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It has been a bit over a year since most turbulent parts of the schism over Ukraine occurred. The ship that is the Orthodox Church is finally in some quieter waters, but we are certainly still in dangerous territory. Various hierarchs have been making their decisions to commemorate the new Ukrainian metropolitan, rocking the boat and leading to further hostilities amongst our bishops.
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There’s that keyword, bishops. We aren’t bishops, we’re laymen. What are we to do as our spiritual heads argue and navigate these frightful waters? It’s scary! We feel paralyzed from what’s going on, we don’t have a say in their decisions! How do we, as laymen, understand what’s going on and where we’re headed?!
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It has been a bit over a year since most turbulent parts of the schism over Ukraine occurred. The ship that is the Orthodox Church is finally in some quieter waters, but we are certainly still in dangerous territory. Various hierarchs have been making their decisions to commemorate the new Ukrainian metropolitan, rocking the boat and leading to further hostilities amongst our bishops.
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There’s that keyword, bishops. We aren’t bishops, we’re laymen. What are we to do as our spiritual heads argue and navigate these frightful waters? It’s scary! We feel paralyzed from what’s going on, we don’t have a say in their decisions! How do we, as laymen, understand what’s going on and where we’re headed?!
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"><meta property="og:url" content="https://seraphimrp.srht.site/posts/2020-01-03-navigating-the-schism/"><meta property="og:site_name" content="Seraphim R.P."><meta property="og:image" content="https://seraphimrp.srht.site/img/android-chrome-384x384.png"><meta property="og:image:width" content="384"><meta property="og:image:height" content="384"><meta property="article:published_time" content="2020-01-03 00:00:00 +0000 UTC"></head><body class=nord><div class="container center headings--one-size"><header class=header><div class=header__inner><div class=header__logo><a><div class=logo>Seraphim R.P.</div></a></div><div class=menu-trigger>menu</div></div><nav class=menu><ul class="menu__inner menu__inner--desktop"><li><a href=/>[home]</a></li><li><a href=/about>[about]</a></li><li><a href=/projects>[projects]</a></li><li><a href=/resources>[resources]</a></li><li><a href=/links>[links]</a></li></ul><ul class="menu__inner menu__inner--mobile"><li><a href=/>[home]</a></li><li><a href=/about>[about]</a></li><li><a href=/projects>[projects]</a></li><li><a href=/resources>[resources]</a></li><li><a href=/links>[links]</a></li></ul></nav></header><div class=content><div class=post><h1 class=post-title><a href=https://seraphimrp.srht.site/posts/2020-01-03-navigating-the-schism/>Navigating the Schism as a Layman</a></h1><div class=post-meta><span class=post-date>2020-01-03</span></div><div class=post-content><div><p>Christ is born!</p><p>It has been a bit over a year since most turbulent parts of the <a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018%E2%80%9320_Moscow%E2%80%93Constantinople_schism>schism over Ukraine</a> occurred. The ship that is the Orthodox Church is finally in some quieter waters, but we are certainly still in dangerous territory. Various hierarchs have been making their decisions to commemorate the new Ukrainian metropolitan, rocking the boat and leading to further hostilities amongst our bishops.</p><p>There’s that keyword, <em>bishops</em>. We aren’t bishops, we’re laymen. What are we to do as our spiritual heads argue and navigate these frightful waters? It’s scary! We feel paralyzed from what’s going on, we don’t have a say in their decisions! How do we, as laymen, understand what’s going on and where we’re headed?!</p><p>As an outsider in the OCA, I want to provide my insights into the schism in the hope of helping others understand. Here in the West, there’s a large expanse between us and them, making us even more lost as to what’s going on. I hope to help calm the hype and panic of some who are uncertain, may be feeling hopeless about the situation.</p><p>This article will follow three main ideas: where we are, how we got here, and what we can do.</p><h2 id=where-are-we>Where are we?<a href=#where-are-we class=hanchor arialabel=Anchor>⌗</a></h2><p>At this point, the schism’s hype has subsided. While the Russian Orthodox Church (and ROCOR) have severed Eucharistic communion with the whole of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, the initial stab wound is healing. The schism has not been amended in any sense, but the pain and shock of it has gone down. We realize that we’re okay and we can still carry on. We’ve regained our internal stability and hope for the future where we become reunited.</p><p>The Church of Greece and the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria have chosen to recognize the Orthodox Church in Ukraine and to commemorate their metropolitan, Epiphaniy (Dumenko). In response, the Russian Orthodox Church has ceased to commemorate their primates (Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens and Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria, respectively). However, unlike with Constantinople, the Russian Orthodox Church has not declared full severance in communion with these churches.</p><p>The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, like many churches, has remained in want of a pan-Orthodox council, which Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I has rejected, as over half the Church did not attend the June 2016 “Holy and Great Co
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