On Sunday, July 1/14, 2013 His Eminence Metropolitan Moses of Toronto was enthroned in the Cathedral of St. Nektarios, Toronto, Canada.
The enthronement was performed by His Eminence, Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Attica and Boeotia, the representative of the Holy Synod of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece. The enthronement took place during the Divine Liturgy just before the Thrice-Holy Hymn at the synthronon according to a 14th century Book of Rubrics of the Diocese of Karpasia, Cyprus.
Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Church is a beautiful mission parish near downtown Tucson, a city in southern Arizona. It was started in 1997 by Father John Bockman, who was a missionary Priest formerly serving missions in Tennessee and Massachusetts since 1990. Father John served the faithful in Tucson and the surrounding area in his home Chapel until his repose in November of 2000. His wife, Presbytera Valerie, continued to make her home Chapel available for the mission, with clergy from Saint Nectarios Orthodox Church in Seattle and His Eminence, Metropolitan Moses of Toronto (then of Portland), visiting to provide the Divine Services.
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Q. In considering becoming part of the GOC in America, I am getting warnings from various circles that the attitude of GOC people is that of being “walled off,” “arrogant,” “judgmental,” and “in your face” toward those not in the Genuine Orthodox Church, with accusations such as “World Orthodox” priests are “not even Christians” and the like. Could you give me your personal, realistic assessment of this dynamic and possibly refer me to an official statement on how GOC members should and do relate to and communicate with those in “World Orthodoxy”? Read more...