Although the Moscow Patriarchate had not ever published any Orthodox catechism for wide distribution, this did not prevent one of her chief hierarchs from declaring:
"When I have my own printing press, I will publish the Koran according to the most ancient manuscripts that belong to the disciples of the prophet Mohammed, and I will give it to Soviet Mohammedans."
- METROPOLITAN PITIRIM OF VOLOKOLAMSK, the head of the Publishing Department of the Moscow Patriarchate, Declaration on Soviet Television (see Vestnik Khristianskogo Informatsionnogo Tsentra, #31, Sept. 26, 1989, pp. 2-3]
The Moscow Patriarchate: Why You Should Not Join It
Why the so-called Moscow Patriarchate is Uncanonical and Should Not Be Joined
Archbishop Gregory P.O. Box 3177 Buena Vista, CO 81211-3177 USA Email: ArchbishopGregory@starband.net
Copyright 2005.
