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As the Antiochian Archdiocese rebounds from an international scandal, it should be a point of pride and cause for no little delight to watch the below.
Have you been praying for true monasticism in America? It's coming.
Measured in months, look to Memphis for this effort to begin. But, also look to your own children because Met. Saba is clear that families need to support their own going to the monasteries....

Metropolitan Elias (Zoghby) was a vocal proponent of the "Orthodox in communion with Rome" idea that many Greek Catholics in America have subscribed to. At the same time I remember speaking to Archbishop Basil (Schott) of the Ruthenian archeparchy who...

By way of explanation...
What is a "Chorbishop"? Historically, a rural bishop that served many of the functions of a bishop without the full authority to do all things a normal bishop might do. It died out in the West and in Orthodoxy, but remains in Oriental Orthodoxy and elsewhere...

First, I have to commend the Antiochian archdiocese for the quality of this video production. As I have said before, some jurisdictions do amazing work while others are stuck in the '90s.
It cannot be easy to come in after the scandal and the legal battle that followed so these sit-down talks are important. It is interesting to see that deacons are being considered for expansion and an expanded role. As almost no one pays their deacons...