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<blockquote data-quote="Hermetic Seal" data-source="post: 1555420" data-attributes="member: 10915">Again, we&#039;re only seeing one side of the story, from an extremely biased source with a personal conflict of interest, in an article marked by pretentious and self-aggrandizing statements like:While it does sound like there are real canonical issues involved here, I&#039;m not convinced that this isn&#039;t ultimately a fairly minor molehill being turned into a mountain by Fr. Andrew to justify his desire to migrate to where the grass is seemingly greener in pursuit of his ideal, perfect version of Orthodoxy. Isn&#039;t not concelebrating a mild form of dispute between jurisdictions? Fr. Andrew&#039;s post creates the impression that the situation between ROCOR and the Paris exarchate is synonymous with severing communion between them, which strikes me as dishonest. There&#039;s clearly a dispute, but I don&#039;t trust Fr. Andrew to objectively evaluate or report it.In other words, better leave ROCOR like I did or you&#039;re in schism. This is absolutely outrageous grandstanding, and Fr. Andrew&#039;s pompous and condescending tone makes me ill inclined to regard him as doing anything other than pursuing his own self-interest. Again, I am much more interested in objective sources, and what ROCOR itself says in response to these matters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hermetic Seal, post: 1555420, member: 10915"] Again, we're only seeing one side of the story, from an extremely biased source with a personal conflict of interest, in an article marked by pretentious and self-aggrandizing statements like: While it does sound like there are real canonical issues involved here, I'm not convinced that this isn't ultimately a fairly minor molehill being turned into a mountain by Fr. Andrew to justify his desire to migrate to where the grass is seemingly greener in pursuit of his ideal, perfect version of Orthodoxy. Isn't not concelebrating a mild form of dispute between jurisdictions? Fr. Andrew's post creates the impression that the situation between ROCOR and the Paris exarchate is synonymous with severing communion between them, which strikes me as dishonest. There's clearly a dispute, but I don't trust Fr. Andrew to objectively evaluate or report it. In other words, better leave ROCOR like I did or you're in schism. This is absolutely outrageous grandstanding, and Fr. Andrew's pompous and condescending tone makes me ill inclined to regard him as doing anything other than pursuing his own self-interest. Again, I am much more interested in objective sources, and what ROCOR itself says in response to these matters. [/QUOTE]

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