02/08/N

8/21 January 2008

Commemoration of St. George the Chozebite

To: Protopriest Spyridon Schneider

 

Ukase

 

       For disobedience to the Church Authorities, insubordination, rebelliousness, schismatic activities and for going from the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia to uncanonical group of Bishop Agafangel (Pashkovsky), with one that Hierarchical Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia does not have Eucharistic communion, for publication of the slander against your ruling Bishop

according to the church regulations: 1st Rule of St. Basil the Great,18th Rule of  4th Ecumenical Council, 34th Rule of 6th Ecumenical Council, 36th and 55th Apostolic Rule you, Protopriest Spyridon Schneider, are suspended.

       During one month since the time of the writing of that Ukase you are given a time for repentance and if during that time you will not repent and do not return into the bosom of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, the one that you felt from, or venture to perform ecclesiastical rites, then you will subject yourself to be defrocked according to the 38th Rule of the Council of Carthage, 6th Rule of the Council of Gangre.

+ Bishop Vladimir  (Signature, seal)


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