THE CESSATION OF DIALOGUE

On May 18/31, 2009 the Cyprianites, otherwise known as the Holy Synod in Resistan e! p"#lished on their we#site their $inal s"%%in&'"p o$ their $ailed dialo&"e with the (r"e Orthodo) Ch"r h o$ *ree e "nder +r h#ishop Chrysosto% o$ +thens,-1./n this do "%ent, while %akin& so%e $airly %inor on essions to the (r"e Orthodo), the Cyprianites in essen e re$"sed to a#andon their $alse e lesiolo&y, %akin& e) "se $or e) "ses in sin! 01sal% 120,23, Howe4er, it will #e worth e)a%inin& it, $or it &i4es "s the opport"nity to pinpoint their di4er&en e $ro% Orthodo) tea hin&, 5"t $irst let "s look at their on essions, (he %ost i%portant o$ these is that the Cyprianites ad%it that their wallin& o$$! the%sel4es $ro% o%%"nion with the rest o$ the (r"e Orthodo) in 1982 was hasty! 0point 6,23, /n other words, it was wrong. O$ o"rse, i$ it was hasty and wron&, then it sho"ld #e re4ersed, 5"t the Cyprianites do not do this, (hey e) "se the%sel4es on the &ro"nds that they did it in &ood $aith! 073, and they o$$er this &r"d&in& apolo&y only $or the sake o$ pea e and re on iliation!, So it does not a%o"nt to repentan e or a ret"rn $ro% s his%, 8e4ertheless, any ons ientio"s Cyprianite who lo4es the tr"th will e)a%ine this on ession and draw the on l"sion9 the founding act of the Cyprianite Synod its separation from the True Orthodox Church of Greece in 1984 was hasty ! wrong! uncanonica" and schismatic in essence# (he se ond on ession is that they re:e t the idea o$ 8ew Calendaris% as #ein& the %other Ch"r h! 06,23, (his e)pression, the Cyprianites ad%it, was ine)pert!, /n other words, it was wrong. (he ;"estion then arises9 i$ the new alendarist h"r h o$ *ree e is not the Cyprianites< %other Ch"r h!, then what is7 (he answer an only #e9 the True Orthodox Church of Greece# (he third on ession is that they "ndertake not to &i4e =i4ine Co%%"nion to the new alendarists #e$ore they ha4e #een in orporated into tr"e Orthodo)y 06,>3, ?or the Cyprianites, howe4er, this is not a on ession, #e a"se they lai% to ha4e de reed this already, (he $o"rth on ession is that they a&ree not to "se in $"t"re the e)pression ailin& %e%#ers o$ the Ch"r h! to re$er to hereti s 06,83, /$ only the Cyprianites had &one a little $"rther and ad%itted that this e)pression was wrong, then they wo"ld ha4e $reed $ro% the%sel4es $ro% the har&e o$ e lesiolo&i al heresy @ a heresy that / ha4e alled the heresy o$ e lesiasti al elitis%!,-2.Howe4er, they lai% that this tea hin& o$ theirs has #een %is"nderstood! 0witho"t e)plainin& how they ha4e #een s"pposedly %is"nderstood3, and pro%ise to re$rain $ro% pro lai%in& it in $"t"re only $or the sake o$ pea e!, Antil they re o&niBe that they %"st re$rain $ro% pro lai%in&, not only $or the sake o$ pea e, #"t also for the sa$e of the truth, witho"t whi h no pea e an #e deep and lastin&, we %"st on l"de that their adheren e to this heresy, tho"&h weaker than #e$ore, re%ainsC /t is #e a"se they still adhere to their e lesiolo&i al heresy that the Cyprianites re$"se to a ept the de%and o$ the (r"e Orthodo) Ch"r h o$ *ree e that they a ept the 4alidity o$ the onde%nation o$ D "%enis% #y the R"ssian Ch"r h +#road and #y the Ch"r h o$ the (r"e Orthodo) Christians o$ *ree e!, (hey $ear to anathe%atiBe the hereti s #e a"se they ontin"e to #elie4e that they are still inside the Ch"r h, al#eit ailin&!, low! %e%#ers o$ it, Moreo4er, in this do "%ent they prod" e a $"rther :"sti$i ation o$ this elitist, sittin& on the $en e! strate&y9 they re:e t the a"thority o$ any e)istin& Synod to anathe%atiBe hereti s, (h"s

they write that so &reat a ri&ht and Edi&nity< is E&ranted< only to the hoir o$ the +postles Eand those who ha4e tr"ly #e o%e their s" essors in the stri test sense, $"ll o$ *ra e and power< 0St, Fohn Chrysosto%os3!, +nd they &o on9 Ge are "na#le to "nderstand this hasty tenden y in o"r day to anathe%atiBe and onde%n, sin e "ntil s" h s" essors o%e into e)isten e, Ee4eryone who is Orthodo) in e4ery respe t anathe%atiBes e4ery hereti potentially, e4en i$ not 4er#ally< 0St, (heodore the St"dite3! 06,103, / ha4e riti iBed this position in detail elsewhere,-3./$ there is no Synod in the world today whi h has the *ra e and power to anathe%atiBe hereti s, then the One, Holy, Catholi Ch"r h @ *od $or#idH ' has lost her power to #ind and to looseH (hen e4en i$ the +nti hrist were to appear and prono"n e hi%sel$ to #e *od today, the Ch"r h on earth wo"ld ha4e no power to anathe%atiBe hi%H +way with s" h #lasphe%y, s" h %ani$est la k o$ $aith in the power and di&nity o$ the Ch"r hH /$, as St, (heodore says, e4eryone who is Orthodo) anathe%atiBes e4ery hereti potentially, e4en i$ not 4er#ally!, then a $ortiori the hierar hs ha4e the Ch"r h ha4e the power to anathe%atiBe e4ery hereti , not only potentially, #"t a t"ally, and not only "nder their #reath, #"t 4er#ally and $ro% the ho"setopsH ?or, as St, 5asil the *reat said, in worldly %atters we are %eek as la%#s, #"t in %atters o$ the $aith we roar like lionsH! /t is lear that the Cyprianite hierar hs do not $eel the%sel4es to #e s" essors o$ the +postles in the stri t sense, $"ll o$ *ra e and power!, /n this int"ition they are orre t9 they are not, /$ they said this only o$ the%sel4es, then we o"ld o%%end their h"%ility and ha4e &ro"nds $or hopin& that they were on their way to #e o%in& what they are not now9 s" essors o$ the +postles in the stri t sense, Howe4er, when they say this, not only o$ the%sel4es, #"t o$ the Ch"r h as a whole, then they display an arro&an e @ and a la k o$ $aith @ that dis;"ali$ies the% $ro% that lo$ty di&nity, (hat is why the dialo&"e had to stop, (hat is why the (r"e Orthodo) Ch"r h o$ *ree e ri&htly de lared that she does not ha4e the sa%e $aith as the Cyprianites, ?or the Cyprianites want the (r"e Orthodo) hierar hs to e%as "late the%sel4es spirit"ally, to reno"n e their *od'&i4en ri&ht and d"ty to e)pel hereti s $ro% the Ch"r h o$ Christ, only lest they the%sel4es sho"ld s"$$er perse "tion $or the Cross o$ Christ! 0*alatians 6,123, Vladimir Moss. October 21 / November 3, 2009.
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