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"Orthodox Rus'" and the Moscow Patriarchate
Until it fell into the hands of the Sergianist-Ecumenists, the church-public organ "Orthodox Rus" was always a spiritual beacon pointing the way to Christ's Truth. Such foreign pillars as Archbishop Vitaly (Maksimenko), Archbishop Averky (Taushev), and Archimandrite Konstantin (Zaitsev) served on the magazine's editorial board. Excerpts from "Orthodox Rus" illustrate the traditional relationship of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia to the Moscow Patriarchate.
"An important decree of the Catacomb Church. Canonical decisions of the Holy Council of the Catacomb Church. For example, one of the decisions forbids the faithful from receiving spiritual guidance from clergy legalized by the anti-Christian government."
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1949, No. 17, p. 15).
“Diocesan Congress of the Western European Diocese of the ROCOR, November 27-28, 1949: “The Russian Church Abroad expresses the consciousness of the persecuted Russian Mother Church and denounces the lies and servility of the Moscow Patriarchate.”
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1949, No. 24, pp. 17-19).
From the Message of the Bishops’ Council of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia in 1950: “The Church Abroad remains outside of any communion with the Moscow Patriarchate, but embraces the confessorial feat of the Secret Catacomb Church, which preserves its faith in a clear conscience.”
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1950, No. 23-24, pp. 2-3).
“The Catacomb Church in Russia and the Russian Church Abroad stand on the canonical path of truth, while the Moscow Patriarchate has departed from Christ’s Truth and has become an obedient instrument of the godless authorities.”
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1951, No. 1, pp. 4-8).
“We are flesh of the flesh and blood of the blood of the Catacomb Church within Russia, but reliance on the Patriarchal Soviet Church is a break from God .”
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1951, No. 11, pp. 1-2).
"The faithful are rejecting the counterfeit Soviet Church as a false church and are retreating into the 'trails,' taking the true Church with them. The ROCOR extends its embrace to the Russian Orthodox people—to the hidden true Mother Church."
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1953, No. 9, pp. 1-3).
“The truly Orthodox Russia is not the one that is oriented toward the MP, this deceptive guise of godless Sovietism, but the one that is connected with the Catacomb Church.”
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1953, No. 18, pp. 1-2).
“The Russian Church Abroad has never recognized and can never recognize the Soviet Church and its deceitful false patriarchs Sergius and Alexy.”
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1956, No. 12, pp. 6-7).
"Message of the Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia in 1956 to the God-loving flock: The Church Abroad remains, as before, outside of canonical and prayerful communion with the so-called Patriarch Alexy and his co-workers, for in Russia only the Catacomb Church still preserves the purity and fidelity to the spirit of the ancient Apostolic Church."
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1956, No. 23, pp. 1-3).
At the Tenth Diocesan Assembly in 1957, Metropolitan Anastassy spoke of the " impassable abyss " separating the Church Abroad from the Soviet Church, which was imprinted with the stamp of lies. "We are inextricably linked with the Mother Church of the Catacombs , which is persecuted by the Soviet Church."
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1957, No. 10, pp. 4-7).
In his 1961 Appeal to the Entire Christian World, Metropolitan Anastassy captured the true position of the ROCOR: "Many prominent hierarchs refused to follow Metropolitan Sergius's path of compromise—a secret, or 'catacomb,' Church was formed, which exists in Russia to this day, and which the Soviet press calls 'a sect of true Orthodox Christians' and 'followers of Patriarch Tikhon.' The ROCOR considers itself to be in spiritual unity with this secret Church, and not with the Moscow Patriarchate , headed by the uncanonically elected Patriarch Alexy."
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1961, No. 22, pp. 1-3).
Archimandrite Konstantin (Zaitsev): " It is ungodly to perceive the Soviet Church as some kind of legitimate channel of ecclesiastical activity parallel to the Church Abroad. Currently, only the Catacomb Church—no other—is such a channel."
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1963, No. 19, pp. 7-8).
"Factual information: The Soviet Church is fulfilling the Soviet regime's mandate to convince the entire world that it is the true Russian Church. In fact, the true Church, the Tikhonite Church, went underground after the 'Sergianist' agreement and continues to exist there to this day."
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1964, No. 21, p. 8).
"Pastoral Conference of the Clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia in North America and Canada in 1969: The Soviet Church is captivated by Satanocracy, and the struggle is waged against the true Church—the Catacomb Church, with which the ROCOR stands in solidarity. The head of the ROCOR, Metropolitan Philaret, is commemorated by the Catacomb Church."
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1969, No. 18, pp. 8-10).
"The ROCOR does not recognize the Soviet Church in the person of the MP, because in Russia the true Orthodox Church has gone into the catacombs."
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1970, No. 13, pp. 8-9).
“ The MP is not a genuine representative of the Russian Orthodox Church , because it is bound by subordination to the godless Soviet power, while the genuine Russian Orthodox hierarchy is in prisons or catacombs.”
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1970, No. 20, pp. 2-4).
"Professor Znamensky G.A.: "The Catacomb Church and the ROCOR have preserved the truth of Orthodoxy, and they are not on the same path as the MP, a blind slave of the godless authorities ."
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1970, No. 21, p. 10).
Archbishop Averky (Taushev): "Our persecuted brothers and sufferers in the Homeland have distanced themselves from the Soviet Moscow Patriarchate, which has apostatized from Orthodoxy, and have long since begun to call themselves not simply 'Orthodox,' but 'True Orthodox Christians.' We are of one mind and one spirit with them."
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1971, No. 11, pp. 2-3).
"Archbishop Nikon (Rklitsky): "To recognize the Moscow Patriarch as the head of the Russian Orthodox Church in modern conditions means condemning the Catacomb Church, means refusing the duty of the Church and its hierarchy to inspire the Russian people to spiritual rebirth."
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1972, No. 8, pp. 4-5).
“The ROCOR must, as it has done until now, remind everyone that the statements of the current Moscow Patriarchate, often directly dictated by the enemies of the faith, should not be recognized as the voice of the Russian Church , nor as any kind of obligation for it.”
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1974, No. 21, p. 12).
"Archbishop Anthony of Los Angeles: "The Catacomb Church quite clearly and openly calls the new Martyrs and Confessors saints... Sergianism has distorted the teaching about the Church..."
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1975, No. 10, pp. 6-11).
“...the communist youth is sent by the Soviet authorities to theological seminaries to form them into ‘Soviet priests’ .
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1975, No. 18, pp. 8-9).
“The persecuted part of the true Church in Russia knows Metropolitan Philaret well and considers itself an inseparable part of the ROCOR, which will never enter into communion with the Soviet Patriarchate, which betrayed Orthodoxy .”
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1978, No. 8, pp. 10-11).
“Many MP hierarchs are protégés of atheists.”
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1980, No. 12, pp. 1-3).
"The 1981 message of Metropolitan Philaret to all the faithful children of the ROCOR on the occasion of the approaching glorification of the New Martyrs of Russia: "That part of the Russian Church that did not recognize the godless authority as legitimate and did not submit to it, went into the catacombs, and the hierarchy of the official church submitted to the godless authority and acts according to its instructions."
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1981, No. 11, pp. 1-3).
"The Moscow Patriarchate hasn't changed since the time of Patriarch Sergius, so the Church Abroad is not on the same path with it. The ROCOR is akin to the True Orthodox Church in Russia—the Catacomb Church."
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1990, No. 1, pp. 8-10).
“After joining the ecumenical movement in 1960, the MP became not only a schismatic, but also a heretical organization .”
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1990, No. 8, pp. 9-12).
"Message of the 1990 Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad to the faithful pastors and our beloved flock: The Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad has decided to cease relations with the Moscow Patriarchate following the declaration of Metropolitan Sergius. Catacomb Christians, who still exist today, completely reject the modern Moscow Patriarchate ."
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1990, No. 10, pp. 1-2).
"Testimony of the Russian Catacombs. A document of the Catacomb Church anathematizing all who hold the 'insane renovationist heresy of Sergianism,' led by Sergius of Nizhny Novgorod, Nicholas of Kiev, and Alexei Khutynsky."
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1996, No. 14, pp. 11-12).
"True Orthodox Christians deny the grace of the clergy registered with the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs."
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1939, No. 16-17, p. 7).
"The unanimous decision of the Lakewood parish: The True Church in Russia continues to be... cruelly persecuted; submission to the Moscow Patriarch is complicity in the mockery of the true, free Church."
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1947, No. 11, p. 14).
"For the first time in the history of the Church, Patriarch Alexy (Simansky) proclaimed a litany in Moscow 'for the health and salvation of the great Russian leader, Joseph Stalin...' Another blasphemy committed by the patriarch is calling new martyrs for the Christian faith political or criminal offenders. This compromise with the persecutors of the Church of Christ is not the path of Orthodoxy. The true Mother Church resides in the catacombs, does not pray for the atheists, does not desecrate churches , and does not apostatize from Orthodoxy."
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1947, No. 20, pp. 13-14).
"Just as two concepts – God and Satan, truth and falsehood – are opposed, so on the Russian land there are two irreconcilable concepts: the Josephite Church, which has gone into the catacombs, and the Sergianist Church – the Antichristian, godless, and deceitful one in the USSR."
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1948, No. 5, p. 12).
"The Soviet Church not only violated the holy canons, it trampled on the fundamental dogma of Orthodoxy – the Dogma of the Church, it betrayed the Holy Spirit , we doubt its grace."
(“Orthodox Rus'”, “Is the Soviet Church Blessed?”, 1948, No. 17-19, pp. 3-6; 3-6; 7-10).
"Metropolitan Sergius does not hear the voice of the Spirit of Truth , the Spiritual Council; the 'Soviet patriarch' has united with the spirit of the Antichrist . But the Russian Church is alive: in Russia, it is secret, in the catacombs; here, it is openly present—in the person of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia."
(“Orthodox Rus'”, “Diocesan Congress of the Western European Diocese in 1948”, 1948, No. 22, pp. 6-11).
"A large number of Orthodox Christian believers do not recognize the Soviet patriarch, deny the grace of the actions of priests who have submitted to Satan's power, and hide in the catacombs."
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1949, No. 8-9, p. 15).
"The true Church is Tikhon's. Anathema cuts off the false Moscow Church from everything that bears the seal of Christ."
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1951, No. 6, pp. 1-2).
"The Soviet Church of the deceivers has lost the spirit of universality inherent in true Orthodoxy ."
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1953, No. 9, pp. 4-6).
"The Soviet false church reveals its satanic nature ."
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1953, No. 11, pp. 1-3).
"The ROCOR represents a consistently preserved ecclesiastical entity—Old Church, Tikhonite. Grace is found here—nowhere else in Historical Russia than in the Catacomb Church within Russia ."
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1953, No. 19, pp. 1-2).
“When the Red Army fled during the war and when churches were reopened, believers everywhere demanded the consecration of the churches where the fleeing red priests had served . ”
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1956, No. 18, pp. 7-8).
" The antichrist principle has become clearly evident in the Soviet church ."
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1957, No. 24, pp. 1-3).
"The Soviet Church is a branch of the NKVD , with obedient agents dressed in priestly robes."
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1959, No. 3, pp. 11-12).
"True Orthodox Christians, the Tikhonite Church, are hostile to the 'patriarchal' church, considering it and its clergy to be servants of the Antichrist , which is why they avoid attending its churches." "In the Soviet church, under the guise of serving Christ, the work of the Antichrist is being carried out ."
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1960, No. 6, pp. 10-11; 13-14).
“ The harlot church, in the person of the Soviet church, entered into a business alliance with the ‘red beast’ , full of ‘blasphemous names’ , while the true, grace-filled Orthodox Church is in the catacombs .”
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1960, No. 17, pp. 4-5).
“The insightful Mother Agafia called the Soviet Church “not true, but signed up to serve the Antichrist .”
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1962, No. 10, pp. 10-11).
“Members of the ROC (True Orthodox Church) reject the official church as having ‘ sold out to the Antichrist ’.”
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1969, No. 10, p. 14).
"... the Soviet church that sold out Christ ."
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1970, No. 18, p. 9).
“The evil essence of the Soviet Church consists not only in the sin of recognizing the satanic power and the mortal sin of shedding the blood of the new martyrs of the true Church, hidden in the catacombs, but also in the terrible sin of replacing the Church – the sin of the Antichrist .”
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1973, No. 22, pp. 13-14).
“The confessors of the Catacomb Church – the heirs of the true and persecuted Russian Orthodox Church – are under constant attacks from the “legitimate” church authorities – the church of the wicked, which has lost its grace-filled power .”
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1976, No. 14, pp. 10-11).
“By calling the Moscow Patriarchate the Russian Orthodox Church even on the pages of the publications of our Church Abroad, we thereby show disloyalty to the new martyrs of Russia, slandered in the declaration, and to the Catacomb Church.”
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1987, No. 1, p. 9).
“The monks of the catacomb monasteries in the Caucasus Mountains did not recognize the grace of the Sergianist sacraments and never entered into communion with the Sergianist patriarchate.”
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1993, No. 22, pp. 11-12).
"Supporters of Metropolitan Joseph of Petrograd deny the grace of the Sergian sacraments ."
(“Orthodox Rus'”, 1995, No. 10, pp. 7-9).
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