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This site was established to show that the Orthodox jurisdictions that make up SCOBA disobey their own canons but attack others for the same or similar acts that were never formally called canonical violations.

The following ethnic, or old world, orthodox violate their own canons and in some instances the canons state the punishment for that act.

Canon 10 of the 85 canons;
If anyone prays in company with one who has been excommunicated, he shall be excommunicated himself.

Canon 11 of the 85 canons;
If anyone prays in company with one who has been deposed, he shall be deposed himself.

Canon 55 of the 85 canons;
If any clergyman should insult the bishop, let him be deposed from office.

Canon 6 of the 102 canons;
...no subdeacon, deacon or presbyter at all, after the ordination bestowed upon him, has permission to contract a matrimonial relationship for himself: if he should dare to do this, let him be deposed from office.

¹and that any bishop is to be deprived of his bishopric and episcopate if he gives permission to a subdeacon or deacon (Includes a priest) to marry after ordination. (Rudder, Page 299)

The above examples support some of our claims such as;

An Antiochian priest who condemns Abp. Ofiesh for his marriage over 40 years after his repose in 1966. No synod with authority to call a tribunal took canonical action against Abp. Ofiesh probably because he stated publicly that "God told me to marry". Here a priest takes it upon himself to state and claim that the Archbishop retired then they claim he deposed himself and then they admit the Archbishop's widow stated Abp. Ofiesh intended to act as a married Archbishop. Then they claim he defacto deposed himself by his marriage. There is a problem with these claims since if no tribunal was held Archbishop Ofiesh could not be removed from his office according to the canons.

We view this attack as an insult to the bishop and state this priest has violated canon 55 and insulted the bishop since his claims are published and not a formal complaint and made years after the Archbishop reposed. We also consider such claims and writings not in the venue orthodoxwiki was intended since they refuse to allow us to publish our "side of the issue" on orthodoxwiki and took our page down within 24 hours of our posting the truth on that site. Their unchristian actions speak for themself

To add insult to injury the Antiochian clergy continue to attack Abp. Ofiesh of blessed memory all these years after his death for basically the same act that Metropolitan Philip and Patriarch Ignatius IV allowed, contrary to the Sacred and Divine Canons, for allowing one of their priests to remarry and remain an active priest - A violation of canon 6 of the 102 canons would appear to direct Patriarch Ignatius IV and Metropolitan Philip to be deposed but it seems they again ignore this canon among others.
Therefore, It would appear this canon can be waived by bishops. If that is true the attack on Abp, Ofiesh for his marriage clear shows this church did not adopt the canon on married bishops so Abp. Ofiesh did NOT violate that canon, and since c. 6 of the 102c is and can be waived or ignored he did not violate that canon. Also, Abp. Ofiesh stated "God told me to marry" and since no tribunal had been called regarding his marriage he was not deposed or removed from office in any canonical manner.