“Ecumenism, with the calendar reform, destroyed the unity of the festal calendar. Now, with this new deception, the completion of the destruction is being pursued.”
Dimitrios K.
Anagnostou, theologian | April 11, 2025
The complete festal unity according
to God and in Christ of all the faithful members of the Church throughout the
world, which the Holy and God-bearing Fathers of the Holy First Ecumenical
Council sought and achieved by the grace of God and the support of the Great
Constantine, has no relation whatsoever to the “love-talk” and “union-talk” of
certain contemporary corrupt Shepherds.
The latter now propagandize the
supposedly God-pleasing joint celebration of Pascha by all “Christians,”
speaking of a “Common Pascha,” whereas it is in fact a falsely titled joint
celebration together with those who are outside the Church, heretics, without
their return to the right and true Faith, so that the Holy Pascha is
transformed into a “common” one understood under a different meaning—that is,
into a defiled one.
The “singular in boldness
Patriarch” and high-ranking Mason, Patriarch Meletios (Metaxakis) of
Constantinople, was the first who took an interest in the “joint celebration”
by all the heterodox confessions of the great feasts of Christendom and acted
accordingly, while he showed indifference toward the rupture of the joint
celebration of all the Orthodox, which he ultimately caused!
The said bold and restless
patriarch, whom Saint Justin Popović had characterized as a “schismatic,” both
in word and deed promoted and served what he himself declared as “the need for
the simultaneous celebration of the great Christian feasts, Christmas and
Pascha, by all Christians,” “for the purpose, at least in this regard, of
serving pan-Christian unity.” He further added that “another reason for the
immediate implementation of the (common) Paschalion is the great moral
significance and impression that will be produced throughout the civilized
world by the rapprochement of the two Christian worlds, East and West, in the
celebration of the great Christian feasts through the voluntary initiative of
the Orthodox Church.” Even more clearly, with what the Emperor Constantine the
Great termed “diabolical bluntness,” he asked: “Is not the introduction” of his
proposed innovations “the first stone for the edifice of the union of all the
churches (heresies) of God?” (The excerpts from his words are taken from the
Acts of the infamous “Pan-Orthodox” Congress of 1923, which he himself
convened.)
The coincidence—or rather, the
identification—of the above positions with the views of the current Patriarch
of Constantinople, Bartholomew, which he declares and supports with boldness,
in season and out of season, is striking. Indeed, the latter went one step
further, characterizing the existing non-joint celebration of Pascha between
the Orthodox and the Papists as a “scandal”!
The temporal “joint celebration,”
without unity in the Faith as it was handed down to us by the Holy Apostles and
the Holy Fathers in the holy Councils and their writings, benefits no one. On
the contrary, it permits syncretism and confusion between the boundaries of
Truth and falsehood, destroys the safeguards, and leads to the trampling down
and desolation of the vineyard.
The Orthodox do not (and should
not) accept even discussion on matters that have been divinely defined and do
not admit of dispute, since they were legislated through the agreement of the
whole Church in the Holy Spirit and serve and express not the passions of men,
but the will of God. Regarding the celebration of Pascha, there exists the
definition (“Oros”) of the Holy First Ecumenical Council, which is
perfect and admits of no alteration whatsoever.
But even if it be supposed that
the so-called Christians outside of Orthodoxy were to celebrate Pascha
simultaneously with us, what benefit would there be for Orthodoxy or for them?
Already for centuries the
Armenians, the Copts, the Abyssinians, etc., have been “celebrating” on the
same day as we do, not only Pascha but also the immovable feasts. Has this
lessened the chasm which they created through their separation from Orthodoxy?
Does the simultaneity and any possible similarity of worship outwardly express
and presuppose unity of mind and identity of inward faith—or the opposite?
Regardless of whether or not the
plans of the Phanar and the Vatican concerning a “Common Pascha” between
Orthodox and heretics are realized in the immediate upcoming period—that is,
this year (2025)—on account of the chronological coincidence of Pascha for the
Orthodox and the Latins, the matter will remain open for fulfillment, if time
permits and according to the circumstances.
Moreover, even if this year
extraordinary reasons, such as the recent serious illness of the eager Pope
Francis, or other expediencies, lead to a temporary postponement of the
implementation of this particular goal, opportunities will arise for its achievement.
And, certainly, occasions will not be lacking, especially given that in the
forthcoming period there are quite frequent chronological coincidences of the
dates of Pascha between the Orthodox and the Latins.
With this or the next Pope, and
possibly with the same or the successor of the current Patriarch of
Constantinople, the plan will remain the same, for it has been for decades
integrated into the framework of the pan-heresy of Ecumenism—as this framework of
apostasy was from the beginning designed, is being continued and expanded since
the early 20th century, gradually, steadily, and progressively (unfortunately
and almost unhindered, due to the ongoing corrosion of consciences and
institutions and the indifference of the Shepherds) up to the present day.
The pan-heresy of Ecumenism,
through the calendar reform of Meletios Metaxakis, destroyed the festal unity
and concord of the Orthodox East, which had existed for 16 centuries and was
the joy, the boast, and the salvation of the faithful. Now, indeed, with the
new deception (in essence an old deception, now used as a new slogan)
concerning a “Common Pascha,” it seeks the completion of the
destruction—something which may sound pleasant to the ears of worldly people,
yet is far removed from proclaiming the glory of God and from serving His will,
which is the salvation of the faithful.
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