Fr. Elias Warnke joined schismatics

X2: Fr. Elias Warnke, was in our canonical ROCA under our Metropolitan, & who then left us & went to the GOC, has now left the GOC & joined himself to our ROCA-Schismatics, & Stefan Sabelnik    Inbox

Dan Everiss <oregdan@hotmail.com> Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 3:45 PM Reply | Reply to all | Forward | Print | Delete | Show original WHAT??? -absolute dribble and total lunacy!  Is this, 'reunion',  similar to the.. Glorious... 'reunion' of a large part of our old free ROCOR, with the Moscow KGB run MP, in 2007??? {The mission parish of St. Nicholas in Las Vegas, Nevada, headed by Father Elias Warnke, was received back into the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad by Archbishop of Syracuse and St. Nicholas Andronik on its parish feast day. The parish sought temporary refuge with our Greek sister church, during the recent difficult period in the life of the ROCA. Glory be to God for this reunion!}

*-Fr. Elias Warnke, who was in our canonical ROCA under our Metropolitan, and who then left us and went to the GOC, has now left the GOC and joined himself to our ROCA schismatics, lead by Andronik Kotlaroff and Sofrony Musienko, with Stefan Sabelni    Inbox

Dan Everiss <oregdan@hotmail.com> Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 3:26 PM Reply | Reply to all | Forward | Print | Delete | Show original Dear Fr. Elias Warnke in Las Vegas, Nevada, -you whom we have greatly respected and revered-  What. Father,  is your explanation to us in the church you have not long ago  left, our canonical ROCA, headed by our lawful & fully canonical hierarch, Vladyka Metropolitan Agafangel and our ROCA Synod, and then afterwards you joined yourself to the GOC, [not very long ago, it seems], -as to why you have now, left the GOC, our sister church, also, and joined yourself to our ROCA Mountain View schismatics? And why was the GOC also not good enough for you? What is 'wrong' with it? How has the GOC  failed or disappointed you also? OR is this not the true picture? Is there some other unseen scenario or set of explanations? Even if I make wild guesses, I simply cannot understand your reasons, or your actions. What you appear to be doing, makes no logical or sane sense at all. It is what St. Paul labeled, church dissembling. And I feel the same about Andronik Kotlaroff and his  misguided and blind followers. We whom you have abandoned, want to know. We have a right to know. And I shall share your answer, whatever it may be, if I agree with it or not. Thank you Fr. Elias! Daniel in Oregon Truly,  you have surprised and shocked myself and others. We thought very highly of you. But now, what are we to think? Please respond. Found on the schismatics website: :http://rocana.org> Russian Orthodox Church Abroad. Dioceses of Syracuse-St. Nicholas and Ottawa-Canada. www.rocana.org Russian Orthodox Church Abroad Dioceses of Syracuse-St. Nicholas and Ottawa-Canada Feast Day of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker - a report by hierodeacon Pavel (Lipin) 12-23-2017 Good News! On Monday, December 18, 2017, Archbishop Andronik accompanied by Hierodeacon Pavel and two of his parishioners arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada, where they served the All-night Vigil in the house church dedicated to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.... read more The mission parish of St. Nicholas returns to the ROCA on its feast day 12-20-2017 The mission parish of St. Nicholas returns to the ROCA on its feast day read more Congratulations to the Bishop of Trenton and North America, the Right Reverend Stefan, on his 10th Anniversary of Consecration as Bishop, from the Archbishop of Syracuse and St. Nicholas, the Right Reverend Andronik. 12-18-2017 Congratulations to the Bishop of Trenton and North America, the Right Reverend Stefan, on his 10th Anniversary of Consecration as Bishop, from the Archbishop of Syracuse and St. Nicholas, the Right Reverend Andronik. read more Congratulations to the Archbishop of St. Petersburg and Northern Russian, the Right Reverend Sophrony, on his 10th Anniversary of Consecration as Bishop, from the Archbishop of Syracuse and St. Nicholas, the Right Reverend Andronik. 12-16-2017 Congratulations to the Archbishop of St. Petersburg and Northern Russian, the Right Reverend Sophrony, on his 10th Anniversary of Consecration as Bishop, from the Archbishop of Syracuse and St. Nicholas, the Right Reverend Andronik. read more A meeting of the ROCA Council of Bishops (Diaspora District) - December 1, 2017 12-15-2017 On December 1, 2017, a meeting of the ROCA Council of Bishops (Diaspora District) was held in the Spiritual and Educational Center of Mountain View. The Resolution and the Minutes are attached read more Feast Day of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker - a report by hierodeacon Pavel (Lipin) Good News! On Monday, December 18, 2017, Archbishop Andronik accompanied by Hierodeacon Pavel and two of his parishioners arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada, where they served the All-night Vigil in the house church dedicated to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.  The rector of the church is Protopriest Elias Warnke, the guardian of the myrrh-streaming icon of St. Nicholas, which has been issuing copious amounts of fragrant myrrh for almost 20 years already. Archbishop Andronik led the Divine Liturgy the morning of the next day; at the end of which, he offered a sermon on the life of St. Nicholas and how the saint defended the poor and unjustly accused.  After the service, he blessed a Slava Bread (Slavski Kolac) for a Serbian family that was celebrating their heavenly protector.  Fr. Elias has parishioners of many nationalities; American, Russian, Serbian, Romanian and others.  All are united by their love of the saint and wonderworker Nicholas. In the evening of that day, the clergy sang a joyous akathist to the icon, after which Fr. Elias answered questions from those present, who had come to venerate the wonder-working icon of St. Nicholas for the first time.  He related briefly the history of the holy icon and some of the miracles that have occurred in answer to people’s prayers. It is gratifying to know that despite all the changes in our church life, the wonder-working icon of St. Nicholas remains with the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad and continues to bring comfort to the faithful!