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Ἀριθμός Πρωτ. γ – 1879
Ἐν Ἀθήναις, 7 / 20 - 3 - 2014
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Πρὸς ἅπαντα τὸν Κλῆρον καὶ τὸν Λαόν τῆς Γνησίας Ἐκκλησίας τοῦ Χριστοῦ
«Ἰδοὺ γὰρ εὐαγγελίζομαι ὑμῖν χαρὰν μεγάλην, ἥτις ἔσται παντὶ τῷ λαῷ» (Λουκ.Β’, 10).
Τέκνα ἐν Κυρίῳ ἀγαπητά·
Κατὰ τὴν διάρκειαν τῶν 90 ἐτῶν τοῦ Ἱεροῦ ἡμῶν Ἀγῶνος ὑπὲρ τῶν Πατρώων Παραδόσεων, περισσότεραι ὑπῆρξαν αἱ περιπτώσεις ἐξωτερικῶν διώξεων, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐσωτερικῶν διχοστασιῶν, παρὰ αἱ εὐχάριστοι περιπτώσεις.
Σήμερον ὅμως, κατὰ τὴν εὐδοκίαν τοῦ Θεοῦ, ζῶμεν ἕν μέγα χαρμόσυνον γεγονός. Μία τριακονταετὴς διχοστασία λαμβάνει πέ-ρας. Τὰ ἔτη τοῦ παροξυσμοῦ καὶ τῆς διχογνωμίας παρῆλθον. Ἰδοὺ ἀνέτειλεν ἡμῖν ἡμέρα εἰρήνης καὶ ὁμονοίας.
Τὴν παρελθοῦσαν Τρίτην, 5/18η Μαρτίου 2014, εἰς τὸν Ἱερὸν Ναὸν τῆς Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου «Ρόδον τὸ Ἀμάραντον» Πειραιῶς, συνῆλθεν ἡ Ἁγία καὶ Ἱερὰ Σύνοδος τῆς Ἐκκλησίας τῶν Γνησίων Ὀρθοδόξων Χριστιανῶν τῆς Ἑλλάδος ὑπὸ τὴν Προεδρίαν τοῦ Μακα-ριωτάτου Ἀρχιεπισκόπου Ἀθηνῶν καὶ πάσης Ἑλλάδος κ.κ. Καλλι-νίκου, μὲ ἀποκλειστικὸν θέμα τὴν Ἕνωσιν καὶ ἐνσωμάτωσιν τῆς Ὀρθοδόξου Ἐκκλησιαστικῆς Κοινότητος τῶν Ἐνισταμένων εἰς τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν τῶν Γνησίων Ὀρθοδόξων Χριστιανῶν τῆς Ἑλλάδος, τὸ ὁποῖον καὶ ἐπετεύχθη, Χάριτι Κυρίου.
Ἔπειτα ἀπὸ τὴν διαπίστωσιν τῆς ἐκκλησιολογικῆς συμφωνίας, ἐπὶ τῇ βάσει μάλιστα καὶ τῶν πορισμάτων τοῦ προηγηθέντος Ἐπισή-μου Διαλόγου μεταξὺ τῶν δύο Πλευρῶν, καὶ ἀφοῦ ἤρθησαν τὰ ἱεροκανονικὰ ἐμπόδια, οἱ Ἐπίσκοποι τῆς Ὀρθοδόξου Κοινότητος τῶν Ἐνισταμένων ἀποτελοῦν πλέον πλήρη καὶ κανονικὰ Μέλη τῆς Ἱερᾶς ἡμῶν Συνόδου, οἱ δὲ εὐσεβεῖς πιστοὶ τῆς Κοινότητος αὐτῆς ἀνήκουν πλέον εἰς τὸ ἕνα καὶ μοναδικὸν Ἐκκλησιαστικὸν Σῶμα τῶν Γνησίων Ὀρθοδόξων Χριστιανῶν Ἑλλάδος.
Προσέτι, ἡ Ἱερὰ Σύνοδος ὥρισε τὴν ἐρχομένην Κυριακὴν τῆς Σταυροπροσκυνήσεως, 10ην/23ην Μαρτίου, Ἀρχιερατικὸν Συλλείτουργον εἰς τὴν Ἱερὰν Μονὴν Ἁγίου Νικολάου Παιανίας, προεξάρχοντος τοῦ Μακα¬ριωτάτου Ἀρχιεπισκόπου Ἀθηνῶν καὶ πάσης Ἑλλάδος κ.κ. Καλλινίκου, πρὸς ἀνάδειξιν καὶ ἐπισημοποίησιν τῆς ἐπιτευχθείσης Ἑνώσεως.
Αἱ καρδίαι ἡμῶν στρέφονται μὲ ἀγάπην καὶ ἀνεξικακίαν πρὸς ὅλους ἐκείνους, οἵτινες ποικιλοτρόπως συνήργησαν καὶ ἐξακολου-θοῦν νὰ συνεργοῦν εἰς τὸ ὄντως παγκόσμιον σκάνδαλον τῆς δια-στάσεως τῶν Ὀρθοδόξων ἐν ὀνόματι τῆς ἑνώσεως μετὰ τῶν Ἑτερο-δόξων καὶ ἐπὶ ἀθετήσει τῆς ἐκκλησιολογικῆς καὶ σωτηριολογικῆς ἀποκλειστικότητος τῆς Ὀρθοδοξίας, καὶ καλοῦμεν αὐτοὺς εἰς μετάνοιαν καὶ ἐπιστροφὴν εἰς τὰ ἀμετακίνητα ὅρια τῆς Γνησίας Πίστεως καὶ τῆς ἀληθινῆς Ὀρθοδόξου Ἐκκλησίας τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὅπου καὶ μόνον ὑπάρχει ἡ πληρότης τῆς Χάριτος καὶ τῆς Ἀληθείας.
Ὄθεν προτρέπομεν πατρικῶς ἅπαντα τὰ πνευματικὰ ἡμῶν τέκνα, ὅπως συμμετάσχουν εἰς τὴν χαρὰν τῆς Ἐκκλησίας ἡμῶν καὶ συμπροσευχηθοῦν διὰ τὴν στερέωσιν τῆς Ἑνώσεως αὐτῆς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν διεύρυνσιν Αὐτῆς μεταξὺ ὅλων τῶν Γνησίων Ὀρθοδόξων εἰς τὴν Ἀλήθειαν καὶ τὴν Ἀγάπην τοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος. Ἀμήν!
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