Any Greek Orthodox priests out there i can talk to about something?
Any orthodox priests who can possibly give me an email address so i can ask them something? Please.
Here are a few priests who seem, from their writings, as though they wouldn’t mind hearing from you:
• Fr. John Matusiak (OCA) [ tocmed@hotmail.com ]. He writes a Q&A feature for the OCA’s official website.
• Fr. Ares Metrakos (Greek) [ FrMetrakos@orthodoxytoday.org ]. He writes articles for the website _Orthodoxy Today_ that often deal with pastoral matters. He’s very down-to-earth.
• Fr. George Morelli (Antiochian) [ gmorelli@fdu.edu ]. He is a licensed clinical psychologist who writes frequently on pastoral issues, including for _Orthodoxy Today_.
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• Regarding "Fr Alexander" on Yahoo Answers:
Unfortunately, we don’t know whether "Fr Alexander" is a real Orthodox priest. I looked over a selection of his answers, and they seem basically Orthodox in content, except for one dealing with ancient heresies — which should have been simple for a priest.
To be fair, we all have our bad days, and he noted that he might be wrong. But I must say that it is *very* odd that he calls himself a priest and does not fully identify himself or what Church exactly he belongs to. Before trusting any counsel you receive from him — or any supposed priest you find online — you should do the following:
1) Get from him his last name and the name of his archdiocese (i.e. his "jurisdiction") and the name of his bishop.
2) Check and see if the jurisdiction is mentioned at the relevant link below. If it isn’t, drop him like a hot potato.
3) If it is, click through to go to the official website of that jurisdiction, look him up there, and get his phone number. Then give him a call and make sure it’s the same guy.
There are a fair number of wackos and creeps out there who call themselves Orthodox clergy. It’ll be ten or so minutes well-spent.
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October 06 2009 05:57 am | Uncategorized
Juice002 on 06 Oct 2009 at 11:17 am #
Ask / there folks here that will give to you both ways.
Then you will have something to compare…….
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HTacianas on 06 Oct 2009 at 11:57 am #
Father Alexander is around sometimes. His profile doesn’t allow email but if you add him as a contact then re post your question he should see it. Here is his profile:
http://answers.yahoo.com/my/profile;_ylt=AjJ23B71xzSfdJ0xDD9gRWjsy6IX;_ylv=3?show=0JE41mXsaa
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Polytropos on 06 Oct 2009 at 12:14 pm #
Here are a few priests who seem, from their writings, as though they wouldn’t mind hearing from you:
• Fr. John Matusiak (OCA) [ tocmed@hotmail.com ]. He writes a Q&A feature for the OCA’s official website.
• Fr. Ares Metrakos (Greek) [ FrMetrakos@orthodoxytoday.org ]. He writes articles for the website _Orthodoxy Today_ that often deal with pastoral matters. He’s very down-to-earth.
• Fr. George Morelli (Antiochian) [ gmorelli@fdu.edu ]. He is a licensed clinical psychologist who writes frequently on pastoral issues, including for _Orthodoxy Today_.
* * * * * * *
• Regarding "Fr Alexander" on Yahoo Answers:
Unfortunately, we don’t know whether "Fr Alexander" is a real Orthodox priest. I looked over a selection of his answers, and they seem basically Orthodox in content, except for one dealing with ancient heresies — which should have been simple for a priest.
To be fair, we all have our bad days, and he noted that he might be wrong. But I must say that it is *very* odd that he calls himself a priest and does not fully identify himself or what Church exactly he belongs to. Before trusting any counsel you receive from him — or any supposed priest you find online — you should do the following:
1) Get from him his last name and the name of his archdiocese (i.e. his "jurisdiction") and the name of his bishop.
2) Check and see if the jurisdiction is mentioned at the relevant link below. If it isn’t, drop him like a hot potato.
3) If it is, click through to go to the official website of that jurisdiction, look him up there, and get his phone number. Then give him a call and make sure it’s the same guy.
There are a fair number of wackos and creeps out there who call themselves Orthodox clergy. It’ll be ten or so minutes well-spent.
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* I’m a lifelong Orthodox Christian and a graduate student of Theology.
* Checking out supposed Orthodox priests:
– - In America: http://aggreen.net/parishes/find_parishes.html
– - In the UK:
– - – - Greeks: http://www.thyateira.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=84&Itemid=85
– - – - Others: http://www.thyateira.org.uk/index.php?option=com_weblinks&catid=48&Itemid=23
– - In Australia: http://orthodoxwiki.org/Orthodoxy_in_Australia#Jurisdictions [Look under either 1) "With Local Bishop" or 2) "Without Local Bishop."]
– - In New Zealand: http://orthodoxwiki.org/New_Zealand [Look under either 1) "With Local Bishop" or 2) "Without Local Bishop."]
* That heresy question I mentioned (just for reference): http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AsnyPkUCmO4LpOwpQiX4eEbty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20090224123022AAepUzN