The much-condemned early 20th century heresy of Name Worship[1] has recently snagged new partisans from among the ranks of the Synod of the Holy Orthodox Church in North America (HOCNA).[2] Despite the significance of the fact that among the most fervent apostles of this latter day heresy were Father Pavel Florensky and Father Sergei Bulgakov (both of whose sophiological speculations were to be condemned as heresy, and whose support for Name Worship certainly should have raised warning flags) HOCNA’s recent converts to Name Worship heedlessly forge ahead nonetheless.[3]
Read MoreA Red Herring from the Green Patriarch?
By Bishop Sergios of Loch Lomond
Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and his Synod have issued a special Encyclical for the Sunday of Orthodoxy [Protocol #213] in which he takes vehement issue with those whose opposition to the contemporary phenomenon of syncretist ecumenism is based, he claims, on their opposition to dialogue and to the reunion of Christians.
Read MoreMan's Fate: Some Scriptural Evidence
By Bishop Sergios of Loch Lomond
Attention has recently been drawn to the fate of mankind after death.
As we approach the Sunday of The Second Coming of Christ, popularly known as “Meatfare”, we will hear one of the Saviour’s parables when the Gospel of Saint Matthew, 25: 31-46, is read: