Orthodoxy in Dialogue’s readers will recall that Father John Whiteford of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) and we have disputed on numerous occasions on both our pages and those of his blog. Enter his name in our internal search engine in the lower right column of this page to peruse our posts in response to him. Whiteford is known throughout internet Orthodoxy for his predictably extremist, inflexible views on virtually every topic of concern to the contemporary Church.

We have also reported on Father Peter Heers on a number of occasions, such as in our Father Peter Heers: Priest of Nowhere? of November 19, 2022. We were compelled to write this piece by ROCOR’s letter of the previous day to the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America (ACOBUSA), in which ROCOR disavows any formal, canonical relationship with Heers. This letter can be seen at the end of the report linked in this paragraph. Read More