FATHER MARK HODGES “APOLOGIZES”

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The website of the Diocese of the Midwest of the Orthodox Church in America has posted the following notification dated May 13, 2021:

HODGES, Archpriest Mark had his suspension lifted and was returned to Active Duty. He is attached to St. Paul the Apostle Church, Dayton, OH, effective May 13, 2021.

It then provides a link to Father Hodges’ public “apology” — in which it is clear he feels he did nothing wrong in supporting, and continuing to support, the conspiracy theory of a stolen election that wreaks ongoing havoc on American national life and domestic security.

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STATEMENT OF THE PATRIARCHS AND HEADS OF CHURCHES OF JERUSALEM CONCERNING THE RECENT VIOLENCE IN JERUSALEM

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The following ecclesial entities are represented by the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches of Jerusalem: the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem; the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem; the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem; the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Near East; Custody of the Holy Land; the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land; the Episcopal Church of Jerusalem and the Middle East; the Ethiopian Orthodox Patriarchate; the Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate; the Greek Melkite Catholic Church; the Maronite Archdiocese of Haifa and the Holy Land; the Syrian Catholic Church; and the Armenian Catholic Church. See the Palestine Israel Ecumenical Forum (PIEF) website for the names of the bishops and clerics who head each of these respectively.
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ASSEMBLY OF BISHOPS IGNORES DEADLY POLICE BRUTALITY AGAINST BLACK AMERICANS, OPPOSES PROTECTIONS FOR LGBTQ AMERICANS

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Most of the Executive Committee of the Assembly of Bishops

On April 21, one of Orthodoxy in Dialogue’s readers visited the website of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America. He hoped to find a statement on the Derek Chauvin conviction, the overt rise of white supremacy and white nationalism in the US, and the growing epidemic of lethal police brutality against African-American children, women, and men. There was nothing.

On the other hand, he found the Statement of the Executive Committee on the Proposed Equality Act, posted on March 26, 2021. The Executive Committee consists of the following eleven hierarchs:

  • Archbishop Elpidophoros (Greek Orthodox Archdiocese)
  • Metropolitan Joseph (Antiochian Archdiocese)
  • Bishop Matthew (Moscow Patriarchate)
  • Metropolitan Gregory (Carpatho-Russian Diocese)
  • Archbishop Michael (Orthodox Church in America)
  • Bishop Irinej (Serbian Patriarchate)
  • Metropolitan Nicolae (Romanian Patriarchate)
  • Metropolitan Joseph (Bulgarian Patriarchate)
  • Bishop Saba (Georgian Patriarchate)
  • Metropolitan Tikhon (Orthodox Church in America)
  • Bishop Longin (Serbian Patriarchate)
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