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Dear friends, Since some of you have spoken about Fr. Seraphim Rose of ROCOR, how that he will become a saint recognized by the Church, I want to ask you how you also feel about the Blessed Metropolitan Philaret of New York, former First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia. Surely, this pious man will become recognized as a Saint of the Church; and we have a friend who we will want to venerate and ask for his help in our prayers.
Dear Blessed Metropolitan Philaret of New York, please pray to God for us sinners; through the Intercessions of the Blessed Theotokos, LORD Jesus Christ, Son of GOD, have mercy on all of us; AMEN.
Sincerely, In Erie PA Scott Harrington
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EP
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Blessed Metropolitan Philaret of New York was a confessor of Orthodoxy, known for his leadership of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad as its Chief Hierarch from the early 60s until his death in 1986. He is also noted for his \"Sorrowful Epistles\" written to fellow Chief Hierarchs of the Orthodox Church, in response to the reckless ecumenism of his era that saw the so-called \"Lifting of Anathemas\" by Pope Paul VI of Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras of Constantinople. Blessed Metropolitan Philaret\'s relics are incorrupt and repose in the ROCOR cathedral in New York.
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MN
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I would be perfectly comfortable with his canonization IF it wasn\'t used by ultra-conservative Orthodox people as a battering ram against groups like the Greek Archdiocese. Often (as in the case of Fr. Seraphim Rose, I think) it\'s not the PERSON\'S actual sanctity that is the issue for me, but rather the motives and methods of the current-day proponents of that person. (As I commented on the thread about Fr. Seraphim\'s possible canonization.)
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Paul Barrera
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Namees wrote:
I would be perfectly comfortable with his canonization IF it wasn't used by ultra-conservative Orthodox people as a battering ram against groups like the Greek Archdiocese. Often (as in the case of Fr. Seraphim Rose, I think) it's not the PERSON'S actual sanctity that is the issue for me, but rather the motives and methods of the current-day proponents of that person. (As I commented on the thread about Fr. Seraphim's possible canonization.)
I\'m in Namees camp. If he\'s canonized, then glory to God! Please don\'t hijack a saint to slander a jurisdiction - that\'s a sin, and you\'re sending yourself straight to hell by doing it.
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