3 June 2012. Moriak Shouts, “l’Église c’est moi!”… Opposition Hardens in the Midwest

The grave of Archbishop Job Osacky of Happy Memory (1946-2009)… Moriak is going against the “institutional culture” of the Diocese of the Midwest… he’s gonna find out that “you don’t play games with Mother Nature…”

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Moriak’s propaganda agenda is here. Here’s some buzz I received:

I’ll bet that priests who had been thinking of retirement might stay on to protect their parishes. Moriak doesn’t want any discussion over the internet. Hell, he even shows disdain for priests having discussed the changes within their parishes. It’s one thing to keep Church Tradition, but keeping things off the internet just isn’t going to happen nowadays.

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I’m also hearing that delegates to the Diocesan Assembly that elected Moriak are PO’d at having been “had”. Truly, the shit is going to righteously hit the fan. If anything happens to the priests who discussed this online, that’ll provoke an explosion. After all, the last bishop in the Midwest was Job Osacky (the “last honest bishop in the OCA”, a friend of mine noted), who was a stand-up guy, not a gibbering poseur like Nikolai Soraich (and his pal Izzy Brittain), Benjamin Peterson (of DUI arrest fame), or Tikhon Fitzgerald (the grapevine tells me that Love BT’s refusing to help pay the bills at the LA rectory, even though the cathedral parish is on hard times). To speak frankly, Moriak started with a crook action. People who were favourably disposed to Moriak at first were taken aback when he gave his son a plum parish, ahead of far-more-deserving local candidates. No matter how much he rants about “Tradition”, Moriak’s first action was to feather the nest of a family member. That’s nepotism… a species of corruption, if I remember rightly. In any case, the way he’s bulling forward is wrong on two counts.

Firstly, you do NOT change long-standing practises by merely issuing a ukase “from on high”. That’s how Schmemann and Meyendorff operated, and everyone knows the amount of heartbreak and suffering they caused ordinary priests and people in the Church. Boris Geeza put in Vesperal Feastday Liturgies many moons ago, long before the time of Job Osacky. The correct way of going about disseminating changes in existing practise is how HH does things… he invites bishops to serve with him, and they observe what His Nibs does. In most cases, “they get the message”. Only rarely does HH have to “speak with the voice of the crane” (as the Japanese say of a decree from the Emperor personally)… mostly, he’s wise enough to let changes happen organically and naturally. Of course, this means that there’s little (if any) discontent or dissent towards his ideas.

Secondly, the OCA Diocese of the Midwest doesn’t exist in a vacuum. This is a two-pronged observation. On the one hand, outside events and people affect the diocese… such as Dickie Wood being ordered to go to Manton, but going to live with his sister in the Chicago area, instead. That makes him a natural locus of opposition to Moriak, as Moriak’s JP’s man, and Dickie has no love lost for JP. He’d strike at JP by striking at JP’s lickspittle Moriak. That’s one prong, quite bad enough. The other’s more serious. The general situation of the OCA is going to “go South” very quickly in the near future. The grapevine says that a legal matter’s going to rip everything in the OCA wide open (can’t be more specific than that… it concerns clergy). In that case, the undertow may very well sweep Moriak away… making all of his pronouncements null quod inritus (null and void).

I’d say to the people in the Midwest:

All that you have to do is delay the SOB. Events are happening that will shake Syosset to its foundations. Start by making a stink about his son… demand that he move his son immediately to another diocese, to avoid the appearance of nepotism and cronyism. He’ll put his back up, and that’ll bollix him long enough for outside events to kick in… and, then, move in for the kill.

The Midwest had a good bishop… so, it knows what a good bishop is like… which means that they know the opposite, too. Moriak’s forgotten that… and he’ll pay the price. It bids fair to be “interesting”…

Barbara-Marie Drezhlo

3 June 2012

Albany NY

3 June 2012. Video. KOSOVO JE SRBIJA! Dok Kosovo Zove… Support our Co-Religionists in North Kosovo… It’s Your Orthodox Duty

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3 June 2012. A Picture IS Worth a Thousand Words… School-Leaving in Lugansk: They STILL Know How to Party Hearty

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If you thought that Russia’s reputation as a land of “party animals” was undeserved look at these images. All over the old Soviet Union, the same sort of wild hijinks take place in late May. The kids jump into fountains, drink Soviet Champagne (and anything else that they can lay hands upon), and generally do EVERYTHING forbidden by their former school’s regulations. It’s what kids have always done (and will always do in future)… didn’t we?

By the way, this is proof to starry-eyed konvertsy that Russia’s just an ordinary country, full of the same ol’ sinful-ginfuls that you find anywhere. Yes, Virginia, there IS “Holy Russia“… but it’s not obvious and you have to look for it (indeed, some of these partiers might surprise you). Things are NEVER what they appear to be… and there’s NOTHING unholier and more diabolical than a smarmy pietistic “religious” sort. On the other hand, “Unholy holiness” pops up everywhere… be prepared to be surprised. Oh, yes… don’t forget the church key…

BMD

VOR Presents… Asparagus… “Food of Kings”

Today, we’ll look at a “lip-smacking yummy”… asparagus. This is one of the tastiest veggies, of long-standing acquaintance and liking… we know that the ancient Greeks and Egyptians esteemed asparagus and its beneficial properties; they found it one of their favourite foods.

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Asparagus was first cultivated in Greece, some 2,500 years ago; the name is Greek and means, “emerging stalk”. In ancient Rome, asparagus was also very much loved and respected as a delicacy. You can find a recipe for asparagus in the oldest cookbook in the world, De re coquinaria by the Roman gourmet Apicius.

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Asparagus was the most popular vegetable of Louis XIV. In the 17th century, he ordered a special greenhouse built for growing asparagus so that he’d have it all year. Since then, asparagus has been called the “Food of Kings”.

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Asparagus is one of the richest sources of natural vitamins; it contains vitamins A, B1, B2, B5, B6, B9, E, C, H, and PP. White asparagus contains a natural element, selenite, which has a very powerful antioxidant effect that helps to prevent certain cancers.

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Another unique element of the chemical composition of asparagus is aspartic acid, which plays an important role in metabolism. On top of that, asparagus is very low in calories (only 17 kcal per 100 grammes (@3.5 ounces).

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Use of this vegetable can stimulate processes associated with the excretion of toxins and impurities. Asparagus can lower blood pressure and increase vitality, improve circulation, and reduce allergic reaction manifestations. Asparagus has excellent anti-inflammatory properties; it’s useful for those suffering with arthritis, rheumatism, cystitis, gout, and many other serious diseases.

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There are three common types of asparagus… green, white, and purple. White asparagus is grown without access to light; therefore, its cells don’t produce chlorophyll.

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The usual recommendation is to peel asparagus stalks, and to break off the lower part. However, some cooks believe that you need not peel the stalks if you choose them carefully, selecting only very young and fresh sprouts.

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The simplest and most common way of cooking asparagus is to tie the stalks together and place them upright in a narrow saucepan, simmered so that the stems are inserted in boiling water, and the head is cooked by the rising steam. Usually, asparagus is served napped with hollandaise sauce.

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The delicate flavour of asparagus goes well with eggs, bacon, shrimp, chicken, rabbit, and beef, you can use it as a pizza topping, or you toss it together with pasta.

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Annual asparagus festivals occur in many countries.

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1 June 2012

Voice of Russia World Service

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