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THE CESSATION OF DIALOGUE

On May 18/31, 2009 the Cyprianites, otherwise known as the Holy Synod in Resistane!

p"#lished on their we#site their $inal s"%%in&'"p o$ their $ailed dialo&"e with the (r"e

Orthodo) Ch"rh o$ *reee "nder +rh#ishop Chrysosto% o$ +thens-1.n this do"%ent,

while %akin& so%e $airly %inor onessions to the (r"e Orthodo), the Cyprianites in essenere$"sed to a#andon their $alse elesiolo&y, %akin& e)"se $or e)"ses in sin! sal% 10

Howe4er, it will #e worth e)a%inin& it, $or it &i4es "s the opport"nity to pinpoint their

di4er&ene $ro% Orthodo) teahin&

5"t $irst let "s look at their onessions (he %ost i%portant o$ 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 198 was hasty! point 62 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! 7, and they o$$er this

&r"d&in& apolo&y only $or the sake o$ peae and reoniliation! So it does not a%o"nt to

repentane or a ret"rn $ro% shis% e4ertheless, any onsientio"s Cyprianite who lo4es thetr"th will e)a%ine this onession and draw the onl"sion 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 seond onession is that they re:et the idea o$ ew Calendaris% as #ein& the

%other Ch"rh! 6 (his e)pression, the Cyprianites ad%it, was ine)pert! n other

words, it was wrong. (he ;"estion then arises i$ the new alendarist h"rh o$ *reee is not

the Cyprianites< %other Ch"rh!, then what is7 (he answer an only #e the True Orthodox

Church of Greece#

(he third onession is that they "ndertake not to &i4e =i4ine Co%%"nion to the new

alendarists #e$ore they ha4e #een inorporated into tr"e Orthodo)y 6> ?or the

Cyprianites, howe4er, this is not a onession, #ea"se they lai% to ha4e dereed this

already

(he $o"rth onession is that they a&ree not to "se in $"t"re the e)pression ailin&

%e%#ers o$ the Ch"rh! to re$er to heretis 68 $ 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 $ro% the har&e o$ elesiolo&ial heresy @ a heresy that ha4e alled the heresy

o$ elesiastial elitis%!-2.Howe4er, they lai% that this teahin& o$ theirs has #een

%is"nderstood! witho"t e)plainin& how they ha4e #een s"pposedly %is"nderstood, andpro%ise to re$rain $ro% prolai%in& it in $"t"re only $or the sake o$ peae! Antil they

reo&niBe that they %"st re$rain $ro% prolai%in&, not only $or the sake o$ peae, #"t alsofor

the sa$e of the truth, witho"t whih no peae an #e deep and lastin&, we %"st onl"de that

their adherene to this heresy, tho"&h weaker than #e$ore, re%ains

t is #ea"se they still adhere to their elesiolo&ial heresy that the Cyprianites re$"se to

aept the de%and o$ the (r"e Orthodo) Ch"rh o$ *reee that they aept the 4alidity o$

the onde%nation o$ D"%enis% #y the R"ssian Ch"rh +#road and #y the Ch"rh o$ the

(r"e Orthodo) Christians o$ *reee! (hey $ear to anathe%atiBe the heretis #ea"se they

ontin"e to #elie4e that they are still inside the Ch"rh, al#eit ailin&!, low! %e%#ers o$ it

Moreo4er, in this do"%ent they prod"e a $"rther :"sti$iation o$ this elitist, sittin& on the$ene! strate&y they re:et the a"thority o$ any e)istin& Synod to anathe%atiBe heretis (h"s

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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 #eo%e their s"essors in the stritest sense, $"ll o$ *rae and

power< St Fohn Chrysosto%os! +nd they &o on Ge are "na#le to "nderstand this hasty

tendeny in o"r day to anathe%atiBe and onde%n, sine "ntil s"h s"essors o%e into

e)istene, Ee4eryone who is Orthodo) in e4ery respet anathe%atiBes e4ery hereti

potentially, e4en i$ not 4er#ally< St (heodore the St"dite! 610

ha4e ritiiBed this position in detail elsewhere-3.$ there is no Synod in the world today

whih has the *rae and power to anathe%atiBe heretis, then the One, Holy, Catholi Ch"rh

@ *od $or#id ' has lost her power to #ind and to loose (hen e4en i$ the +ntihrist were to

appear and prono"ne hi%sel$ to #e *od today, the Ch"rh on earth wo"ld ha4e no power to

anathe%atiBe hi% +way with s"h #lasphe%y, s"h %ani$est lak o$ $aith in the power and

di&nity o$ the Ch"rh $, as St (heodore says, e4eryone who is Orthodo) anathe%atiBes

e4ery hereti potentially, e4en i$ not 4er#ally!, then a $ortiori the hierarhs ha4e the Ch"rh

ha4e the power to anathe%atiBe e4ery hereti, not only potentially, #"t at"ally, and not only

"nder their #reath, #"t 4er#ally and $ro% the ho"setops ?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 lions!

t is lear that the Cyprianite hierarhs do not $eel the%sel4es to #e s"essors o$ the

+postles in the strit sense, $"ll o$ *rae and power! n this int"ition they are orret 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 #eo%in& what they are not now

s"essors o$ the +postles in the strit sense Howe4er, when they say this, not only o$

the%sel4es, #"t o$ the Ch"rh as a whole, then they display an arro&ane @ and a lak 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"rh o$ *reee ri&htly delared that she does not ha4e the sa%e

$aith as the Cyprianites ?or the Cyprianites want the (r"e Orthodo) hierarhs to e%as"late

the%sel4es spirit"ally, to reno"ne their *od'&i4en ri&ht and d"ty to e)pel heretis $ro% the

Ch"rh o$ Christ, only lest they the%sel4es sho"ld s"$$er perse"tion $or the Cross o$ Christ!

*alatians 612

Vladimir Moss.

October 21 / November 3, 2009.

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