MEMORY ETERNAL: MATUSHKA MARIE MEYENDORFF

Matushka Marie Meyendorff

Matushka Marie Meyendorff

Memory Eternal ✠ Вѣчная Память

Marie Olga Meyendorff (née Mojaïsky), widow of Protopresbyter John Meyendorff (+1992) fell asleep in the Lord in Bethesda, MD, on Sunday, November 24, 2024, at the age of 95. Born in Paris, she grew up in the large Russian community in France in the period between the two World Wars, Her father, Alexis Mojaïsky, was born in Kiev, fought in the White Army after the Bolshevik Revolution, then completed his education as a chemical engineer in France. Her mother Olga (née Weriguine), was born in Yalta (Crimea) and eventually settled in France after escaping from Communist Russia. She was an avid gardener, poet, and produced countless silk-embroidered icons, including the plaschianitsa (epitaphion) at the Saint Vladimir’s Seminary Chapel. Read More

ROCOR’S BLOODTHIRSTY ARCHBISHOP OF CANADA AT IT AGAIN

This is Orthodoxy in Dialogue’s fourth report on ROCOR’s Archbishop Gabriel (Chemodakov) of Montreal.  Only Monarchy Can Save Russia—Restore It! appeared on June 11, 2018; ROCOR Archbishop of Canada Justifies Wholesale Slaughter of Ukraine on March 9, 2022; and ROCOR’s Lunatic Archbishop of Montreal Doubles Down in Support of Ukrainian Massacre, Putin, Gundiaev on July 28, 2022.

On November 19, 2024, Chemodakov gave a 28-minute interview, of all places, on Alex Jones’ InfoWars X channel. Click below and let him speak for himself.

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UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT BANS UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH-MOSCOW PATRIARCHATE (UOC-MP)

The following report appeared earlier today at the Kyiv Post. We at Orthodoxy in Dialogue have long known that the vaunted separation of the UOC-MP under Metropolitan Onufry from the Moscow Patriarchate following Russia’s  invasion of Ukraine was little more than a mendacious publicity stunt, belied by the fact that the Patriarchate never took canonical action against its Ukrainian branch or the person of its primate.

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The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, Kyiv

Ukrainian Lawmakers Vote to Ban Moscow-Linked Orthodox Church

The measure banning a church considered in Ukraine to be aligned with Putin’s “Russian world” ideology needs to be signed into law by President Volodymyr Zelensky to take effect.

Ukraine’s parliament on Tuesday [August 20, 2024] voted to ban the Russia-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church, as Kyiv cuts religious, social and institutional ties with bodies it considers aligned with Moscow. 

Kyiv has been trying to curb spiritual links with Russia for years – a process that was hugely accelerated by Moscow’s 2022 invasion, which the powerful Russian Orthodox Church sanctified. 

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ANOTHER FRONT FOR INVESTIGATING METROPOLITAN HILARION ALFEYEV: ARE HIS BOOKS GHOST-WRITTEN?

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Suspended Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) of Hungary

When Orthodoxy in Dialogue began reporting on then-Metropolitan Joseph Al-Zehlaoui’s  predatory, adulterous affair in August 2022, our inbox became flooded with a daily barrage of incriminating evidence from sources all over. We did our due diligence to sift credible information from uncorroborated gossip. Our hard work resulted in his swift, forcible “retirement.” He finished himself off by giving the Holy Synod of Antioch no choice but to defrock him and return him to lay status—precisely what we had urged from day one of our coverage.

The same snowball effect may have begun to gain traction since our report on Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev ‘s alleged predatory gay affair just three short days ago. Read More