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A S 2017 Cover.Indd AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2017 VOL. LXXXII, No. 8-9 THE HERALD JACKSON, MI 2017 EPISCOPATE CONGRESS SOLIA — THE HERALD (ISSN 0038-1039) is published bi-monthly for $15.00 per year: ENGLISH EDITOR / SECRETARY: United States, $20.00 per year: Canada, and $25.00 per year in other countries by The Ro- Rev. Fr. David Oancea manian Orthodox Episcopate of America, 2535 Grey Tower Road, Jackson, MI 49201-9120. Periodicals postage paid at Jackson, Michigan, ROMANIAN EDITOR: and additional offices. Phone: (517) 522-3656, Rev. Fr. Dan Hoarste Fax: (517) 522-5907. E-mail: [email protected]. Internet: http://www.roea.org. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: SOLIA — THE HERALD, P.O. Box 185, Grass STAFF: Lake, MI 49240-0185, U.S.A. V. Rev. Dr. Remus Grama CHAIRMAN: Photo submissions: Use high resolution/ Mr. Mark Chestnut quality digital camera settings (at least 300 dpi). Most Rev. Archbishop Articles and news published in SOLIA do not Mr. Richard C. Grabowski necessarily reflect the views or the endorsement Nathaniel Popp of the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America. CONTENTS VATRA English Section Archbishop Nathaniel’s Address to the ENERATIONS Episcopate Congress 2017 ............................. 3-4 G The End of the Church Year, Fr. Thomas Hopko ............................. 5, 11-14, 17 APPEAL Twenty-Two Clergy, Lay Leaders Complete $600,000 OCA’s Third Mission School ......................... 6, 8 Antiochian Orthodox Priest Addresses Suicide Prevention Awareness in University of Michigan Panel ............................................ 9-10 OCA Represented at Orthodox-Evangelical Consultation .......................................................7 Lone Suspect Confesses to Attacking Two OCA Churches in Ohio ........................................ 7, 10 Financial Report ............................................ 15-17 Chicagoland Orthodox Christians Celebrate 125 Years ..........................................................18 Romanian Section Taberele de Vară din Episcopie — 2017 ........ 19-20 Din Viața Parohiilor ... ........................................21 Cuvântul Inaltpreasfintitului Parinte Nathaniel la Congresul Eparhial ................................22, 24 Folosirea Forței Fizice Corective Împotriva $189,414 Copiilor în Canada, Pr. Nicolae Lăpuște .... 23-24 collected as of October 11, 2017 CONCERNING FREQUENT COMMUNION OF THE Mail your check payable to: IMMACULATE MYSTERIES OF CHRIST Romanian Orthodox Episcopate Truly, truly, I say to you, PO Box 309, Grass Lake MI 49240-0309 Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man, To read about the project and donate via credit card, And drink his blood, you have no life in you. go to: roea.org and click on the DONATE button. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood, Donations are tax-deductible. has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is COVER: Clergy and Delegates who participat- drink indeed. ed at the 2017 Episcopate Congress on August He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood, 31-September 3 at Vatra Romaneasca, Grass Lake, abides in me, and I in him. Michigan. Photo Credit: J.E. Lazar John 6:53-56 2 PRAY AND WORK FOR ORTHODOX UNITY IN NORTH AMERICA SOLIA AUG/SEPT 2017 ARchBISHOP NATHANIEL’S ADDRESS TO THE EPISCOPATE CONGRESS 2017 How Quickly the History of our Diocese is Forgotten! Reverend Clergy, the focus of intrigue, of conflict and conspiracies, of Honorable Delegates, bitterness. Talk of graft, corruption and misbehavior Guests: became the new normal. Certain individuals, with Christ is among us! special “axes to grind”, incited conflict between so- When the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu fell at called “true Romanians” and the rest of the faithful of the end of 1989, the Episcopate immediately began our diocese. Gradually, the age-old ideals of love for to think of ways to help the people of Romania, our all, of care for our fellow man and of service to our people, as far as was in our poor power. We founded Lord and God and Savior were replaced by discord “Help for Romania” which later became the Depart- and struggles over property and power. ment of Christian Assistance; and by the grace of God, Today, I am here to tell you that those days are over. over the years, we were able to facilitate the sending The days of politics and intrigue are gone. The days of of over 85 million dollars of relief to the land of our living and acting as the Church of Christ have returned. spiritual and cultural heritage. In this Diocese, there are no Romanians, Americans 85 million dollars! What other group of people – or Canadians, no “real Orthodox” or “converts”; but promoters of Țara și Neamul [Country and Nation], all are one in Jesus Christ, to paraphrase St. Paul. patriots, propagandists, protesters – which of them To be sure, we will fight to protect the patrimony did as much for their brothers and sisters? of this Episcopate. We will not permit disobedience But there are those who would have you believe and schism – heresy, in fact – to chip away at the we hate Romania -- that we forgot where we came lifeblood of the Body of Christ. We will assert and from – shame on them! defend the Church against her enemies by every pos- When it came time to distribute all that aid, we knew sible means. But we will never forget that our mission that just as the hierarchy in Romania knew nothing of is to bring salvation to the world and ourselves. That our needs and problems here, we also knew nothing is the charge against which we will be judged on that of the needs and problems over there. So we turned Great Day of Our Lord. to the leaders of the Church of Romania and entrusted Our Lord said, “By this all men will know that you them with the task of determining where and to whom are my disciples – if you have love for each other.” aid should go. When the pagans saw the first Christians, they said: But there are those who would have you believe “See how they love one another!” we hate Romania -- that we forgot where we came We know that we live in a pagan world today, where from – shame on them! the Gospel is forgotten and the Church is ridiculed. When we visited Romania on numerous occasions, we And that, beloved, is nobody’s fault but our own. So served together with our brother bishops in Romania; today, I call on Orthodox Christians of true faith and we ordained priests for the Romanian Church, and we true worship – let us love one another, and let us say even officiated the Divine Liturgy in the Patriarchal “Brother” even to those who hate us; and let us join Cathedral in Bucharest. together in the proper work of the Church. But there are those who would have you believe Today, in order to re-establish the peace and good we are un-canonical, that we hate Romania -- that order of our Episcopate, I have reinstated the Deaneries we forgot where we came from – shame on them! of our Episcopate: We did all these things for one simple reason: we Quebec and the Maritime Provinces are the Church. We do these things, because we love Ontario Christ – and loving Christ, we cannot do anything but Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest love those who were created in His image and like- California and the Southwest ness. That is the vision that drives us – the greatest The South commandment of our Lord. That is what it means to The Midwest be the Bride of Christ, who sacrificed Himself for us, Michigan even though we didn’t deserve it. Ohio and Western Pennsylvania Over the past fifteen years, we have strayed from The Northeast that original vision of the Church as the Bride of The Southeast Christ in the world. Slowly, step-by-step, we began I will charge the Deans to lead their Deaneries by to think only about ourselves. Our Episcopate became fulfilling the requirements of Article Sections of the SOLIA AUG/SEPT 2017 PRAY AND WORK FOR ORTHODOX UNITY IN NORTH AMERICA 3 Episcopate By-Laws, as follows: Church – is called to offer. This afternoon, you will hear from a young lady of ARTICLE V our Diocese. Her name is Delia Popoviciu. Delia is THE DEANERIES the daughter of Romanian immigrants and the face of Section 1 the youngest generation of Orthodox Christian Roma- The Episcopate Council, subject to ratification by nians. Most of her family lives in Romania. She speaks the Episcopate Congress, may group the Parishes into Romanian fluently. She is proud of her heritage. And Deaneries to function as administrative units of the she lives in America. Delia was selected to represent Episcopate. our Diocese at a Youth Conference of IOCC, the In- ternational Orthodox Christian Charities, last June. I Section 2 urge you to hear her presentation, ask questions and The head of a Deanery shall be a Priest appointed form your own opinions. by the Bishop with the knowledge of the Episcopate The need is dire. All around us, there is despair, Council, and he shall have the following duties and poverty, drug addiction, loneliness, mental illness, and authority: spiritual starvation. Our entire society is searching (a) At the direction of the Bishop, to transmit to the for answers. Parishes the directives of the Episcopate and to How can we let humanity starve all around us, while implement them; we hold the secret of life? Who has the answer? We (b) To organize religious services, and temporary ex- do. We have the one thing that will save the world and change of Priests in the Parishes; us. We have the True Faith. We have seen the True (c) In the case of a vacancy in a Parish and in con- Light. We have received the Heavenly Spirit.
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