Dear Father Photios, May the blessing of the Lord be with you! Thank you very much for the invitation of the Orthodox Conference to be a speaker at the 1981 Conference in Pennsylvania. I am honored and grateful. However, next summer will be a very busy one for me. At just about the same time … Read more

Dear John [Hudanish], May the blessing of the Lord be with you! A few words on a point or two of your recent letter; I was rather disappointed that you didn’t appreciate Fr. Roman’s letter. I read it again after reading your letter, and it’s obvious to me that his letter comes from the heart … Read more

Dear Michael, May the blessing of the Lord be with you! Thank you for your long and informative letter on the Seattle conference and your own ideas on Fr. Dimitry Dudko. We were not at all offended by anything you wrote there; in our opinion it is quite possible to have differences of opinion on … Read more

Dear Rev. [Marion J. (Symeon)] Cardoza, May the blessing of the Lord be with you. I have received your second letter and am very touched by the urgency of your appeal to find the true roots of Christianity. Please forgive my delay in answering your first letter; we have been very busy these past few … Read more

Dear John [Hudanish], May the blessing of the Lord be with you. It was good to hear from you at such length. I will answer your questions as well as I can in the little time I have: Regarding Dr. [Stephen] Reynolds: no, we had not invited him to speak at our Pilgrimage nor did … Read more

Dear Father Michael [Azkoul?], Christ is in our midst! I have read your letter to Father Herman, expressing your grief over the division which seems to be occurring in our Russian Church Abroad. You are certainly correct that the issue at stake is not the teaching of Deacon Lev Puhalo, nor is it the attitude … Read more

Dear Fr. Demetrios, Christ is in our midst! We were glad to hear of your conference next summer; these conferences could be valuable supports for our difficult task of standing in the truth in these evil times. I hope you don’t mind if I have a suggestion or two for this conference: First, I think … Read more

St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood Platina, California 96076 AN OPEN LETTER TO FATHER NEKETAS PALASSIS Dear Father Neketas, Christ is in our midst! I wish to speak a word to you from the heart, and at the same time to explain to you and others why I feel unable to come to your Seattle conference … Read more

Dear Father Hilarion, Christ is in our midst! I’ve wanted to write you so many times, but I seem to be constantly distracted, and now that I have a specific occasion to do so I cant remember the other things I wanted to talk to you about! Anyway, please remember us poor distracted ones in … Read more

Dear Father Demetrios, Christ is in our midst! Thank you very much for your letter with its concern over church harmony in connection with Fr. Herman’s going (or not going) to the Seattle conference next month. Several priests have contacted us in this same connection—some saying about the same thing you said, but others, on … Read more