A BLESSED DAY
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Dialogue between the Patriarchs of Jerusalem and the Patriarch of Moscow has led to the reconciliation of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Orthodox Catholic Church.
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The Russian Orthodox Church is now part of the one Orthodox Catholic Church
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Both Patriarchs have reached this historic accord with the realisation that there were no substantial doctrinal differences between the two patriarchates, and that the sole problems were minor misunderstandings. After this some small administrative problems were reconciled and the Churches were made one, with the wholehearted support of the pious King Baldwin of Jerusalem, and the great Tsar of Mother Russia.
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: The Russian Orthodox Church shall be come a sui iuris (autonomous) church within and indivisibly apart of the one Orthodox Catholic Church, under the direct governance of the patriarch of moscow. (think eastern Catholics)
: The Patriarch of Jerusalem has primacy of honour due to his historic see, but that the Patriarch of Moscow is equal in dignity and stature to the Jerusalem Patriarch
: That the Patriarch of Jerusalem, as Hierarch of the Holy City has the sole right to excommunicate and call crusades
:The Russian and the "Western" rites of the Orthodox Catholic Church are equal in dignity, and each sui iuris Church shall retain its own rights and liturgical customs as equally valid expressions of the same, single faith and teachings
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Both Patriarchs have agreed that as equals they shall regularly consult with eachother as brothers in all important matters in order to preserve the unity of the Church that has been achieved through much effort on this historic occasion, and which shall serve as a sign of the unity of true orthodox christianity against the various heresies of our times.
Furthermore in the spirit of brotherhood at this momentous occasion, the Tsar and the King joyously
signed, Trade Agreements, a Defensive Pact and a Non Agression Pact between Russia and Jerusalem.
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ooc:
@ Sonereal: Theres a query for you on the social group as to the precise status of the Church now that we have a newly unified Church that subsumes entirely independent Russian Orthodox religion into the One Church.
Also Ninjacow should be sending you a confirmation pm, or be posting on here soon enough for the record. Russia is an industrious nation and its Tsar has many concerns on his time
