New on the Site
(Archives for 2004)
• 31.12.2004 In Section Administration>The Holy Synod>
Encyclicals:
Encyclical for the Beginning of the New Ecclesiastical Year (pdf, 62 KB)
• 30.12.2004 In Section Administration>The Holy Synod>
Encyclicals:
Nativity Encyclical for 2004 (in Russian) (Russian pdf, 89 KB)
• 28.12.2004 In Section Theology>Studies>
Iconology:
“The Christ-Child Reclining” (
Ho Anapeson) (pdf, 121 KB)
• 23.12.2004 In Section Publications>Books>
Various Subjects: the Calendar of the Holy Synod in resistance for 2005 (in Greek)
• 22.12.2004 In Section Theology>Historical Issues>
The Ecumenical Movement: the first part of the second article in the special series,
“The Participation by Patriarch Bartholomew in the Patronal Feast of Papist Rome is Anti-Patristic”: “Concerning the Joint Prayer of the Patriarch and the Pope”,
Part I (pdf, 165 KB)
• 21.12.2004 In Section Administration>The Holy Synod>
Encyclicals:
Nativity Encyclical for 2004 (pdf, 137 KB)
• 08.12.2004 In Section Theology>Ecclesiology>
The Calendar Question: another article in the special series commemorating the eightieth anniversary of the calendar reform (see
“A Painful Remembrance”):
“The Greatest Snare of the Enemy-The WCC: The World Hodgepodge of Heresies” (Archimandrite Justin [Popovich]) (pdf, 174 KB)
• 07.12.2004 In Section Administration>The Holy Synod>
Synod News:
Consecration of New Bishops in Our Sister Old Calendar Church of Romania (pdf, 397 KB)
• Many Russian translations have been added to the Site: see
Index of Russian Texts
• 30.11.2004 In Section Theology>Christian Life>
Spiritual Edification:
“The Transformation of the Mind into the Likeness of Christ” (On the occasion of the Feast of Saint Gregory Palamas [November 14]) (pdf, 161 KB)
• 16.11.2004 In Section Administration>The Holy Synod>
Synod News:
“Thanksgiving 2003” (04/17 October 2004): Nameday Tribute of the Holy Monastery of Sts. Cyprian and Justina on the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Episcopacy of His Eminence, Metropolitan Cyprian (pdf, 515 KB)
• 09.11.2004 In Section Administration>The Holy Synod>
Synod News:
Synodal Celebration: The Holy Monastery of Sts. Cyprian and Justina, Fili, Attika, Celebrates Its Patronal Feast (02/15 October 2004) (pdf, 524 KB)
• 27.10.2004 In Section Theology>Ecclesiology>
The Calendar Question: the sixth article in the special series commemorating the eightieth anniversary of the calendar reform (see
“A Painful Remembrance”):
“Œcumenical Patriarch Meletios Metaxakis (1871-1935): Freemason, Innovator, and Ecumenist.” (English pdf, 484 KB)
• 20.10.2004 In Section Theology>Ecclesiology>
The Calendar Question: the fifth article in the special series commemorating the eightieth anniversary of the calendar reform (see
“A Painful Remembrance”):
“The Hierarchy Would Do Well to Restore the Traditional Calendar to the Church” (English pdf, 118 KB)
• 18.10.2004 In Section Publications>Periodicals>
Orthodox Tradition:
Volume XXI, Number 3, 2004 (pdf, 1635 KB)
• 12.10.2004 In Section Theology>Ecclesiology>
The Calendar Question: the fourth article in the special series commemorating the eightieth anniversary of the calendar reform (see
“A Painful Remembrance”):
“The Sacred Struggle Receives Acknowledgment from Heaven: A Miracle of the Holy Great Martyr George” (English pdf, 696 KB)
• 07.10.2004 In Section Administration>The Holy Synod>
Resistance Documents>3. Epistles:
“A Clarification from the Orthodox in Resistance: The Calendar Question and Ecumenism” (English pdf, 108 KB)
• 27.09.2004 In Section Administration>The Holy Synod>
Resistance Documents>4. Responses: “The Calendar Question or the Heresy of Ecumenism?” (
Part V, pdf 290 KB): the fifth part of a rebuttal of three articles by the Athonite monk Elder Theokletos Dionysiates.
• 15.09.2004 In Section Theology>Ecclesiology>
Orthodox Resistance:
An Informatory Epistle concerning the Ecclesiological Identity of the Orthodox in Resistance to the Panheresy of Ecumenism (English pdf, 416 KB)
by His Eminence, Metropolitan Cyprian of Oropos and Fili, President of the Holy Synod in Resistance
• 09.09.2004 In Section Theology>Calendar>
Feasts:
The Blessed Womb of the Theotokos Flows with “Rivers of Living Water” (On the Occasion of the All-Venerable Dormition and Glorious Translation of the Mother of God) (English pdf, 189 KB)
• 01.09.2004 In Section Administration>The Holy Synod>
Resistance Documents>1. Communiqués: the Russian translation of the
Statement on the Recent Rapprochement Between the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad and the Moscow Patriarchate (Russian pdf, 48 KB)
• 31.08.2004 In Section Theology>Ecclesiology>
A Theology of Anti-Ecumenism: one more article by
Professor Andreas Theodorou (1922-2004) (see
Biography):
“Which Union of Churches Are You Talking About, Mr. Emmanuel Gikas?” (English pdf, 156 KB)
• 26.08.2004 In Section Annals>Africa>
Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire): a detailed account of our last
Missionary Visit to Central Africa (July 2004) (pdf, 789 KB)
• 25.08.2004 In Section Publications>Books>
Contributions to a Theology of Anti-Ecumenism: the English translation of Number 4 in the Series "Contributions to a Theology of Anti-Ecumenism":
The Heresy of Ecumenism and the Patristic Stand of the Orthodox by Metropolitan Cyprian of Oropos and Fili (pdf, 461KB)
• 16.08.2004 In Section Theology>Ecclesiology>
A Theology of Anti-Ecumenism: yet another article by
Professor Andreas Theodorou (1922-2004) (see
Biography):
“Why Should we Congratulate the Newspaper Katholike?” (English pdf, 74 KB)
• 12.08.2004 In Section Administration>The Holy Synod>
Resistance Documents>1. Communiqués:
Statement on the Recent Rapprochement Between the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad and the Moscow Patriarchate (pdf, 62 KB)
• 10.08.2004 In Section Theology>Ecclesiology>
A Theology of Anti-Ecumenism: another article by
Professor Andreas Theodorou (1922-2004) (see
Biography):
“Ecclesiological Ostriches” (pdf, 89 KB)
• 05.08.2004 In Section Theology>Historical Issues>
The Ecumenical Movement:
The Third Visit of the Ecumenist Patriarch Bartholomew to the Vatican (pdf, 112 KB)
• 28.07.2004 In Section Theology>Ecclesiology>
The Calendar Question: the third article in the special series commemorating the eightieth anniversary of the calendar reform (see
“A Painful Remembrance”):
“‘Concerning the New and the Old Calendars’: A Presentation by St. Seraphim (Sobolev), Archbishop of Boguchar, to the Congress of Moscow (8-18 July 1948).” (pdf, 501 KB)
• 20.07.2004 In Section Administration>The Holy Synod>
Synod News:
† Abbess Seraphima (1913-2004): The Repose of the Spiritual Mother of the True Orthodox Christians of Bulgaria (pdf, 58 KB)
• In Section Theology>Ecclesiology>
A Theology of Anti-Ecumenism: two more articles By Professor Andreas Theodorou (1922-2004):
“Orthodox Theologians in Opposition to Ecumenism” (pdf, 83 KB) and
“The Ecumenist ‘Theater’ of Rome” (pdf, 78 KB)
• In Section Publications>Periodicals>
Orthodox Tradition:
Volume XXII, Number 2, 2004 (pdf, 851 KB)
• 24.06.2004 In Section Administration>The Holy Synod>
Resistance Documents>4. Responses: “The Calendar Question or the Heresy of Ecumenism?” (
Part IV, pdf 195KB)
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A rebuttal of three articles by the Athonite monk Elder Theokletos Dionysiates
• 01.06.2004 In Section Administration>The Holy Synod>
Resistance Documents>1. Communiqués:
“A Painful Remembrance: The Eightieth Anniversary of the Calendar Reform (1924-2004)”
• In Section Theology>Ecclesiology>
The Calendar Question: the first two articles in the special series commemorating the eightieth anniversary of the calendar reform:
“Athens is More Ecumenical than the Ecumenical Phanar.” (pdf, 393 KB) and
“A Miracle Which Confirms the Traditional Church Calendar: St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco and His Attitude Towards the Ecumenist Calendar Reform.” (pdf, 111 KB)
• In Section Theology>Ecclesiology>
A Theology of Anti-Ecumenism:
(†) Professor Andreas Theodorou (1922-2004) (pdf, 81 KB)
• 05.05.2004 In Section Administration>The Holy Synod>
Resistance Documents>4. Responses: “The Calendar Question or the Heresy of Ecumenism?” (
Part I, pdf 160KB;
Part II, pdf 118KB;
Part III, pdf 127 KB)
• 01.04.2004 In Section Administration>The Holy Synod>
Encyclicals:
Paschal Encyclical for 2004 (pdf, 159 KB)
• 25.03.2004 The following sections have been updated:
Section Administration>The Holy Synod>
Synod News
Section Annals>Europe>
Greece
Section Annals>Europe>
Italy
• 27.01.2004 In Section Administration>The Holy Synod>
Encyclicals:
New Year Encyclical for 2004 (pdf, 148 KB)
• In Section Administration>The Holy Synod>
Synod News:
Celebration of Holy Theophany (6 January 2003) (pdf, 292 KB)
• In Section Annals>Europe>
Italy:
Ordinations of Italian Orthodox Clergy (December 2003) (pdf, 122 KB) and
Ordination of a Presbyter in Sardinia(29.12.2003) (pdf, 85 KB)
• 01.01.2004 The first publication of the English version of the Official Website of the Holy Synod in Resistance. Please note that, while many of the Greek texts are still missing in English translation, we do intend to add them in the future.
1. The English-language text also serves as the International version of the Website; on it can be found links for .pdf texts in Russian (see
Index of Russian Texts) and, in the future, in Italian, French, and other languages (see
Technical Support)
2. In order to navigate between a page on the English Site and a corresponding page on the Greek Site, click on the appropriate flag in the upper right corner of the page.