Posted by Leo
on 10/23/2009, 4:04 pm
According to the OCA, one of the topics for discussion while Metr. JONAH was in Georgia the last little while was, "Metropolitan Jonah will also conduct formal discussions with Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia. A major issue of these talks will concern pastoral care for the growing number of Georgian Orthodox immigrants in North America, many of whom are attending parishes of the Orthodox Church in America" (emphasis added).
Meanwhile the Georgian Patriarchate has been adding to its previous foundation of a proposed monastery in Wilkes-Barre, PA (with public Services and a school, with help from an OCA Georgian-American priest and parish in NYC) ... with a proposed mission in Philadelphia ... with OCA help!
And their Metr. DIMITRI, who along with his diocese in Georgia is heading-up the GP's effort here, was one of the Jonah party's "escorts" in Georgia this week.
Curiouser and curiouser....
--Leo
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