Hello Bogoljub:
Thanks for your explanation. It looks like you are an Old Calendar Orthodox. There is an Old Calendar Orthodox Church nearby in this area and the services are partly in Greek. And the women all (all) wear long dresses and have their heads covered during services. In fact, there is a big sign before entering the Church area and a basket available with the headcoverings in case a lady has forgotten to bring one. And there are rules for men also. The service is beautiful and most of the people are wonderful (except for one or two who don’t like Catholics like me). Anyway, I had occasion to attend a Greek Orthodox Church nearby and the priest did not know anyting about this Old Calendar Church. For him, it was a completely different Church (uncanonical ?) and not in union with the regular (great majority new calendar) Orthodox Churches. So in my experience as a RC, I would say that there is some analogy between the SSPX Catholic Church and the Old Calendar Orthodox Church?
And some of the monks in Greece are having problems with the EP?
Anyway, just some observations on my part.
Thanks.
God bless u !
No I am not an old calendarian. I am a member of the russian orthodox church abroad. But the roca was and I think is in communion with some old calendarians. Please notice that there are many in new calender church who are against the change !
The new calender is uncanonical and God worked many signs in greece, Jerusalem and other countries…
For example blessed ( Saint) Elder Philotheos Zervakos he was a member of the new calender church but never accepted and he wrote letters and pamphlets against the calender. He will be gloriified soon. He worked many miracles !
Eldress Myrtidiotissa; She saw the Theotokos daily and the Theotokos told her go with the old calender it is the right !
In the Valaam monastery a monk had a vision of the Theotokos and she said do not go with the new, go with the calender of the Fathers, the old one !
We have many confessors of the old calender : St, Glicherie of Romania , St. John the romanian ( he was complete incorrupt even his shoes and clothes and very fragrant)
St. John of Shanghai was against the calender change, the great Saint of Athens Papa Nicholas Planas the miracle worker, and many other greek Saints and Elders like St. Ieronymus and also the monks of Mount Athos protested. Over Athens the Cross appeared and was seen by thousends on the old calender feast of the elevation of the cross.
The Patriarchate of Jerusalem changed the calender but returned after some signs. The holy fire did not appear.
I saw a crown of thorns blooming every year on the old calender feast of the elevation of the cross - only this day !
Most all of the first leaders of the old calendarians are great Saints and their bodys are incorrupt and fragrant. So Archbishop Chrysostom of Florina he is fragrant, also I think Bishop Matthew.
We also have soo many prophecies in wich it is exactly explained what will happen ! Only a few will be orthodox and stay in this faith - the enemy is working and fighting without ceasing against the church !
U know how Patriarch Meletios died ? He died of a bad illness and smelled horrible- it is said that he said : Oh I am a sinner I divided the church !
Blessed Seraphim of Platina also wrote much about the suffering orthodoxy and that not everything is orthodox what is called orthodox !
In CHRIST
May God keep us in His Grace and protect us !
