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<blockquote data-quote="OrthoSerb" data-source="post: 1555339" data-attributes="member: 24061">At this point Father Andrew is regurgitating the same material over and over again.&nbsp; There&#039;s little new in any of this latest post.&nbsp; He does have a track record of repeatedly posting on the same topic multiple times.&nbsp; As other commentators have noted he does have a history of questionable judgement when it comes to posting things on his website.&nbsp; My personal criticism is that a lot of his accusations are not very direct and undermine character without actually giving any specific evidence.&nbsp; The insinuation in one of his previous posts that ROCOR is Russophobic without any example would be typical of this.&nbsp; Also he tends to flip flop a lot on certain topics.&nbsp; Historically he has been quite dismissive of St Sophrony, describing him as a &quot;former Hindu&quot;.&nbsp; I always found this quite low as St Sophrony dabbled in eastern mysticism as a youth, prior to his decision to repent and become a monk.&nbsp; You can hardly hold that against him if he&#039;s repented and completely turned his life around, dedicating it to God.&nbsp; He was also very negative on the Archdiocese based in Paris, accusing them of modernism, dying out etc.&nbsp; Now he&#039;s done a 180 degree turn and joined the Archdiocese whilst emphasising how he venerated St Sophrony&#039;s icon in Paris when he was received into it (Archbishop Jean&#039;s spiritual father was the then Archimandrite Sophrony).&nbsp; It&#039;s difficult to keep up with him.I&#039;ve met both Father Andrew and Bishop Irinei, although I can&#039;t claim to know them well on a personal level.&nbsp; Both were very welcoming when I visited their respective parishes.&nbsp; It&#039;s unfortunate that it has come to this split.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="OrthoSerb, post: 1555339, member: 24061"] At this point Father Andrew is regurgitating the same material over and over again. There's little new in any of this latest post. He does have a track record of repeatedly posting on the same topic multiple times. As other commentators have noted he does have a history of questionable judgement when it comes to posting things on his website. My personal criticism is that a lot of his accusations are not very direct and undermine character without actually giving any specific evidence. The insinuation in one of his previous posts that ROCOR is Russophobic without any example would be typical of this. Also he tends to flip flop a lot on certain topics. Historically he has been quite dismissive of St Sophrony, describing him as a "former Hindu". I always found this quite low as St Sophrony dabbled in eastern mysticism as a youth, prior to his decision to repent and become a monk. You can hardly hold that against him if he's repented and completely turned his life around, dedicating it to God. He was also very negative on the Archdiocese based in Paris, accusing them of modernism, dying out etc. Now he's done a 180 degree turn and joined the Archdiocese whilst emphasising how he venerated St Sophrony's icon in Paris when he was received into it (Archbishop Jean's spiritual father was the then Archimandrite Sophrony). It's difficult to keep up with him. I've met both Father Andrew and Bishop Irinei, although I can't claim to know them well on a personal level. Both were very welcoming when I visited their respective parishes. It's unfortunate that it has come to this split. [/QUOTE]

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