Questions About the GOC to Metropolitan Demetrius - The Light of ROCOR

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By Metropolitan Demetrius of America
Created on Thursday, 15 June 2023 21:54

His Eminence Metropolitan Demetrius continues to answer questions regarding the GOC and the confessing Church of Christ. he stresses that our canonicity comes from the light which shown forth with particular radiance, that is, the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR).

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