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Older Documents and Statements that provide Historical Perspective on issues related to the Moscow Patriarchate

 

Statements of the Bishops

·        The Epistle of the October 2000 Sobor

·        Resolutions of the October Sobor concerning the Moscow Patriarchate

·        Letter to Patriarch Pavle

·        The Epistle of the January Meeting of the Governing Synod

·        Statement from the Chancery of the Synod of Bishops

·        Statement of the Synod from the June 2001 session

·        Resolutions of the Synod from the June 2001 session

·        The October 2001 Sobor and the Election of Metropolitan Laurus

·        Reply to the Moscow Patriarchate, from the Synod from the October 2001 Sobor

·        Epistle from the October 2001 Sobor

·        Epistle from the October 2001 Sobor to the Russian People

·        Epistle of Patriarch Alexei II to the Synod of the ROCOR, December 2003

·        Letter of the Synod of the ROCOR to Patriarch Alexei II, December 2003

 

 

Online Statements in Support of the Bishops

·        “Status Quo, ROCOR?” A Response to objections to dialogue with the Moscow Patriarchate

·        Discord as a "Preventive" measure within the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (Part I)

·        Discord as a "Preventive" Measure within the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (Part II)

·        Appeal of the Clergy of the Western American Diocese

·        Resolutions of the Clergy of Eastern American Diocese

·        Resolutions of the Southern Deanery of the Eastern American

·        Fr. Alexander Lebedeff comments of the Alleged June 2001 Epistle of Metropolitan Vitaly

·        Fr. Alexander Lebedeff comments on another Alleged Epistle of the Metropolitan

·        Fr. Alexander Lebedeff’s comments on the frequently misused memory of Metropolitan Philaret

·        Posts by Fr. Alexander Lebedeff on the October Sobor

·        Posts by Fr. Alexander Lebedeff on our relations with the Serbs

·        Posts by Fr. Alexander Lebedeff on the former Bishop Varnava

·        A Post by Fr. Alexander Lebedeff on the Continuing Fracturing of the ROCiE schismatics

·        Posts by Fr. John Shaw on the October Sobor

·        Posts by Fr. John Whiteford Regarding “Metropolitan” Valentine” of Suzdal

·        Posts by Fr. John Whiteford Which Answer the Claims of The Suzdal Schismatics

·        Posts by Fr. John Whiteford in response to Vladimir Moss

·        Testimony of Fr. Alexander Iwaszewicz concerning what transpired at the October 2001 Sobor and subsequently

 

Related Articles

·        Epistle to the Russian Church Flock (1987), concerning the restoration of communion with the Moscow Patriarchate.

·        Epistle to the Russian Church Flock (1994), concerning their stance in exile and their relations with the Moscow Patriarchate.

·        Fr. Alexander Lebedeff comments on the controversy surrounding Metropolitan Vitaly’s letter on the Contemporary Significance of the ROCA

·        A Letter to Metropolitan Vitaly Concerning His March 16, 1998 (o.s.) Encyclical on the Contemporary Significance of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, by Fr. Victor Potapov

·        Some Thoughts on Metropolitan Vitaly’s Declaration on the State of the Russian Church, Fr. George Lardas

 

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