Esphigmenou Monastery

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Holy Community, Holy Mountian=20 Athos &nb= sp; &nbs= p; = ; =20 Karyes, 30 December 2006

Protocol Number 2/7/2310

The recent visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the Ecumenical Patriarchate = on the=20 occasion of that Throne=92s feast-day celebration of Saint Andrew (30th = November=20 2006) and thereafter the visit by His Beatitude the Archbishop of Athens = Mr.=20 Christodoulos to the Vatican on (14th December 2006) provoked a variety = of=20 impressions, evaluations and reactions. We shall skip those things = that=20 the secular Press had evaluated as positive or negative, to focus on = those=20 things that pertain to our salvation, for whose sake we came out from = the world=20 to live in the wilderness of the Holy Mountain.

As Monks of the Holy Mountain, we respect the Ecumenical = Patriarchate, under=20 whose canonical jurisdiction we belong. We honor and venerate His = All=20 Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Mr. Mr. Bartholomew and we rejoice in all = that he=20 has achieved and so labored for, in a Godly manner, for the Church. We=20 especially commemorate his solid and untiring defense of the Ecumenical=20 Patriarchate, amid the many unfavorable conditions that exist, as well = as his=20 support for impoverished local Orthodox Churches and the care that is = taken to=20 spread the message of the Orthodox Church throughout the world. =20 Furthermore, we the Monks of the Holy Mountain honor the Most Holy = Church of=20 Greece, from which most of us grew up in, and we respect His Beatitude = the=20 Primate.

However, the events that took place during the recent visits of the = Pope to=20 Patriarchate and of His Beatitude the Archbishop to the Vatican evoked = deep=20 sorrow in our hearts.

We desire and we struggle through our way of life to safeguard the = trust=20 willed to us by the Holy Fathers, which was bequeathed to us by the holy = Founders of our Sacred Monasteries and the blessed reposed fathers who = have gone=20 before us. We strive to the best of our ability to live the = mystery of the=20 Church and the unblemished Orthodox Faith, according to what we are = daily taught=20 by the divine Services, the sacred readings, and the teachings in = general of the=20 Holy Fathers which are set out in their writings and in the decisions of = the=20 Ecumenical Synods. We safeguard our dogmatic conscience =93like = the apple of=20 our eye=94, and we build on it, by applying ourselves to God-pleasing = labors and=20 the meticulous study of the achievements of the holy Confessor Fathers = when they=20 struggled against the miscellaneous heresies, and especially of our = father among=20 the saints, Gregory of Palamas, the Holy Martyrs of the Holy Mountain = and the=20 Holy Martyr Kosmas the First, whose sacred relics we kiss with every = honor and=20 whose sacred memory we celebrate. We are afraid to remain silent, = whenever=20 issues arise that pertain to the trust that our Fathers left us. Our=20 responsibility, towards the most venerable fathers and brothers of the = overall=20 brotherhood of the Holy Mountain and towards the pious faithful of the = Church=20 who regard Athonite Monasticism as their non-negotiable guardian of = sacred=20 Tradition, weighs heavily upon our conscience,

The visits of the Pope at the Patriarchate and the Archbishop=92s = visit at the=20 Vatican may have secured certain benefits of a secular nature, however, = during=20 those visits, various other events took place which were not according = to the=20 lawful custom of Orthodox Ecclesiology, or agreed commitments were made = that=20 would neither benefit the Orthodox Church, nor any heterodox = Christians.

First of all, the Pope was received as though he were a canonical = (proper)=20 bishop of Rome. During the service, the Pope wore an omophoron; he = was=20 addressed by the Ecumenical Patriarch with the greeting =93blessed is = the one who=20 comes in the name of the Lord=94 as though it were Christ the Lord; he = blessed the=20 congregation and he was commemorated as =93most holy=94 and =93His = Beatitude the=20 Bishop of Rome=94. Furthermore, the Pope=92s presiding on the = Bishop=92s Throne=20 while wearing an omophoron during the Orthodox Divine Liturgy; also, the = reciting of the =93Lord=92s Prayer=94, the liturgical kiss with the = Patriarch, are=20 displays which go beyond simple common prayer. And all of this, = when the=20 papist institution has not retreated at all on any of its heretical = teachings=20 and its policy; on the contrary, the Pope is in fact visibly promoting = and=20 trying to reinforce Uniates along with the Papist dogmas on primacy and=20 infallibility, and is going even further, with inter-faith common = prayers and=20 the pan-religious hegemony of the Pope of Rome that is discerned = therein.

As regards with the reception of the Pope at the Patriarchate, we are = especially grieved by the fact that all of the Media kept repeating the = same,=20 incorrect information, that the hymns that were (unduly) sung at the = time had=20 been composed by Monks of the Holy Mountain. We take this = opportunity to=20 responsibly inform all pious Christians that their composer was not, and = could=20 never be, a monk of the Holy Mountain.

Then there is the matter of the attempt by His Beatitude the = Archbishop of=20 Athens to commence relations with the Vatican on social, cultural and=20 bio-ethical issues, as well as the objective to mutually defend the = Christian=20 roots of Europe (positions which are also found in the Common = Declaration of the=20 Pope and the Patriarch of Istanbul), both of which may seem innocuous or = even=20 positive, given that their aim is to cultivate peaceful human relations. = Nevertheless, it is important that all these do not give the impression = that the=20 West and Orthodoxy continue to have the same bases, or lead one into = forgetting=20 the distance that separates the Orthodox Tradition from that which is = usually=20 presented as the =93European spirit=94. (Western) Europe is = burdened with a=20 series of anti-Christian institutions and acts, such as the Crusades, = the =93Holy=94=20 Inquisition, slave trading and colonization. It is burdened with the = tragic=20 division which took on the form of the schism of Protestantism; the = devastating=20 world wars, also the man-centered humanism and its atheist view. All of = these=20 are the consequence of Rome=92s theological deviations from = Orthodoxy. One=20 after the other, the Papist and the Protestant heresies gradually = removed the=20 humble Christ of Orthodoxy and in His place, they enthroned haughty = Man. =20 The holy bishop Nicholas of Ochrid and Zitsa wrote the following from = Dahau:=20 =ABWhat, then, is Europe? The Pope and Luther.... This is what Europe = is, at its=20 core, ontologically and historically=BB.=20 The blessed Elder Justin Popovitch supplements the above: = =ABThe=20 2nd Vatican Synod comprises the rebirth of every kind of European = humanism....=20 because the Synod persistently adhered to the dogma on the Pope=92s=20 infallibility=BB and he surmises: =ABUndoubtedly, the authorities = and the=20 powers of (western) European culture and civilization are = Christ-expellers=BB.=20 This is why it is so important to project the humble morality of = Orthodoxy and=20 to support the truly Christian roots of the united Europe; the roots = that Europe=20 had during the first Christian centuries, during the time of the = catacombs and=20 of the seven holy Ecumenical Synods. It is advisable for Orthodoxy = to not=20 saddle itself with foreign sins, and furthermore, the impression should = not be=20 given to those who became de-Christianized in reaction to the = sidetracking of=20 Western-style Christianity, that Orthodoxy is related to it, thus = failing to=20 testify that it is the only authentic Faith in Christ, and the only hope = of the=20 peoples of Europe.

The Roman Catholics are obviously attempting to disengage themselves = from the=20 decisions of their pursuant (and according to them, Ecumenical) Synods, = which=20 had legitimized the Filioque, the Primacy, the Infallibility, the = secular=20 authority of the Roman Pontiff, =91created Grace=92, the immaculate = conception of=20 the Holy Mother, and of the Uniates. Despite all these, we = Orthodox=20 continue the so-called traditional exchanges of visits, bestowing honors = befitting an Orthodox Bishop on the Pope and totally disregarding a = series of=20 Sacred Canons which forbid common prayers, while the theological = dialogue=20 repeatedly flounders, and, after being dredged from the depths, it again = sinks=20 down.

All indications lead to the conclusion that the Vatican is not = orienting=20 itself to discard its heretical teachings, but only to = =93re-interpret=94 them =96 in=20 other words, to veil them.

Roman Catholic ecclesiology varies, from one Encyclical to the next; = from the=20 so-called =93open=94 ecclesiology of the Encyclical =ABUt Unum Sint=BB, = to the=20 ecclesiological exclusivity of the Encyclical =ABDominus Jesus=BB. = It should=20 be noted that both of the aforementioned views are contrary to Orthodox=20 Ecclesiology. Our conscience duty bound declares the holy Orthodox = Church=20 as the only One, Holy, Catholic (=3Doverall) and Apostolic Church, does = not allow=20 for the recognition of other, heterodox churches and confessions as = =93sister=20 churches=94. =93Sister Churches=94 are only the local Orthodox = Churches of the=20 same faith. No other homonymous reference to =93sister churches=94 = other than=20 the Orthodox one is theologically permissible.

The =93Filioque=94 is promoted by the roman catholic side as yet = another legal=20 expression of the teaching regarding the procession of the Holy Spirit, = and=20 theologically equivalent to the Orthodox teaching that procession is = =93only from=20 the Father=94 =96 a view that is unfortunately supported by some of our = own=20 theologians.

Besides, the Pontiff is maintaining the Primacy as an inalienable = privilege,=20 as one can tell from the recent deletion of the title =93Patriarch of = the West=94 by=20 the current Pope Benedict XVI; also from his reference to the worldwide = mission=20 of the Apostle Peter and his successors during his homily in the = Patriarchal=20 Temple, as well as from his also recent speech, which included the = following:=20 =AB...within the society, with the Successors of the Apostles, whose = visible unity=20 is guaranteed by the Successor of the Apostle Peter, the Ukrainian = Catholic=20 Community managed to preserve the Sacred Tradition alive, in its = integrity=BB=20 (Catholic Newspaper, No.3046/18-4-2006).

The Uniates are being reinforced and reassured in many and various = ways,=20 despite the proclamations by the Pope to the contrary. This = dishonest=20 stance is witnessed, apart from other instances, by the provocative = intervention=20 of the previous Pope, John-Paul II, which led the Orthodox-roman = catholic=20 dialogue in Baltimore into a disaster, as well as by the letter sent by = the=20 current Pope to the Cardinal Ljubomir Husar, the Uniate Archbishop of=20 Ukraine. In this letter dated 22/2/2006, the following is = emphatically=20 stressed: =ABIt is imperative to secure the presence of the two great = carriers of=20 the only Tradition (the Latin and the Eastern).... The mission that the = Greek=20 Catholic Church has undertaken, being in full communion with the = Successor of=20 the Apostle Peter, is two-fold: on one side, it must visibly preserve = the=20 eastern Tradition inside the Catholic Church; on the other, it must = favor the=20 merging of the two traditions, testifying that they not only can = coordinate=20 between themselves, but that they also constitute a profound union amid = their=20 variety=BB.

Seen in this light, polite exchanges such as the visits of the Pope = to=20 Patriarchate (in Istanbul) and the Archbishop of Athens to the Vatican, = without=20 the prerequisite of a unity in the Faith, may on the one hand create the = false=20 impressions of unity and thus turn away the heterodox who could have = looked=20 towards Orthodoxy as being the true Church, and on the other hand, blunt = the=20 dogmatic sensor of many Orthodox. Even more, they may push some of = the=20 faithful and pious Orthodox, who are deeply concerned over what is = taking place=20 inopportunely and against the Sacred Canons, to detach themselves from = the=20 corpus of the Church and create new schisms.

Thus, out of love for our Orthodoxy, but with pain as regards the = unity of=20 the Church, and with a view to preserve the Orthodox Faith free of all=20 innovations, we proclaim in every direction that which was proclaimed by = the=20 Extraordinary, Double, Holy Assembly of our Sacred Community of the Holy = Mountain on the 9th / 22nd of April 1980:

=ABWe believe that our Holy Orthodox Church is the One, = Holy, Catholic=20 and Apostolic Church of Christ, having the fullness of Grace and the = Truth, and=20 for this reason, an uninterrupted Apostolic Succession. On the contrary, = the=20 =93churches=94 and the =93confessions=94 of the West, having distorted = the faith of the=20 Gospel, the Apostles and the Fathers on many points, are deprived of the = sanctifying Grace, the true Mysteries (Sacraments) and Apostolic=20 Succession...

Dialogues with the heterodox - if they are intended to inform them = about=20 the Orthodox Faith so that when they become receptive of divine = enlightenment=20 and their eyes are opened they might return to the Orthodox Faith =96 = are not=20 condemned.

In no way should a theological dialogue be accompanied by common = prayers,=20 participation in liturgical and worship assemblies, by either side and = any other=20 activities that might give the impression that our Orthodox Church = acknowledges=20 the Roman Catholics (or any Protestant confessions) as a complete Church = and the=20 Pope as a canonical (proper) Bishop of Rome. Such acts mislead the = Orthodox as well as the Roman Catholic (or Protestant) faithful, who are = given a=20 false impression of what Orthodoxy thinks of them....

With the Grace of God, the Holy Mountain remains faithful - as do = the=20 Orthodox people of the Lord - to the Faith of the Holy Apostles and the = Holy=20 Fathers, and also out of love for the heterodox, who are essentially = helped,=20 when the Orthodox with their steadfast Orthodox stance point out the = extent of=20 their spiritual ailment and the way they can be cured.

The failed attempts for union during the past teach us that for a=20 permanent union, according to the will of God, within the Truth of the = Church,=20 the prerequisite is a different kind of preparation and course, than = those which=20 were followed in the past and appear to be followed to this = day.=BB

By All the Representatives and Abbots of the common Assembly of = the Twenty=20 sacred monasteries of the Holy Mountain Athos

Monk Prodromos Gregoriates - Secretariat of the Sacred = Community

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