Here’s the image from the original post, in all its low-res glory…
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I’ll not waste your time with the press release… for those who want the whole megillah (in Russian), click here. Let’s throw the raw meat on the table! Who WAS there, in terms of Local Churches? Here’s the list:
That means that the following Churches did NOT send a delegate to the Blunder’s Dixie Fry and Love-Feast:
I’ve noted that virtually all Russian media sources now speak of “14” Local Churches, not “15”. This means that the faction around the Patriarch (through his “press secretary” Vlad Legoida) has given up on the OCA’s autocephaly, but it’s not “official” yet. Hmm… no one from the OCA showed up (rather, no one from the OCA was mentioned in the patriarchia.ru official press release) and His Holiness didn’t show up either… nor did Mark Golovkov or Vsevolod Chaplin.
There’s no way of reading the tealeaves on this one, as the Blunder’s such an obvious pro-Western lickspittle… the Serbs and Romanians could be boycotting him for his chumminess with the papists, for instance, and the Syrians (Antiochians) might have taken a pass due to the Blunder’s bum-kissing of the warmongering Western élites. Yet, there are three “players” firmly in Bart’s corner… the EP, Cyprus, and Albania. Alexandria MAY be in his corner. It’s interesting, the present contretemps over Igumen Ephrem may drive a wedge between Bart and the Greeks.
Don’t forget… the Blunder is NOT a ruling bishop, the first head of the DECR not to be such. Even though his title is “Metropolitan”, he ranks below ALL ruling bishops, even the most junior “Bishop”… he’s nowhere near the stature of Yuvenaly Poyarkov. Talking about Vladyki Yuvenaly, sources tell me that he’s very bitterly anti-OCA… and His Nibs doesn’t discipline him for it.
Talking about the OCA and the Centre… where’s Dickie Wood? He’s just fallen off the face of the planet. Note well that JP, Lyonyo, and Jillions all refuse to speak on the matter. I’d direct the Winnipeg magistrate to this, and remind them that this is “business as usual” for the OCA. In short, they’re inveterate liars who never tell the truth, even under oath. I’d say to the Crown Attorney, “Do ask JP about his guru Podmoshensky, if you ever get the chance, and ask him why he stuck with Podmoshensky even after the ROCOR Holy Synod defrocked him. Do note that JP tells his interlocutor what they want to hear, though… although I’m certain that you’ve noticed that already”.
In short, pass the jug, sinful-ginful humanity’s living up (or down, if you will) to its reputation…
Barbara-Marie Drezhlo
Monday 16 January 2012
Albany NY
