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SSPX in Latvia #417899 01/10/18 04:14 AM
Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 788 Singapore E Edward Yong Member
Edward Yong Member E Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 788 Singapore	Christ is Born! So, not content with their mess in Ukraine, the SSPX have gone and started a group in Latvia calling itself 'The Society of St. John the Precursor of the Lord'. http://fsspx-fsipd.lv/en/fsipd Can we slap Fellay yet?

Re: SSPX in Latvia Edward Yong #417902 01/10/18 09:49 AM
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Fr. Al Member F Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 533 Likes: 2 Western Pennsylvania	Glory Him! Not directly relevant to the above, but I read somewhere that some Latvian Orthodox(yes, they really do exist) approached Metropolitan Stephanos, the EP watch of Estonia, with the request that he take them under his Canonical protection. The Metropolitan allegedly said that he'd had enough problems with the Russians! Is the so-called Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate in Ukraine connected with the SSPX Society? My guess is no, since they are Sedavacantists.

Re: SSPX in Latvia Edward Yong #417903 01/10/18 09:50 AM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 533 Likes: 2 Western Pennsylvania F Fr. Al Member
Fr. Al Member F Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 533 Likes: 2 Western Pennsylvania	EP EXARCH.Stupid cell phone again!

Re: SSPX in Latvia Edward Yong #417907 01/10/18 10:41 PM
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 638 Likes: 1 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Collin Nunis Member
Collin Nunis Member Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 638 Likes: 1 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	So if I understood this correctly, these are Orthodox who are not content with either EP or MP, and refused the Catholic Church?

Re: SSPX in Latvia Edward Yong #417908 01/11/18 01:46 AM
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,885 Western Australia Pavel Ivanovich Member
Pavel Ivanovich Member Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,885 Western Australia	The other group founded by the SSPX - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priestly_Society_of_Saint_Josaphat

Re: SSPX in Latvia Edward Yong #417911 01/11/18 11:35 AM
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Fr. Al Member F Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 533 Likes: 2 Western Pennsylvania	To answer Collin, neither the Byzantine Catholic "Patriarchate" , nor the SSPX Society in Ukraine, is made up of dissident Orthodox. There was s bishop of the Kyivan Patriarchate who joined the Sedavacantists, but this was completely independent of the Byzantine "Patriarchate". He was received by Bishop Privarunas, in Germany, I think. His name was Yury Yurchik. I don't know what became of him.

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