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MOTHER ELIZABETH on May 9, 2019 1:30 pm

In my Mother’s Day Prayers about the crisis of the Orthodox Church in America, I see renewed hope in the infrastructure realignment in the Greek Orthodox Diocese of America to be the leading force to transition to A NEW ERA OF DEMOCRACY and freedom FROM FOREIGN RULERS. FREEDOM FROM designated leaders SWEEPING SEXUAL ABUSE, THEFT of monies from Parishes, and moral travesty under a table that can no longer hold the dirt, mold and decay of unrighteous living.

When a critical mass of people come together and see the dysfunctional units of ethnocentric preservation at the cost of harm to their children, their families, and the pain and suffering ABUSE has wrought throughout America and the world, and our Lord God acts with the “BOOKS BEING OPENED”, the Light of the RESURRECTION will shine through.

The answer is NOT in asking a Global Hierarch who is (are) a WOLF (WOLVES) to protect the henhouse and the little chicks.

The composer Sergei Prokofiev +1953) had more in mind than only education about the instruments of the orchestra when he wrote the musical PETER AND THE WOLF. It was the bravery of a young man to take up his fight against the wolf with a small band of helpers disregarding restraint of the status quo. Th instruments represent all the diversity voices coming together for support.
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What was so very critical about the appointment of Archbishop Spyridon was the revelation of sexual abuses coming to light and occurring in his appointment in the late 1990’s.

Following the directions of our spiritual leader Father Roman Braga (+2015), “Put your ducks in a row and shout CHRIST IS RISEN!”.

Address the real cause of the break up. The ability to NO longer effectively take funds designated for one purpose and use them to pay off legal settlements of clergy-related SEXUAL ABUSE.

This goes for ALL the Orthodox Christian jurisdictions in America.

Time for through cleaning, not only putting new people in positions as “treasurer” as the OCA has done this week, and changing out the “chancellor” that have not yet experienced the manipulation of funding’s to deal with the abuse issues.

Acknowledge the sins and change.