5.16.08 From KTUU TV- Anchorage
Bishop responds to forced retirement
by Angela Blanchard
Thursday, May 15, 2008
"ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The former head of the Russian Orthodox Church in Alaska says he was retired without his permission or knowledge. (Read more here)
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5.14.08 From the Kodiak daily MIrror
Calif. bishop brings message of healing
to Kodiak
By RALPH GIBBS
Mirror Writer
Now that Bishop Nikolai Soraich has left Alaska, many Orthodox Alaska Diocese members are wondering how the rift between the bishop’s supporters and detractors will be healed, especially in light of some recent comments by Bishop Nikolai’s aide Archimandrite Isadore.
Early last week, Bishop Benjamin and Archpriest Alexander Garklavs visited Alaska to answer that question. The two Orthodox Church in America clerics traveled to Anchorage to consecrate the new St. Tikon church, and took the opportunity afterwards to travel to Kodiak to meet with clerics and parishioners. (Read more here)
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5.13.08 Breaking News
+NIKOLAI RETIRED BY SYNOD
The Synod of Bishops of the OCA acted decisively today by retiring Bishop Nikolai of Alaska and announcing the see was now officially "vacant". This means that the controversial former Bishop of Sitka, who had been on a personal "leave of absence", will not be returning to Alaska in his former office. +Nikolai physically left the state last Wednesday, but did not attend the meeting in Syosset that ultimately decided his fate.
At the same time the Synod refused to release the former Bishop of Alaska's two chief assistants, Archmandrite Isidore (Brittain), Chancellor of the Diocese, and Hieromonk Panteleimon (Erikson) from the jurisdiction of the OCA to the Serbian Church as the Bishop had requested. The Synod also re-affirmed that Metropolitan Herman will remain as locum tenens of the diocese, while Bishop Benjamin will serve as the actual administrator. (Read more here)
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5.7.08 From the Kodiak Daily Mirror
Alaska diocese struggle draws to a close as Bishop Nikolai steps down
By Ralph Gibbs
Mirror Writer
When this week comes to a close, so too will another chapter in the history of the Orthodox Church in America Alaska diocese.
(Read more here)
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5.5.08 New Reflection
The Real Scandal of the OCA
by Fr. Ted Bobosh, Dayton OH (Read it here)
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5.3.08
Six Million Dollar Lawsuit Filed Against OCA, Others
• Employment Discrimination and Retaliation
Alleged by Maryland Couple
• Contend Priest Breached Seal Of Confession
To Embarrass, Harm Them
Lack of accountability and financial misconduct have cost the OCA at least three million dollars in the past decade. That figure may be about to triple as a six-million dollar lawsuit was filed against Metropolitan Herman, the Orthodox Church in America, the Diocese of Washington and New York, Fr. Raymond Velencia, the Orthodox Church of St. Matthew (OCA), St. Matthew Housing Development, Inc., and the Board of Directors of St. Matthew Housing Development, Inc., on Thursday, May 1st in Howard County, Maryland.
And for the same reasons...... (Read more here)
From the "Tundra Drums", Yukon Delta
‘Alcoholism’ plays role in attacks
against bishop, chancellor claims
by ALEX DeMARBAN
A top official in the Russian Orthodox Diocese of Alaska blasted priests who hope to overthrow the bishop, calling some "paranoid" and overly fearful because they’re battling alcoholism.
The rebellion comes because the bishop’s strict demands clashed with the priests’ once-easy lifestyle, said Chancellor Archimandrite Isidore, the diocese’s second-ranking official and a close
supporter of Bishop Nikolai Soraich. (Read more here)
From KTUU TV, Anchorage
Russian Orthodox bishop leaving Alaska
by Sean Doogan
Thursday, May 1, 2008
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The leader of the Alaska Russian Orthodox Church said he is stepping down, and will leave the state within a week. (Read more here)
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5.5.05 Fr. Ted Bobosh
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4.14.08 Deacon John Zarras
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