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Interview with Bishop John, ROCOR administrator of Old Believers #365408 06/11/11 01:07 PM
Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 388 Cleveland, Ohio P Polish American Member
Polish American Member P Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 388 Cleveland, Ohio	His Grace Bishop John (Berzins) of Caracas and South America rules the most restive diocese, that of South America, of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia. His Grace spoke to a correspondent from the website Neskuchniy Sad about how the Old Believers in America came to speak English and also how he ministers to Old Believer communities which joined ROCOR in the 1980’s (end of article). http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/engdocuments/enart_bpjohninterviewcarribean.html Bishop John was consecrated Bishop in 2008 at the Russian Orthodox Old Rite Church in Erie. http://www.synod.com/synod/eng2008/6enbpberzins.html

Re: Interview with Bishop John, ROCOR administrator of Old Believers Polish American #365413 06/11/11 08:41 PM
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 458 Pittsburgh, PA Erie Byz Member
Erie Byz Member Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 458 Pittsburgh, PA	His Grace is spoken very highly of by my friend who is a member of the Old Rite Community in Erie and I can see why; he truly seems like a very holy and intelligent man.

Re: Interview with Bishop John, ROCOR administrator of Old Believers Polish American #365418 06/12/11 01:49 AM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 10,090 Likes: 15 Massachusetts Irish Melkite Global Moderator Member
Irish Melkite Global Moderator Member Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 10,090 Likes: 15 Massachusetts	Nice interview. Very informative in all respects. Many years, Neil "One day all our ethnic traits ... will have disappeared. Time itself is seeing to this. And so we can not think of our communities as ethnic parishes, ... unless we wish to assure the death of our community."

Re: Interview with Bishop John, ROCOR administrator of Old Believers Irish Melkite #367603 08/06/11 02:50 PM
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Anthony Member Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 392 Likes: 1 New York	Interesting. I always thought Erie was the only Old Believer parish in ROCOR's jurisdiction.

Re: Interview with Bishop John, ROCOR administrator of Old Believers Anthony #367652 08/08/11 09:49 AM
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 149 Dallas (McKinney), TX D Dave in McKinney Member
Dave in McKinney Member D Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 149 Dallas (McKinney), TX	Interesting read, thank you.

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