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Special Series for 2005

        
   • The Prophet of Suffering Roman Hellenism In Memory of Photios Kontoglou († 30 June/13 July 1965) (Contents of the Special Series) (English pdf, 107 KB; Greek pdf, 105 KB)

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   • During the current Year of Salvation 2005, Orthodox anti-ecumenists remember three Churchmen who contributed in a decisive manner to the resurgence of Orthodox resistance and walling-off.
They are, according to the chronological order of their repose:
   1. The Confessor-Hierarch Chrysostomos (Kavourides), former Metropolitan of Florina [† 1955]
   2. The venerable Elder Philotheos (Zervakos) of Paros, the Missionary [† 1980]
   3. The saintly Metropolitan Philaret, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad [† 1985]
   • We will publish varuious texts in reverent homage to their holy memory, obeying the very timely exhortation of the Holy Apostle Paul:
   “Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God, whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation” (Hebrews 13:7).

   • This year, Orthodox anti-ecumenists also remember, with especial pain, three very serious steps of decisive importance which contributed to the consolidation of the heresy of Ecumenism.
   • An authoritative critique of these steps was delivered at the “Thirteenth Convocation for Orthodox Awareness” (7/20 March 2005, Sunday of Orthodoxy). The steps are as follows:
   4. The mutual lifting of the Anathemas of 1054 by Constantinople and Rome (1965)
   5. The synodal promulgation of the heretical “Thyateira Confession” (1975)
   6. The articulation of the ecclesiological heresy of Baptismal Theology (1985)
   • We will also publish various texts on the subject for the information of the pious children of the Orthodox Church, obeying once again the exhortation of the Holy Apostle Paul:
   “Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines” (Hebrews 13:9).
   “Concerning Bishops and leaders who are heretical and corrupt in faith,”, the Holy Fathers observe: “Paul says, above, that we must not be carried away by their teachings: ‘With doctrines divers and strange”— [alien] to the faith, that is, and to right belief—“be not carried about.” (St. Theophylact of Bulgaria [rendered into simpler Greek by St. Nicodemos the Hagiorite], Patrologia Graeca, Vol. CXXV, cols. 396D-397A, 392A, 393A).



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The Confessor-Hierarch Chrysostomos (Kavourides), former Metropolitan of Florina [† 1955]

   1. The Confessor-Hierarch Chrysostomos (Kavourides), former Metropolitan of Florina (1870-1955): Autobiography (Greek pdf, 241 KB)
   2. Text I: The Sacred Struggle Receives Acknowledgment from Heaven: A Miracle of the Holy Great Martyr George (Greek pdf, 246 KB)
   3. Text II: A catalogue of the writings of the Confessor-Hierarch Chrysostomos (Kavourides) of Florina (Greek pdf, 246 KB)
   4. Text III: “The Faction of the Old Calendarists Cannot Constitute a Separate Church” (Greek pdf, 123 KB)
   5. Text IV: Pastoral Encyclical (01.06.1944) (English pdf, 216 KB; Greek pdf, 163 KB)
   5. Text V: A Clarification by Metropolitan Chrysostomos of His Pastoral Encyclical (18.01.1945) (English pdf, 201 KB; Greek pdf, 152 KB)

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The venerable Elder Philotheos (Zervakos) of Paros, the Missionary [† 1980]

   1. Biography: The Venerable Elder Philotheos (Zervakos) of Paros, the Missionary (1884-1980) (English pdf, 341 KB; Greek pdf, 340 KB)
   2. Text I: “The Pope is a False Christ” (24 February 1968) (English pdf, 90 KB; Greek pdf, 80 KB)
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   Father Philotheos condemns the meetings between Patriarch Athenagoras and Pope Paul VI and the Dialogue of Love that was initiated during the 1960s for the purpose of union. He applies to the Pope the prophecies of our Lord concerning false prophets. The Patriarch and the Pope suffer from Luciferian pride, the former because he consents to being called “His All-Holiness,” the latter because he believes himself to be infallible. We should not accept friendship and union with the Pope, since he remains unrepentant. The Pope ought to return in repentance to the One Faith, to the One Baptism, and to the dogmas and Traditions of Orthodoxy. How to conduct dialogues on the basis of the Symbol of Faith.
   3. Text II: Extracts from three Anti-Ecumenist letters (English pdf, 135 KB; Greek pdf, 117 KB)
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   Elder Philotheos brought a charge to the Holy Synod against Patriarch Athenagoras, Meliton of Chalcedon, and Iakovos of America for their anti-Orthodox actions and convictions. The Synod rejected the charge, and also those brought by others, because it was in agreement with all of the anti-Orthodox actions committed by the accused. The Synod also proceeded to introduce additional innovations. Those taking such actions are thus enemies of Orthodoxy and will be punished by God; and they also used force against those opposed to them. When the Faith is despised, silence is forbidden. The Lord will preserve His Bride, the Church: “Do not bow your knee to the Antichrist Pope and to his Pope-loving, ecumenist partisans.” “Stand” firm in the Faith “until the end, until death.” Woe to the Church for this current of innovation.
   4. Text III: An Interesting Letter on the Calendar Question (English pdf, 197 KB; Greek pdf, 135 KB)
   5. Text IV: An Expression of Ecclesiastical Outlook (Greek pdf, 106 KB)


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The Saintly Metropolitan Philaret, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad [† 1985]

   1. Biography: Metropolitan Philaret, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (1903-1985) (English pdf, 571 KB; Greek pdf, 120 KB)
   2. Text I: An Appeal to His All-Holiness, Oecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras of Constantinople (English pdf, 92 KB; Greek pdf, 84 KB)
   3. Text II: Open Letter (Sunday of Orthodoxy 1969) (English pdf, 100 KB; Greek pdf, 91 KB)
   4. Text III: The Thyateira Confession: An Appeal by Metropolitan Philaret to the Primates of the Holy Churches of God, and Their Eminences, the Orthodox Hierarchs (English pdf, 100 KB; Greek pdf, 99 KB)
   5. Text IV: Sorrowful Epistle (14/27 July 1969) (Greek pdf, 157 KB)
   6. Text V: Second Sorrowful Epistle (1972) (Greek pdf, 178 KB)



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The mutual lifting of the Anathemas of 1054 by Constantinople and Rome (1965)

   1. Text 1: The Lifting of the Anathemas of 1054 (by [†] Archimandrite Spyridon Bilalis) (Greek pdf, 151 KB)
   2. Text II: “An Appeal to His All-Holiness, Oecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras of Constantinople” (Greek pdf, 84 KB)
   3. Text III: “The Lifting of the Anathemas: An Advantage for the Roman Church” (by Panagiotes Trembelas [†]) (Greek pdf, 81 KB)



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The synodal promulgation of the heretical “Thyateira Confession” (1975)

   1. Introduction: “The Thyateira Confession”: An Epitome of Anti-Ecclesiastical Ecumenism (Greek pdf, 93 KB)
   2. Text I: The Thyateira Confession: An Appeal by Metropolitan Philaret to the Primates of the Holy Churches of God, and Their Eminences, the Orthodox Hierarchs (Greek pdf, 99 KB)
   3. Text II: The Thyateira Confession: An Endorsement “By Decision of the Synod” (Greek pdf, 157 KB)
   4. Text III: The Thyateira Confession: Nine Significant Passages (Greek pdf, 84 KB)



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The articulation of the ecclesiological heresy of Baptismal Theology (1985)
   1. Introduction: Baptismal Theology: The glue that binds together the “Broad Ecumenical World Family” (English pdf, 134 KB; Greek pdf, 121 KB)
   2. Text I: The “Baptismal Theology” of the Ecumenists: Another Form of the Protestant “Branch Theory” (Greek pdf, 302 KB)
   3. Text II: Baptismal Theology (by Professor Andreas Theodorou [† 2004]) (Greek pdf, 125 KB)
   4. Text III: Baptismal Theology (by His Eminence, Metropolitan Hierotheos of Navpaktos and Hagios Vlasios) (English pdf, 85 KB; Greek pdf, 95 KB)
   4. Text IV: “A New Agreement of the Ecumenists Puts Orthodoxy and Heresy on the Same Level!” (by Chrestos Livanos) (Greek pdf, 152 KB)



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The Prophet of Suffering Roman Hellenism In Memory of Photios Kontoglou(† 30 June/13 July 1965)

   1. Text I: The Life and Writings of Photis Kontoglou (English pdf, 254 KB; Greek pdf, 67 KB)
   2. Text II: The Blessed Ascetics of Syria and Mesopotamia (English pdf, 240 KB; Greek pdf, 65 KB)
   3. Text III: Epistle to Elder Philotheos Zervakos (English pdf, 61 KB; Greek pdf, 63 KB)
   4. Text IV: The Sunday of Orthodoxy and the Current State of Affairs (English pdf, 70 KB; Greek pdf, 83 KB)
   5. Text V: Open Epistle to Athenagoras (English pdf, 243 KB; Greek pdf, 69 KB)