As time passes and the dust settles, it will become very clear that the main thing Metropolitan Jonah was guilty of was trying to dismantle the failing bureaucracy of Syosset, give more power to the Dioceses and have Syosset’s focus be more on spiritual direction than doing things the Dioceses should be doing themselves.

But as stated above, that would have meant powerful people losing money, and the Synod giving up control. They would have none of that, so Metropolitan Jonah had to go. A coup can make anyone look incompetent in order to push them out, and that is what they did.

Don’t kid yourselves, Metropolitan Jonah is a good man and with support from the bureaucracy could have been just the leader we needed at this time. Without their support, not just him, but ANYONE who was Metropolitan would fail. An entrenched bureaucracy that decides to hold onto it’s power will do so as long as it can to the bitter end. People may come and go, but bureaucracies take on a life of their own.

By allowing this to happen, the OCA ultimately is getting and will get what it deserves. It is very sad.

» Posted By Silouan On June 13, 2013 @ 11:40 am

First Rule of Holes: When You’re in One, Stop Digging

George,

Let me inquire about it. There maybe an ongoing investigstion that posting such email could jeapordize. But I’ll see.

» Posted By Silouan On July 17, 2012 @ 5:17 pm

George,

I have an email from an Eastern Diocese ROCOR priest detailing this event.

» Posted By Silouan On July 17, 2012 @ 3:21 pm

People self-justify their current situation all the time, and this what the link you’ve posted essentially does: justifying abandoning your monastery without a blessing.

The monks of Simonopetra, the nuns of Ormylia – where Elder Amelianos resisdes – dispute this story. It comes down to whom you want to believe. One “elder” and his devotees, or a consensus of multiple Priestmonks and Nuns who were there when it happened.

All one has to do is contact either Priestmonk Iakovos or Fr. Maximos – both Simonopetra monks who are in Boston at Holy Cross to verify any information. These monks were also featured in the Mt. Athos documentary.

By the way, I also know that when ROCOR arrived two weeks ago to investigate the nuns, they were handed a legal document from the Abbess in the presence of their Attorney saying that any disparaging remarks directed against their “Elder” would be bet with a defamation lawsuit. Talk about monastic humility. I think ROCOR just inherited a big mess.

» Posted By Silouan On July 17, 2012 @ 2:29 pm

I don’t see the Gospel preached unadulterated in the OCA anymore in most places – at least the Gospel once delivered unto the Saints. There is the watered down, OCA-episcopalian Gospel, but I’m referring to the Orthodox one.

» Posted By Silouan On July 17, 2012 @ 1:40 pm

I can personally attest from the monks of Simonopetra themselves, including the current Abbot Gerontas Elysaios, that the so called “elder” Dionysios left Simonopetra – his place of repentance – without a blessing, has been traveling the world as a self-claimed “Elder”, was kicked out of the Jerusalem Patriarchate by the late Patriarch Diodoros of Blessed Memory for “improprieties”, and the only people he attracts to his monasteries are Westerners who are easily deceived and can’t distinguish real monasticism from charlatan.

And it’s not just Simonopetra, every monastery I’ve inquired about him after meeting him hear in the States told me to stay far away.

» Posted By Silouan On July 17, 2012 @ 1:36 pm

Who’s Bashing Whom?

For clarification, we know Christ associated with repentant whores, or any fallen person who desired to repent and change their life. Repentance is the key word here. All current justifications of homosexuality or gay marriage has nothing to do with repentance.

» Posted By Silouan On June 18, 2012 @ 12:15 am

Where is the Accountability and Transparency in the DOS?

Um…Fr. Peter Alban Heers is a married priest with children, and is therefore not a candidate.

» Posted By Silouan On June 11, 2012 @ 10:25 am