The Shepherd, March 2009
Appeal from America
This Appeal was sent us by mother agapia
Oxnard Appeal
I [Mother Agapia] received a number of calls this past week from Vera Gor and Paul Golubovs (husband & wife; contact: pgolubovs@aol.com) of the Oxnard Holy Trinity parish. This is the parish being sued by Archbishop Kyrill (ROCA-MP). There is some movement on their case and it looks like there will be a hearing within the month. For that reason it is “crunch time” and the parish has to raise some funds for legal costs. Given the power the MP has shown in recent days (turnover of Bari parish, church case in England, etc) spirits are a bit low. It would be wonderful if others who have refused the union with the MP would be able to help this parish in their time of need. The parish would be grateful if their appeal could be circulated & that others would be able to offer them support at this time. I’ve attached their original Legal Defense document [see below] and below is information on where checks can be sent. Many thanks for any assistance in this matter.
Holy Trinity Eastern Orthodox Church
Legal Defense Fund
P.O. Box 1714
Camarillo, CA 93011
Make checks payable to: Holy Trinity Eastern Orthodox Church
and note that the donation is for the Legal Defense Fund.
HOLY TRINITY EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCH,
IN OXNARD, CALIFORNIA,
IS MAKING A HEROIC STAND AGAINST THE JURISDICTION
OF THE MOSCOW PATRIARCHATE (MP)
www.holytrinityoxnard.org
We have solid reasons for defending our independence:
1) Our Church was built with our personal funds, on our private property, and with our own labor.
2) The ownership of our Church was legally recorded as a private non-profit corporation, independent of, and unrelated to, the Synod of Bishops (Synod) of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (ROCA).
3) The majority of our parishioners are members of this corporation and have unanimously voted at a legally binding corporate meeting to refrain from joining the Moscow Patriarchate.
4) All services and the spiritual guidance of our Church are now administered by the American Exarchate of the Orthodox Church of Greece, Synod in Resistance, and its clergy in this country.
The ruling Hierarch of the Western Diocese of the ROCA[MP] (Archbishop Kyrill) has filed a lawsuit against the Holy Trinity Eastern Orthodox Church and a number of the directors of its corporation (as well as a two-million-dollar suit against the Exarch of the Synod in Resistance in this country) to gain possession of the Church, its property, and its land. Archbishop Kyrill is asking the Court to sign over the property to the Synod (ROCA[MP]). Beware! They will do this to all of you, as well.
The actions of the ROCA in trying to confiscate a small Church, whose members simply want to exercise their Constitutional right to choose, shows what is most important to the ROCA, now that it is under Moscow: property and vindictive lawsuits, not the saving of souls!
For justice to prevail, we must mobilize all of our efforts. We are paving the road for other parishes to establish their independence. The forces are not equal, but truth and justice are on our side, and with your financial support, we all have a chance!
Please help us to save our Church and our right to choose! We wish to remain MP-FREE!
N.B. Readers in the U.K. may send donations made out to “Saint Edward Brotherhood” to the Brotherhood address at Brookwood, and, as we have a US $ account, we will forward them to the Oxnard Legal Defense Fund.
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