Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Visits Western United States

Patriarch Irinej (Gavrilovic) of Pech has undertaken a pastoral visit to the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Alhambra and Western America, celebrating the feast of the Entrance of the Mother of God into the Temple at St. Sava's Church in Phoenix, Arizona, and also visiting the Monasteries of Sts. Paisius and Anthony in Safford and Florence respectively. More here.

American Orthodoxy?

There are some amazingly appalling websites out there purporting to represent the Orthodox Church. This article about the priestly spiritual children of Elder Ephraim (Philotheotis) of St. Anthony's Monastery in Arizona, however, takes the cake. I've heard it all before, but no one ever dared put the ridiculous things they were saying in writing. Or so I thought. God protect us...