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I wanted to tone down the scholarly style from my previous posts, because I know not everyone likes to read in that “style”. What follows is just one example of the personal attacks coming from some of the "protesters." I could write much more about this, and maybe I will later. For now, I am asking you to read this with a clear head and think honestly about what is happening in our parish. Over the last few weeks, the way some people talk about each other at Saint Sava has

The blog posts “Three Police Calls in Fourteen Days” and “Bishop Irinej Called the Police on His Own People Instead of Coming to Cleveland to Talk” do not present a dispassionate account of events at St. Sava Cathedral. They construct a prosecutorial narrative in which the diocesan bishop is depicted as a threat and a small group of protesters is treated as the authentic voice of the Church. When set against Orthodox ecclesiology and canon law, this narrative is seriously def

Introduction The article titled "Beyond Cleveland: What Saint Sava’s Struggle Means for Serbian Orthodoxy in America"  is not a neutral reflection on events in Cleveland. It is a programmatic text that attempts to recast a concrete case of episcopal discipline at Saint Sava Cathedral as a nationwide struggle over who governs Serbian Orthodox parishes in America. A small dissident group, whose actions have already prompted serious pastoral intervention, is presented as the