MANY STILL LOOK FORWARD TO AN ADEQUATE RESPONSE FROM THE ARCHBISHOP OF ALBANIA CONCERNING THE TOPIC OF UKRAINE

Eric Lozano

His beatitude, Anastasios, Arcbishop of Tirana, Durres, and Albania, recently responded to a criticism concerning his Christmas appeal in which he attempted to call for a solution to the "crisis" in Ukraine. The Archbishop's response is not very long, and the heart of his defense letter is the following section, "In all the previous cases of granting Autocephaly– and naturally to the Church of Albania– Autocephaly was granted to the canonical Metropolises of each country and not to small sections of them composed of imperfectly restored schismatics."

ARCHBISHOP ANASTASIOS APPEAL FOR CHRISTMAS 2019: A NOBEL DESIRE BUT A MONOLOGUE THAT IGNORES THE REAL CAUSES AND SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS

Eric Lozano

Archbishop Anastasios of Albania has published an appeal for "Christmas 2019" The appeal of the archbishop is noble, yet it is a failure before even beginning because it fails to deal with the real problems, the root cause of the present situation: First, he imagines that appeasement of bullies is or will bring about "unity." But appeasement has not and will never create true unity.

SOME THOUGHTS ON THE GREAT AND HOLY COUNCIL IN RELATION TO THE FUTURE OF CONCILIARITY

ERIC LOZANO·TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2016

One of the interesting things about the Great and Holy Council held earlier this year after much preparation was that it was convened with the understanding that it would be a source of great consequences and blessings for the future of Orthodoxy, and, indeed, for all humanity.

ANTIOCH AND THE HOLY AND GREAT COUNCIL

There was an interesting exchange on the Antiochian Patriarchate's absence from the Holy and Great Council. It was posted on the open Fb group “Panorthodox Council & the Future of Conciliarity”. We reproduce it because it sheds light on some hidden aspects of this unfortunate incident. In this exchange there are arguments from both sides.