WARNING

NOT EVERYTHING THAT

CALLS ITSELF ORTHODOX IS

TRULY ORTHODOX


The above warning was given to me when I first met Orthodoxy in 1986. Today [2009] it is even more perilous, even more difficult to find the Royal Path. For one thing there is a far greater abundance of misinformation. And many materials are missing, and other materials are being rapidly rewritten. For another thing there are fewer than ever guides remaining on the Royal Path, especially who speak English. Hopefully this website will be a place where Newcomers to the Faith can keep at least one foot on solid ground, while they are "exploring."


blog owner: Joanna Higginbotham

joannahigginbotham@runbox.com

jurisdiction: ROCA under Vladyka Agafangel

who did not submit to the RocorMP union in 2007

DISCLAIMER



Liturgical Calendar 2026

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"Liturgical Calendar 2026"
 folder of 12 pdfs uploaded today to Joanna's Shared Library
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About Charlie Kirk's Assassination

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The way we should consider Charlie Kirk is the same as how old-ROCOR St. Philaret of New York considered Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Fr. Dmitry Dudko.  St. Philaret's thinking is explained in his letters to his close friend, Bp. Gregory Grabbe.  The example he gives us shows sympathy and reality combined in an Orthodox manner.

In Their Own Words
Volume II


Volume I



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Email Phishing Fraud

Do not trust VK social media
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/ВКонтакте

Have you received emails from VK?
    with subject lines such as:


From: VK
Subject:  Привязка email к аккаунту 
                                         
(Email address linked to your account)
From: VK
Subject: Включена функция подтверждения входа по SMS
                                         
(SMS login confirmation feature enabled)
From: VK
Subject: Ваш пароль был изменен
                                           
(Your password has been changed)
From: VK
Subject: 2 new messages

From: VK
Subject: Someone has accessed your account through the site "ВКонтакте", Vologda

From: VK
Subject: Someone has accessed your account through the VK app for Android, Vologda


Supposedly, somebody has used your name/address to open a fake account.  YOU HAVE NO RECOURSE. 

There is no way to report the fraud EXCEPT TO OPEN A FAKE ACCOUNT YOURSELF!

Worse, they want you to prove who you are including sending them your photo I.D.

Don't fall for that trick.  Just consider any emails you get from VK to be spam.  Just delete them unopened.  Or put them in the spam box. 
 
 or you can forward any scam emails to:
reportphishing@apwg.org 
(Anti-Phishing Working Group)

   but you will have to explain that your identity has NOT been stolen by some unknown person, but rather that VK is either the one doing the phishing or else a phisher is posing as VK.  (I believe the latter is more likely.)  Using this method you risk being misunderstood, because how carefully do you think your submission is going to be examined?   

https://www.quora.com/Whom-do-I-write-to-in-order-to-delete-a-fake-VK-account-using-my-information-What-is-a-specific-email-addres

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