D E P A R T M E N TO F P U B L I C & F O R E I G N R E L A T I O N S of the

SYNOD OF BISHOPS RUSSTANORTHODOX C H U R C HO U T S T D E O F R U S S ] A N E W S L E T T E R# 3 9 January-March, F R O M T H E D E P A R T M E N TO F P U B L f C & F O R E I G N R E L A T I O N S After a considerable lapse in the publication of our Newsletter, occasioned by a number of practical problems, we are now resuming its pubJ-icatron and hope that it will be issued regularly as before. ' We consider pieces of informati-on of sufficient certain importance to rnclude them despite their being somewhat dated. From time to time we wilI include this unavoidably detained material. At the same time we remind our' readers that over that period of time when we could not mail out our Newsletters, costs for paper and postal rates rose considerabty, and during the surTrmer of this year a new rise in postal costs is expected; consequently, prices for newspapers and maqsubscription :zinoc accant-ial to our work have risen a1so. Hence, w are asking our interested readers to help us financialty, not only to maintain our stand.ards, but to ensure the continued publication of our Newsletter. With a limitation of expenses in mind, w ask all of our readers who are no longer interested in receiving the \ewsletter to inform us of their desire by way of the enclosed envelope. IIVENTS ]N THE LIFE OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX C H U R C HO U T S I D E O F R U S S I A 1982

The most important event, not only of the whole year but of the entire hi crnrrz ar fhe Russian Orthodox Church outside of Russia, must be considered to be the solemn glorification of the \err'i"lartyrs and Confessors of the Church of Russia, which took pJ-ace in the Synod's cathedral amld an unprecedented concourse of people, in an atmosphere of exceptional enthusiasm and , solemnity.Thrs event was grven a thorough coverage by the press, which, how-' ever, responded in various ways. (notably those in A portion of the reports the New York Times anC the Chicaqo Tribune) were written i-n a mocking tone oY'^r'i : I i na t-he " schismatic group " which has canonized the Tsar "who did nothing fcr the people, but pernitted pcgroms of the Jevrs and Armenians r?)... 'martyrs' with him." and 30,000 Several maqazines and newspapers, on the other hand, wrote of our Church's cnramn'ifrz t'rif[ great insight ano synpathy. A number of prominent European magazines also described the glorification to a certain degree and featured m:n\7 nl'rn+naraphs. AII of them without exception centered their treaLment around the Tsar-martyr and his family. given by the foreign The wioe reportage press made it impossible for the Soviet Union to remain silent concerning the fact of the canonj-zation of the -rar\/ Gazette all nerv martyrs. i : n d r . i . |o The newspapers Soviet RusSi a , Tz.ttcsl-a

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t ^ ^ L i ^ ^ ^ ^ l p^o ssrble; r asnl-on ^ but nevertheless, the faithful Russian people were thus m ^ r o r . r ' i r r a r r ri n f o r m e d o f t h i s event of exceptional importance. The magazine Possgv sent to the chancery of the Sypod of Bishops an extract from a letter sent to the editorial offices of that periodical from Moscow: "News of the glorification of the New martyrs of Russia has brougtht us very reat joy. The people wept for joy and greeted one another. This is especiaIIy important lust now, after last year's renunciations those of Fr. Ii.e., Dimitri Dudko, Lev Regelson, t aI.l. Priests are serving molebens to the New Martyrs; we are praying to them, and they are answerinq This bond [us]. c'irroq 11a cl-rang'lfirr, writes an unknown Russian -man from "the other side."

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The chancery of the Synod of Bishops has also reeeived a great many letjoy ters from non-Orthodox persons, the vast majority of whom express their g l o r i f i c a t i o n N e w t h e o f t h e o f t h e l 4 a r t y r s , a n d e s p e c i a l l y o f on occasion
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flock of the Russian Anthony to the entire Archbishop appeals Iliscow time. that we may help assistance, Orthodox Church Outside of Russia for material in the Russian land, that thirst the spiritual of the faithful to alteviate \r7a,roorl rlonond On no One else and that these brOadcasts might be the free voice of our Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia. is: for the radio transmissions of "Orthodox Action" The representative Diacre
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A T T H E T O I ' 1 BO F T H E E M P R E S S ano solenn day for the parish of St. AIexi'ebruary 4th was an inportant ander Nevsky in Copenhagen. Queen -rlargaret II of Denmark and many promlnent Danes met with parishioners of the parish, headed by two of our bishops, Empress )Iaria Peodorovna 1n the roya] mausoleum in at the tomb of the late The occasion also presenc was the Lutheran bishop of Roskilde. Roskilde; of a icon of the Imperial Martyrs and a large ano marked the installation The solemnity lampada at the tomb of the Late Dowager Empress. beautiful They was presided over by Bishops Gregory of Washington and Mark of Munich. to the event. in Copenhagen two days prior arrived The Dowager Empress's tomb is located in the crypt beneath the chapel of K ' in o C h r i s t i a n IX. At the appointeC time, 2zL5 p.m., the clergy assembled at the catheciAs soon as she arrived of the Queen. and awaited the arrival Ied by the Lutheran rat t-hp 1nr:a] Danish cathedral clergy went to the crypt, Viberg, who had come earty in order to acquaint himself with brshop Bertil when reached the crypt, No sooner had the Danish clergy the Russian bishops. the orreen also arrived. Then, with the chanting of "HoIy God" echoing throughaccompanied by a choir followed, the Russian clergy out the vast cathedral, one of whose members was Nikolai Kalinovsky, of Vasily under the direction who happened to be in Copenhagen at the time. Gedda, the famous opera singer, space, newspaper reporDue to the limited began immediately. The panikhida was made in a vioeotape in the crypt; nonetheless, ters were not permitted over Danish television. a very modest manner for broadcasting of the male with the harmoni-ous chanting The serving of the panikhida, (about 100 perupon the Queen and all present made a deep impression -noir, .,L i ^l. i and Mr. Bibikov in the smalI crypt) . S as many as could fit rrrurr r v r r D , ,w of whi-ch the late Emof the horse-guards representatives Baron BilderIing, by the tomb. press was patron, held the standard of the horse-guards and Ivlark and the p a n i k h i d a , G r e g o r y B i s h o p s t h e o f t h e c o n c l u s i o n After were soon joined t h e y w h e r e t o t h e m , a s s i g n e d passed to the apartment clergy
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by the Queen. She greeted the bishops and, after conversing with them for a short time' was introduced to the other participants in the panikhida.The choir sang a piece for her, and conctuded with "Many years". bhereafter, l1 went to another building near the cathedral, where hors d'oerves were :rvd. There the Queen was j-ntroduced to other participants and several parishioners of the Copenhagen church. Prlor to the eueen's d.eparture, the
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IN WASHTNGTON on Ilarch 9, Bishop Gregory took part irr a symposium of the American Family Institute as an honored guest. The symposium wai held in one of the ha1ls of the Senate It was to a considerable extent devoted to a review of the encyclical of Pope John Paul II "Familiaris consortio". This i-nstitute, a wellkndwn and Iong-establisheC organization is dedicated to the strengthening of the traditional principles of a strong family. At the request of the presidium, Bishop Gregory blessed the meal which was provicled in one of the other h a 1 l -s o f t h e S e n a t e . After the symposium, Bishop Gregory visited the church of St. John the Porerunner and inspected the recent renovation. He found that they had progressed considerably slnce hrs Iast visit, and was pleased with th; rapid pace of the labor, which gives prornise that it will be possible to move into the new church in time for Paschal servi-ces. At present, services are conducted in the parish ha}l, which has been temporarity appointed as a church. P R E S E C U T I O NO F T H E C H U R C H

Fr.

Joseph }likhai Iov January 16, L9B2 issue,

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has recerved f rom Moscow. The f-etter,

sigtned "Marina", provided information or the fate of the priest Joseph Mikhailov. He is forty-eight years ori, served in the city of Ufa, and was arrested because he wrote a letter to the Unrted Nations reporti-ng details j-ch the Church is being subjected of the persecutions to rvh in the U. S. S.R. Ever since, i.e. these past ten years, he has been i-ncarcerated in the Kazan' psychratric "hospital", where he l-s tortured by means of a1I sorts of drugs . Unf ortunate 1Y, very I ittle is .<no\{ni-n the lvest of this courageous man' and it is possible that thrs r: part explains the utter impunity of the "hospitaL" personnel. "l'1arina" , the uLthot of the letter, asks that "a person be f ound who would begin to help with maitings, printei natter, and 1etlers to Fr. Joseph, and perhaps wlth inquiries concerning him addressed to the 'hospital' administration; it is precisely persistence ani imnortunity which are essentiat; if a package i-s returned, mai] it again, demanCexplanations, send it,return receipt requested' , etc. " The head of the Kazan' psychiatric hospital is Colonel Konstantine Leonidovich Cveshnikov, and the name of one particularly zealous physicj-an (torj-s Maria Nikolaevna Reus. turer) THE CASE OF ABBOT AMBROSE Abbot Ambrose (born L931; secul,ar name: ALexander fgnatievich yurasov) , l^^ w I r Q ri -^ n + E ne past worked as a miner, completed studies at the Moscow Theological Ac:damrz anA'erved in the Trinity-st. sergi-us Lavra, where he heard the confocqinnc aF ^ iJ-grims. For his "excessive Y. zear", he was removed from the rolrs the monastery's brethren under pressure from the Soviet regime (at that --me he moved around on crutches, for he suffered from polyarthritis). In L9l6 he was transferred to the Pochaev Lavra. There he at-io acquireC rapid fame, but also attracted the attention of the K.G.B. The persecution of Fr. Ambrose began in Irlarch of 19BI with the help of Archimandrite James (panchiuk), the Lavra's superior. Fr. Ambrose was driven from this lavra, too. After Fr. Ambrose had left, one of the novices passed on to the superior litr.'l-'n

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Fr. Ambrose, among which were books published in Ily dupricated. The superior transmitted att of this and crj-mina1 proceedings were initiated against
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force the return of his Bible. B e g i n n i n g i n N o v e m b e ro f l g 8 I h e w a s d e p r i v e d of the right to meet with his friends. A c c o r d i n g t o t h e s a m . ei n f o r m a t i o n , Fr. Gleb Yakunin wrote fron the camp hospital that he is in good heatth and has returned to camp #31. He (i.e. poresh) has terminated his hunger strike, but it is not known if they have returned his Bible,
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places is being intensified. Thus, on June 2I,198f, the feast of the Kazan, lcon of the Mother of God, the militia dispersed the faithful who had gathered in Diveyevo at the miraculous spring which had sprung forth through the power j-con. of the wonder-working On August I, the authorities again drove away the faithful who had come to pray at the site of the long-destroyed church of 11 irrarzarrn t'rhiaht is associatei with the rnemory of St. Seraphim of Sar.ov and the uncovering of his relics. lhe r.rlitia iispersed the faithful, demanded to passports, see their and threateneC then. The nuns there suffer especialLv f rom the iniquitous a c t j - o n s o f t h e r . r l -i t t a . On June 3, in accordance wrth rrnenorral tradition, many of the faithfulqather on the banks of the rl-ver VeIiKaya (in the villaqe of Velikorechskoe, Kirovsk district), to celebrate the nanifestation of the miraculous icon of St. Nicholas (1388), Last June the nrlrtra closed off alt roads into the vitlage, detained pilgrims, in the v:-llage itself etc.; militiamen, KGB agents d plain soldiers stood guaro. The holy claces were cordoned off with barbed .j-re and "no trespassing" zones were established, a's thouqh maneuvres were being conducted. Residents of the village on the other side of the river were nrl. i rrria- "'Cer threat of a substantial f rne, to f erry across pi lgrims who wished to pray rn the vrtlage church; the local store was forbidden to selL them bread.
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IN PRATSE OF THE GODLESS rn i J-c Marr I9B 1 issue, the Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate reoort-s that in March of that year Patrrarch Pirnen organized a great reception to mark the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Departr.enc of External Affairs of the Moscow Patriarchate. Invited to the receptron were hierarchs and clergymen of the l u i o s c o wP a t r i a r c h a t e who quite frequently appear outside the U.S.S.R., as well ^s ronrFqoniatives of the Council of Evangetical Christian Baptists and }loslem and Buddhist groups. At the reception, V. Kuroedov, prsident of the Council for Religious Affairs, delivered a speech of welcome, in which he said that he "placed great value upon the activity of the lr{oscow PatriarchaLe accomplished through the
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otlc service of the Russian Orthodox Church. " I'lany telegrams bearing messaqes of congratulations from hierarchs under the jurisdiction of the l\loscowPatriarchate arrived addressed to tietropolitan juvenaly, president of Lhe Department of External Affairs. OnIy two telegrams were indicated as having been received from abroad: one from Metropolitan Theodosius, primate of the "Orthodox Church in Americd", and another from Archpriest h n l ' l e y e n d o r ff , h e a d o f t h a t c h u r c h ' s d e p a r t m e n t o f e x t e r n a l a f f a r r s . THE I1OSCOW PATRAIRACHATE& BILLY ERAHAII f n i t s M a r c h 2 2 i s s u e , t h e m a g a z i n e N e w s w e e kh a s r e p o r t e d t h a t B i 1 l y G r a ham, the evanqelical preacher, has received an invitation from patriarch pimen

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to travel to Moscow and preach on Sunday, May g, in the patriarch's yelokhovsky cathedral. This is the day appoj-nted for the opening of a conference on the theme "the preservation of life from nucl-ear destruction." rt 's al-so the day on which the communists celebrate their victory in World War i. The conference will open with a moleben, and it wilt proceed wlth the r-lnco nnAno-'tion of the Patriarchate and the soviet government. uognrzanc of how such conferences are conducted, anC fearing that the widely known Graham might be used for communist propaganda purpo".s, Vj-ce President Bush, dt the behest of william CIark, wrtile House national security personally advisor, telephoned Graham with the request that he decline the invitationSome i-n Grahamls inner circle sdy, however, that the famous evangelist has long drearned of trying out his strength in the U.S.S.R., and. he has no intention of refusing such an offer. He his even managed to set down a first draft of his sermon. journalists Some efficient have even managed to ascertain t h a t l - n U o s c o w t h e t e x t o f t h e c o n f e r e n c e -t s resolution has atreadrz h an os n r y a ! rc au A , rn.l !.^ ^-,: ^r-. ^-, . vo= s,, n yr ! a n d ii n ii t. l - !L he o S ovie t rU nio n s t r. i v i n. g s for peace are praised. It is to be feared that the disquiet of the American governmenus ]eaders i-s not without foundatron, for over the Last fifteen years the famous preacher has significantly altered his former views; for this fre has achieved worldwide renown. It is interesting that the newspaper Jewish press has devoted considerabre space to Graham in its March 26 issue, 1; whlch a speech by the famous ecumenist Rabbi lviarc Tannenbaum is quoted, referring to him as "one of the greatest friends of the Jewish peop).e anC Israel in the entire Christian world of the twentieth century." The rabbr arsc sard that "ft 1s not generally known :m^nd oi{-ha- Jews or Christians that Dr. Graham has been present to the Jew1sh people in virtually every noment of trj-al, threat and testing, as weII as in celebration....Dr. Graham came trr.e and again to the aid oi tfte embattled people of rsrael, when his voice ani influence in high places made a cru''al- and, at times, a declsive dif ference. " There was a time, however, when rlly Graham had a reputation for antrserrtisml Newsweek stresses the fact that the Patriarch's invitation to Graham is totally precedent. without rnd.eed, we have yet to observe a more striking ex:m l -r rr ov d e p t h s q rn! l,or / a s a vF r fL to which modern "Orthodox" hierarchs in the mire of ecumenism than this invitation extenCei. tc a heretic to preach to the flock of the Moscow Patriarchate, a functron rrghtly reserved to one of its clergymen. However' as one very wel1-inf orrne.dcorrespondent f rom Moscow, whom we shal l_ not identif y (f or obvious reasons ), repcrts : "The l"ioscow patriarchate is 'f ightlng for peacer, and with this aim in mind is convening in lvloscow, 1n L982, a 'conf erencet of Zoroastrians, protestBuCchists, ivloslems, Jews, idolators, - * l + l ^ ^ i i ants' n u^a Enor fcs and Orthodox for JOINT prayer for peace and activities designed 'peace.' to foster AlI archpastors ane pastors of the Moscow patriarchate have been ordered to urge believers to donate funds for the organizati-on and 'conference. ' maintenance of this A paradox exists in the fact that if God is still being patient with Russia despite atl of its iniquities, He is so because of the prayers of the righteous people that Iive therein. The Moscow Patriarchate, however, is doing everythirrg possible to bring down the ultimate wrath of God through these impious gatherings. It is thus not rend.ering the nation a good service. For by striving to please the atheistic gov'struggling o r n m a n -r l '- rr r ,z 2s J-t were, p e a c e ' ior , it is, in actual f act, biingv v v v r v - q .i ^ /-na-. +

inq war closer. "

THE MOSCOW P A T R T A R C H A T E & T H E ' ' O R T H O D O XC H U R C H T N A } I E R I C A ' ' The "Orthodox Church in America," 'nha l rzrr f rnm the Moscow Patriarchate,
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ch n v f T ,r ! oE na urD rn rv r ir s r o f S e r p u k h o v ( a d m i n i s t r a t o r of the Patriarchal parishes in Amrlca and Canada) arrived in Hotlywood, Florida, ds an honorld guest of the :deration of Russian Orthodox Clubs in the U.S.A. At this meeting of the l ' o r l o r a + -i n n Bishop Irenel and the organizers of the c - -o - n: f -e - -r ' e : :n - ,c - .e ' - ^ ^ *e r rx j c v u hanocd r v . 4r f f i4 nu i erl q r a a c l 'u i nr nr cl $ s . n h l a r - . , ^ - - - - - . - - . ! yrra= O n + th e same d a y -hI e a ttended the evening divine services and prayed in the chaper in the hoter with lrletropolitan Theodosius, primate of the O.c-A. and Bishop Dimitri of Dallas, who were also guests of the Federation. url August 31, Bishop Irenei concelebrated at the Iiturgy with l"letropolitan Theodosius. The liturgy was performed in a targe and lpacious hall of the iDiplomat.' hotel Also concelebrating were Bishop oimitri lnd clergymen of the Orthodox Church in America....After the conclusion of the Iiturgy, a festive banguet was served, dt which Bishop frenei read a speech of qreeting. "on October 29, the Patriarchal representative in New york visited Bishop (L'Huil ler) Pierre of BrookJ.yn, of the Orthodox Church in America. A d.inner was served i-n honor of the guest. Bi-shop frenei "on November l], flew to Detroit, Michigan, where, dt the invitation of the primate of the orthodox Church in Americi, His Beatitude ivletr^nnlif=n Th^odosius, he tooK part in a reception marklng the anniversary of the Sixth AII-American Sobor and the tenth anniversary oi the Orthodox Church in America's autocephaly. Bishop rrenei attended the evening divine services, which was celebrateC in a temporary church set up in the 'Cadillac Book Hotel;, where the sobor had taken pJ.ace,... After the evbning divine services, a rrr:nri ro an f Pur ior] nu E was organ:-zed by the hierarchy v!arru ! of the Orthodox Church j-n Amerrca. Among the honorec guests \vas Bishop Irenei. " O n N o v e m b e r L J , A r c h b j - s h o p C h r y s c s t o r . n ,o f K u r s k a n d A r c h p r i e s t Nikolai Gundyaev vislted the Patriarchal repr-sencatron in New york anO the Cathedral st. NicholasA brunch was arrangec fcr the guests. Afterwards, accompan-ed by Bishop rrenei, the guests pai:: visrt to His Beatitude, Mtropolitan Theodosius of the orthod.ox church in A:l.erica, dt his residence. rn honor of tne guescs, hlis Beatitude l"letropolrtan Theodosius had a dinner served. The ^rr^^5^ " ^r !^d St. Vr _ L 5 I L C Y U s J L > V L a C r n irr ' s T h e o J . c ; r c a I S e m i n a ryT , he where they were greeted by the dean, Protopresblzlsr Alexancer Schmemann. guesrs rnspected the I il-'rrrrr rnrr ^lasses of the seninary, and met with the professors and instructors' rn the evening, the guests prayed at the divin-e services in the seminary. "on the evening of |lovember L9, rn the church center of the parish in Garf ield oar_i-sh of the i,toscow patr j-archate] Itq.;. -a b a n q u e t a p r e p a r ed in w a s , honor of the representatrves of His Hotiness the patriarch and afl partici__ n^ntq in r nnnfs;ence. Honored guests at the baJrquet were Hls Beatrtude Theodosius, Archbishop of lvashington, Iletropolitan of Al1 America & Canada, " as well as a number of other guests and the president of the Federation of Russian Orthodox Clubs, Maurice Harman.., Tn 'r:ntrarrz gf the current year, dt the initi-atj-ve of the Moscow patriarr u 9 5 v 1 r , !

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T H E " R E V I S E D C A L E D N A R . 'r :l\l,THE ,,O.C.A. " A decision of the synod of the "orthodox Church in America', (formerly rr os ! fLlr L'rr^E fL F ^ Ut i r1 ! \^rhP r- )d ' / h a s b Aq l ru qb Ac n ty oe 9ea nl qf. / r f9 th t .f er s . u among a portion r'edt disturbance of _ r l a s s parishesThe critical attitude of the more conservative poiti.orl of its 'rock toward the declsion has doubtl-ess been the cause of the defensive tone of the synod's official stacements. No effort has been spared in attempting to convince the flock that they A n r! r{ -s q e u ^ ^. 6hy . l1ting s !r A e 1 v the "Gregorian Calendar", but rather a "revised Julian Calendar- " rt is well known to all that the derivation of the Gregorian calendar is not orthodox, even though the Julian catendar ties at the basis of

-1it. In 1582, Pope Gregory deci-ded to correct the JuIian Calendar, moving aIJ_ f easts back ten days. This act conf j-rmed the division of the Intest f rom Orthodoxy al1 the more, for the conimon celebration of alI the feasts, beginning 'ith the Nativity of Christ, was rost, and the new reform became known as the regorian Calendar. No on at any time has ca1led it Ju]ian. Some have only nnt'' l'ran"^ +^ refer to it as such, clearly with the intention of confusing
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f n ru rn r . rr hr in v- v rn l iu ! r I, w r lu h r d s e v e r y o n e w h o h a s s t u d i e d the history of the church knows, only reworked the Paschalion in connection with the fixinq of the date for the vernal equinox. In the official statementof the Metropolia, an attempt is made, in vain, to prove that what it is accepting is not the Roman Catholic Gregorian CalonA:r h , r + -. ^ r n e t h i n g e I s e , a " r e v i s e d J u l i a n " CaIendar. r r - r a hn ah = n n a of the calendarr " we read in Bishop Basil's epistle On the Revised Ju]ian Catendar (Liqht of Life, Feb., 1982, p. 6), "does noE-EEan that the Orthodox Church in America has accepted the Roman Catholic Gregor:-an Calendar. The Revised Julian CaLendar differs from the Greqorian CaIendar, althouqh their dates coincide Iernphasis ours] .,' The readers are thus confronted with the problem of understanding what this means. It has always seemed to us that the difference between the church ca]endars lies precisely:-n the dates which determrne the feasts. But it would seem that there is another logic: the feasts in the revised, Gregorian caLendar are designated by the same Cates as in ours, but are merely celebrated ' l - h 'ri i . o o n d a r r c e a r l i e r and coincide completely with the Gregori-an. By what h a n h a r n f I a n -ric can one consider them as belonqinq to the Julian calendar which has been merely revised? In essence, then, what which is "Julian" remains in the "revised" calendar? on lrr rho r'rro:l Fast and Pascha, with the feasts of the Ascension and pentelst tvhich depend upon it, whereas alI the other feasts, ds we]I as the com..emorations of the saints, remain celebrated according to the Gregorian calendar, thirteen days earlier that celebrated by the Church of Russia. In other words, the entire year, with the exception of six weeks, wilI be lived h r z i h o r r t ) r f h n ' i g x C h u r c h ri rn q 9v rvo nl r r - ,e t ua n r the G A n t ,n t ve r !r vi qc a " a9c c o r r l i n o- - j f_ o anrl v Jrg v !o aQ t i an uo J_ -_d *-arnot in any way accordj-ng to the Jul-iar Calendar. ft is qulte naive to expect that the discontent wilI be appeasei by the fact that the day of a feast will be designated by the same date, lust thrrteen days earlier. The feasts, and Christmas in particutar, wilL be celebrated according to the Gregorian Calend:r d:i.aq' in the case of Christnas this will mean that the "o.C.A." will be celebrating Christmas on December 12, a fast day for the Russian Church. The "Orthodox Church in America" is only seeking to confuse the issue; from the celebration of the moveabl-e feasts in common with the Russian Orthnrlnv /-l-rrrrnh it has chosen to celebrate them at the same time as Catholics and Protestants.
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fn its March L4 issue, the Jerusalem Post complains that the "Church tisl seekingRussianJewS.''Asr,eoffiorrespondent,reports,manyof the Jews who have emigrated to Israel from the tt.S.S.R. are trying to emigrate to America, where a Russo-Judaic community of substantial size is already established. As the report states, many of these Jews are falling under the influence of a priest of the "Orthodox Church in America" and are being bap-

-8newspaper also mentions that the St. Sergius School (which it erroneously refers to as the St. George Schoo1) is another important conversion center. Of the seventy students of that school, about fifty are emigrants from the
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THE NEW-CALENDARIST (STATE

CHURCHOF GREECE

In its January 23 issue, the New York Times reports that in theretookpIaceacounci1ofthm1enbaristbishopswhichwasat{-anrlorl l-rrr cnma seventy-eight hierarchs, who gathered in an

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rli f nrrr oan'laciastical weddings) , and alsc :he permitting of abortion up until the sixth month of presnancv. The session of the council turned out to be quite stormy. Bishop Ambrose of Eleutheroupolis began to state hls objections to Archblshop Seraphim, who supports the governments proposals. At this, Archbishop Seraphim, in the words of Bishop Ambrose, "Ieaped out of his seat like a stag, swept on me puIled my beard, screamed and threatened to strangle me....His like a falcon, anger was such that the other bishops were unable to restrain him. I crossed 'Father, my hands and began to pray in a loud voice, save me from this hourr' which seemed to calm him down, and he let me qo." Bishop Kantiotis, who also participated in this extraordi-nary session of '.te council, colo the press that the disturbance began when Bishop Ambrose s--n ]-n ^ r i r+ iu c ize vYurr v! Archbishop Seraphim and a number of other prominent hierarchs because they were succumbing to ''g,overnment pressure, papist and Freemasonic influencs", which in the end would result in criminal acts against the Tradition of the Church. He also accused Archbishop Seraphi-m of close collaborati-on with the various Greek governments, so that the Iatter dj-d not have to submit his resignaticn after any of the political changes wliich have marked that countries recent poi.itical history, ds has been customary in the past wl-cn prrmates who were potitrcal appointees. Defending his right to speak out at the council, Bishop Ambrose told Archbishop Seraphim: "You have no right to stop me from speaking, especially you who are a traitor, a collaborator." He also stated: "h'e cannot keep changing Christian laws and tradlti-ons according to the times. " Efstathios Alexandris, the llinister of Justiee maintained that the qovernment was under no oblig'ation to submit its plans for the Church's approval, and that the government woutd in the future act as it sees fit.
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session under the presidency of Archbishop seraphim of Athens. The council was convened in connection with the fact that the left-Ieaning socialist Greek government has introduced a number of proposals to the Chamber of- Jurisprudence. The government proposes complete separation of Church from state, the confiscation of most of the estates beJ-onging to monastic institutions, the abolition of the law that adultery and homosexuatity are crimes punishable by 1aw, the introduction ofnandatory civil marriages (but no man-

T H E ' ' W O M E N I SQ U E S T I O N ' ' & T H E W O R L D C O U N C T L O F C H U R C H E S Demands for women to have "equa} rights" wj-th men in church Life have arisen in the West at a comparatively recent date. First to make concessions were t-ha Fnic^An=tians, who initially assented to ordain women only to the diaconate. At the same time, in the'60s, the Presbyterians also accepted female presbyters. Yet the new female clerics were not satisfied with this and began to pJ.an for ordination to the priesthood. They were successful in this endeavor in the late'60s. Now the Epj-scopalians are speaking quite openfor on the basis of the resoLutions 7 about female bishops, of varlous Epis-opalj-an assemblies, there are no tonger any Iega] obstacles to such ordinatj-ons, apart from the stiLL uncustomary sight of a woman bishop. Following plan, thls logical there have now arisen movements which urge the establishment of a female priesthood among the Catholics. The reason for this is the shortage of priests and the possibility of this 1ack being at Ieast partially filled by nuns, a solution which has for all intents and

-9purposes been adopted in several places, where nuns (with the assent of the episcopal authority) carry out the duties of parish rectors, preach and distribute communion to their faithful which has been r)re\/'i ottql w n nr n d ugu luryr r vv r rq eo 9n r r r l - aq a Catholic priest at a mass.
Over the past several years, such a tendency has also become noticeable in various Orthodox ecclesiastical periodicals. In Greek, Serbian, Roumanian and American magazines there have sudd.enly appeared artj-cles concernj_ng the position of men and women in the Church, their role in parish 1ife, the
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si-mp]y wourd not have been raised in the orthodox press. As is now becoming clear, their appearance is being accelerated by the world Council of Churches, of which nearly all of the Orthodox Churches are now members. In mid-July of l-ast year, drr Anglican conference was held in Shef f ield, Bngland, in which orthodox, Catholic and Protestant representatives took part. A number of resolutions were adopted, ort racism, c]ass equafity and "sexism. " question, The latter which has been the object of the W.C.C.'s study over fu hr ars y n :a ql - u r fn r rr years, has been formulated in a bulky report entitled D vr u "On the Unlty of Men & women in the Church." Despite the fact that the liberal press has greeteo the "sheffield Docurnent" with enthusiasn, its irnplementation f hrnrrch rl'ra ".C.C. has nonetheless encounterei. siqnif icant obstacles. In August of 1981, a conference of the iri.C.C.'; central committee in Dresrfon r:ormrnrr turned its attention to the "Sheffield Document" on women. After a heated debate which rasted two hours, that document, arbiet in a somewhat watered-down form, was nonetheless accepted by the conference. As the newspaper Orthodox Observer reports, such "official documents" are usually accepted by the Commission wlth the recommendation that its member churches accept them "for serious and prayerful study." This time, however, the Commission resolvei only "to take note" of the document and to send with 't a letter from Dr. Phifip Potter, the hr.C.C.'s generaL secretdry, explain.lg the controversy it aroused and especially the objections of the orthodox. Archbishop Anthony, a representative of the Church of Roumania, stated drrrinrr rho dobate that the Eastern Church i s not onnosed f o .|-haA.nlAl i tv of men and women. "It's the nethodology that's wrong," he said; "There,s been n^ rli a rnnrra .This is a doctrinal rnatter anC not lurt a matter of issuinq statements and resolutions....If this report is approved, what will the Orthodox think of us here? That rve have lost the Faith? We can't change tradition as easil-y as we change shirts. The reinterpretation of Scripture is not the same as rervriting a document." The Nationa] Cqthol j-c Re_g_]Ster rSept. 20, 1991) states that "the seven Or_ p a r t i c i p a n t s thodox v/ere generally opposed by the other L32 delegates. Of the eleven Roman Catholics (includinq present two priests), not one spoke against women's ordination. The only American Catholic present was Dr. Madelaine ' it is a sin not to Boucher of Fordham University, who tolo the Register that ordain women. ' " The Orthodox minority, alas, chose not to follow the example of the ,'SaIvation Army", which wi-thdrew from the membership of the lV.C.C. because of its
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It j-s qulte certaj-n that, subjected to tremendous pressure on the part of che Protestants, the Orthodox have to a certain extent consented to the introduction of dialogue on this question. The sad examples of the EpiscopaIians and Catholics is definitely cause for alarm that the contagion of i,feminism" is beginning to take hold even in orthodox circtes. The orthodox Church, official publication of the "orthodox Church in Amer-

-10. . :^ ^ l l ,.1^r.: p u D L l ^sl ^n ed a lengthy article I ca , ^ in its March issue in connection with the fact that its Department of ReJ.igi-ous Education is recommending to its parishes seriously study the booklet "lvomen& Men in the Church", which wal pub 'ished originally "because of the O.C.A.rs involvement in the Wortd Council_ - =C h u r c h e s . " f t is considered that thi-s question is now one of paramount l-mportance. The booklet deals with such questions as family unity, modern society and f l ' r o a l ' r : n a i n n r o l e s o f w o r n e na n d m e n , v o c a t i o n s o f c e l i b a c y a n d marriage, llturgical rites j-nvolving women, birth control and sexual union in marriage. The list of questions discussed in the booklet for Orthodox already indicates that the "o.C.A." is being influenced by the concerns and attj-tudes of heterodox "Christians. "

COIUPETITTON FOR OBERAIVIMERGAU 'The chancery of the Synod of Bishops has been notified that the Smith Fouridation is arranging a scenic portrayal of the sufferings
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gau. f t is to be produced, however, on a truJ-y theatrj-cal scale in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. The organizers have spared rLo expense in copying the stone walIs and arches of ancient Jerusalem. Many donations from various individuals'have been received, which are employed in establishing a ',HoIy Land" on the North Amerj-can continent. An amphitheater with a seating capacity of 4t400 has been constructed, equipped with alI the latest audi-ovisual effects. The lighting equipment is a marvel of modern technology.In the spring of thi-s year, when the first performance of the season is scheduled, the orgranizers promise that visitors wi]l be able to view flocks of n:mal c r l a n l z o r T SA , rabi-an stallions, sheep, etc., which are characteristic to the environs of Jerusalem. l'lindf u I that such a remote state wi l1 doubtless '-ave difficulty in attracting a sufficient number of tourists to view a specrcle of the Oberammergau type, the Fund al-so recommends the beauties of tf,e ,lrkansas mountains, the good fishing and swimming spots, and a huge, but rather crudely carved, statue in granite of the Savior. Costs for the stage production are quite reasonabLe: from $4.50 to $7.50: I\ocnrng ls said of the text which the ptay will follow. As is wel-} known, the Oberalnmergau play has occasioned, and continues to occas j-on, harsh criticism on the part of various Jervish organizations. The scale on which the
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' S OFFICE SENSITTVTTY IN THE DISTR]CT ATTORNEY fn the January 28 issue of

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that in the offices of her department, "effective you are inimmediately, structed to remove alI wall hangings, door signs or desk top delorations which reflect any religious statements or negative allegations to either lob title or environment. " The directive was occasioned by the fact that the members of her personnel occasionally hung posters of a religious character in their offices. As the Jewish Press reports, "al.I the posters concerned the Christian faith." The newspaper maintains that several of the department's employes were of fended by such posters. Now they have a1l been removed. rtls. Holrzman, a Jewess, assumed office in January of this year and has been very zealous in ' ^ ^ , , - i ^ ^ - l s u r r n g rcl n , ^ - ! at no one's racial senslbilities Ithe newspaper,s term] are offended. le does not pause, however, to consider Christians' reJ-gious "sensibilities." TI^IO MESSAGES OF GREETII$G FROM THE LUBAVTCHER REB On Tuesday, October 6, I9Bl, the New York-based Russian-tanguage newspaper \ew Russian Word published a message of gireeting from the Lubavicher Reb, one of the most revered of Hasidic Orthodox rabbis, to his coreligionists, on the

-lroccasion of the Jewish New Year. Among other desires, he expressed the hope: "f wish also to express the desire that this year will become the year of our liberation from persecution, that in the near future go forth we may all to j u s t t h e M e s s i a h , a n d t h a t w i t h h i m , a I l m e n , w o m e n , c h i l d r e n and babes "eet ly enter into our sacred land, the country which is protected by the Most High every day of the year, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. And that alI men, women, children and babes may enter and visit the temple ' Beit Amikdash, whi-ch wil l be erected by the just Messiah-visit it in good disposition of soul and with fervor. "And to those who ask: 'How can one thtnk and expect that such a thing will take place and if it is not extremely unlikely, as it is unknown when it wilI faLo nlano I T wish to call to mind the answer given long ago...in the words of the hymn: 'nay, there is no one save God aLone."' In December of 19BI, the same newspaper printed a second message of greeti -- - ^ * tu r - ^ f' , u b a v i c h e r R e b , i n w h i c h rrrY r!vlLl llg , anong other things , he says : "Al l- of us together are preparing ourselves for the complete, real and everlasting deliverance and liberation from persecution rvith the cominq of the Messiah. fn the near future, in our days, when 'wlth our young and with our elders, with our sons and with our daugrhtersr' each of uS, and also those who find themselves in those Iands, together with aIl Jewish children shaII go forth to meet the just Messiah. And with him they shall enter irto Jerusalem, shalI enter into Beit Amikdash, where the sacred menorah will be lighted by Aaron. Our kokhanim (priests) will again light the menorah as God has ordained, and a Khanukah (sanctification) shall be performed in an especialty solemn fashion And in the near future. "
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rrrc rrewbpdller Jewish Press, published in America, reported in its January 2 issue that in Jerusalen, during the Christmas season, a meeting was heId, the subject o f w h i c h \ r , E St h e d e f e n s e o f t h e r l g h t s of Soviet Jews. The meeting was Cisrupted by the Kach Nlovernent-Jewish Defense League of f sraeI. At the invitation of the Israel Public Council for Soviet Jewry, the organizers of the meeting, l',rIIem Van der Hoeven, head of the International Christi : n r - m l - r a q c r za t t e n d e d . Menbers of the violently anti-Christian Jewish Def ense League greeted his presence with shouts of "lrlissionary, get out I " and "SouI snatcher I " The startled Van der Hoeven demanded that the hecklers be arrested. Skuffles and shouting matches erupted between the hecklers and Van der Hoeven's entourage. A spokesman for the Jewish Defense League Iater sharply criticized the Israeli Public Council for Soviet Jewry tor inviting the Christian to the ralIy: "Allowing van Cer Hoeven to participate in a Jewish event hetps to give him the respectibility tnat he so desperately desires in order to further his misslonary work, " he saj-d. This incident, which took place on the eve of Western Christmas, was the Iatest in a series of clashes which have been taking place between Kach's .iewish Defense League and the Christian mj-ssionary comrnunity in fsrael. Kach has vowed that he will miserable for all Christians "make life here, until the missionaries are halted."
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A N E C E S S A R YC L A R I F I C A T I O N

A number of the faithfu] of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia ave brought to our attention severa] inaccuracies 1n the brief typed survey f the history of our Church entitled: "Background: The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia", which was distributed at the press conference prior fn rha nlariication of the New l{artyrs and Confessors of the Church of Russia, and which has more recently been reprinted 1n one of the issues of The Orthodox Monitor. Due to the tremendous work load imposed upon the Synod'E timited
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Holy Synod (dated 1/20 Novernber )920\. The fornation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia involved not only "many churches in the States," but, i n ' i l - i : l . ..1 I r r, \.-:-: ir I Of the dioceses,mj-ssions, bishops and Iaity Of the Church Of Russia who found themselves beyond the boundaries of Russia. The Department of Public & Foreign Relations regrets its oversight in not excercizrng sufficient care 1n editing the survey, which was not prepared by any of its staff members, and hopes that this clarificaiton rvrll aJ-1ay the concern of the faithfut who have been puzzled or offenoed by it. lr'e lament the fact that the information "Background" has been gi-ven wi-Cer circulation in The Orthodox Monitor,butwishitknownthattheSynodofBishopshasnoorri@ to edit or censor that periodical. D O N A T T O N SR E C E T V E D & G R A T E F U L L Y A C K N O W L E D G E D The Department would like generous donations their to render its thanks to towarCs the publication the following individuals o f o u r N e w sl - e t t e r :
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