Ecumenism
Articles in the Ecumenism category

Let us stand well!
The word “heresy” has quietly left our vocabulary. The “Sunday of Orthodoxy” reminds us that heresies are not to be taken lightly. Today, the pan-heresy of ecumenism is causing belief in the one, true Church to be left by the wayside.
March 4, 2017 by Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis
Ecumenism

Why did Elder Iakovos Tsalikis want Bartholomew as Patriarch?
Elder Iakovos Tsalikis prayed fervently that Metropolitan Bartholomew would become Patriarch of Constantinople. Do we interpret this to mean that the Elder, who was seen as a holy man in the eyes of many Orthodox faithful, accepted the pan-heresy of ecumenism?
February 3, 2017 by Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis
Ecumenism

An Open Letter to Archons “The Defenders of the Faith”
As an Archon, you have taken a sworn oath “to defend and promote the Greek Orthodox faith and tradition…[and] protect and promote the Holy Patriarchate and its mission.” Are you sure that the faith proclaimed by Patriarch Bartholomew is the faith you have sworn to defend?
December 3, 2016 by Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis
Ecumenism

How Patriarch Bartholomew is walking away from Christ
Should Patriarch Bartholomew “walk together” with other religions or make disciples of them for the Lord? It’s one or the other. Here is our “play-by-play” commentary on a statement the Patriarch released at the World Day of Prayer for Peace in Assisi.
December 2, 2016 by Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis
Ecumenism
Mocking our Lord: Commemorating Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
By Archimandrite Maximos Karavas. How does God tolerate a blasphemer and heresiarch, called “the one who is rightly proclaiming the word of Truth” and does not send down fire to burn us—both those who commemorate him, and us who hear these words and do not protest?!
November 3, 2016 by Orthodox Witness
Ecumenism

Deliver us “from evil” or “from the evil one”? The last word of the Lord’s Prayer
Evil or “the evil one”? We’ll look at why an incorrect translation endorsed by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese and other Orthodox jurisdictions is used in our churches today.
June 23, 2016 by Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis
Ecumenism

What Should we do when our Bishop is an Ecumenist?
What should we do when we witness the acknowledged first-in-honor bishop of the Orthodox Church flagrantly violating the canons of the Church with common prayers and with statements that compromise the uniqueness of the Church?
March 4, 2015 by Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis
Ecumenism