What is Orthodox Integrity?

Orthodox Integrity is written from within the Church’s canonical consciousness, with a particular concern for the diocesan bishop’s pastoral and administrative responsibility in his territory. We seek to clarify what the Church teaches about authority, obedience, discipline, and parish life, especially when public controversy creates confusion.

We strive to distinguish verifiable facts from interpretation, to cite primary sources when available, and to correct errors when substantiated documentation is provided.

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Reject the Invitation, Blame the Church

Someone has written a letter to the Holy Synod. No one signed it. It claims to speak for "the faithful of the Cathedral Church of Saint Sava, Cleveland, Ohio," and it has been circulated to clergy and parishes across the Diocese of Eastern America. It asks the Synod to intervene over the head of the Diocesan Hierarch. It describes exclusion, silence, and suffering. What it does not describe is anything the authors themselves have done. The letter claims that for over twenty-t

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Odbij poziv, okrivi Crkvu

Neko je napisao pismo Svetom Sinodu. Niko ga nije potpisao. Tvrdi da govori u ime „vernika Saborne crkve Svetog Save, Klivlend, Ohajo," i prosleđeno je sveštenstvu i parohijama širom Eparhije Istočnoameričke. Traži od Sinoda da interveniše preko glave Eparhijskog Arhijereja. Opisuje isključenost, tišinu i patnju. Ono što ne opisuje jeste bilo šta što su sami autori učinili. Pismo tvrdi da se više od dvadeset i dve nedelje „veliki broj vernika nalazi ispred svog hrama." Ono št

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The Abbot of Sinai and the Text That Shaped Orthodox Monasticism: Why the Church Reads the Ladder During Great Lent

Few figures in the history of Orthodox asceticism have exercised as enduring an influence as St. John Climacus, the seventh-century abbot of the Monastery of St. Catherine at Sinai. His single major work, The Ladder of Divine Ascent , has been read continuously in Orthodox monasteries for nearly fourteen centuries, a distinction shared by very few patristic texts outside of Scripture itself. John entered monastic life at Sinai around the age of sixteen and spent roughly forty

Mar 212 min read

A Bishop Comes Home: Bishop Irinej Returns to Saint Sava Cathedral

There is something quietly powerful about a homecoming that requires no explanation. On the Sunday of the Veneration of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross, March 15, 2026, His Grace Bishop Irinej of Washington-New York and Eastern America returned to the Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Cathedral in Parma, Ohio. He returned not as a visitor, but as a shepherd to a place that shaped him, and that he, in turn, has continued to shape. Bishop Irinej was born in Cleveland. He completed

Mar 163 min read

Vladika se vraća kući: Vladika Irinej ponovo u Sabornoj crkvi Svetog Save

Postoji nešto tiho moćno u povratku kući koji ne zahteva nikakvo objašnjenje. U nedelju Krstopoklonu, 15. marta 2026. godine, Njegova Preosveštenost Episkop Irinej vašingtonsko-njujorški i istočnoamerički vratio se u Sabornu crkvu Svetog Save u Parmi, Ohajo. Nije se vratio kao posetilac, već kao pastir na mesto koje ga je oblikovalo, i koje on i dalje nastavlja da oblikuje. Vladika Irinej je rođen u Klivlendu. Ovde je završio osnovno i srednje obrazovanje. A 27. januara 1995.

Mar 163 min read

Narativ Koji Nije Bio: Provera Činjenica o Šest Meseci Disidentskih Tvrdnji

Tokom proteklih nekoliko meseci, protestni nalozi na društvenim mrežama objavljivali su neprekidan niz tvrdnji protiv Eparhije Istočnoameričke, Episkopa Irineja i Privremenog odbora staratelja imenovanog za upravljanje Sabornom crkvom Svetog Save u Parmi, Ohajo. Ova publikacija je dosledno ostajala posvećena dokumentovanju činjenica, a ne narativa. Sada, kada je proteklo dovoljno vremena da se proceni celokupan zapis, prikladeno je ispitati šta je tvrdeno — i šta se zapravo d

Mar 34 min read

The Narrative That Wasn't: A Fact-Check of Six Months of Protestor Claims

Over the past several months, protestor social media has published a steady stream of claims against the Diocese of Eastern America, Bishop Irinej, and the Temporary Board of Trustees appointed to steward Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Cathedral in Parma, Ohio. This publication has consistently committed to documenting facts over narratives. Now, with sufficient time elapsed to evaluate the record, it is appropriate to examine what was claimed, and what actually happened. The re

Mar 25 min read

Months Later: Dragoslav Still Won't Leave, Or Return What Belongs to the Parish

It has been months since Bishop Irinej canonically transferred Dragoslav Kosić away from Saint Sava Cathedral in Parma, Ohio. Fr. Dragan Vuković has been appointed. The decision is final. And yet, nothing has moved. Kosić remains in the parish rectory. More concerning, the official books and records of the parish, baptismal registers, marriage registers, the household register, the parish chronicle, and other canonical documents, have not been returned to their rightful custo

Feb 222 min read

A Shepherd Who Watches From a Distance

An anonymous group (Nina Markovic and Bozo Lemajic "Boki") claims to speak for Fr. Dragoslav Kosić. Fr. Dragoslav himself has said nothing, and has said nothing from the beginning. When a priest's transfer becomes a parish-wide controversy, the faithful look to that priest for guidance. A single statement at the outset could have shaped the trajectory of this entire dispute. He could have accepted the transfer with grace, demonstrating the obedience to episcopal authority tha

Jan 142 min read