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Even though there has been BOR news, as mentioned by OCL.org on April 18, 2013 quoting a Romania-insider.com story claiming that over 20 NGO’s have asked the Romanian Parliament to stop financing ($700,000,000 annually) religious organizations of which the largest is the Romanian Orthodox Church, nothing new has happened regarding the ROEA (OCA-Vatra) and ROAA (BOR) unity/merger issue.

This is because ROEA “Due Diligence” questions have yet to be answered by the ROAA.  In fact, at the 80th Annual ROEA Episcopate Congress held September 28-29, 2012 in Detroit Michigan, our JDC ( Dialogue Commission) described the communication as being at a “stalemate”, and talks at an impasse.

Therefore, the May 2012 Administrator article remains valid

Even though there has been ROEA news with the announcement that the 81st Annual ROEA Episcopate Congress will be held September 5-7, 2013 at the Vatra in Grass Lake Michigan, commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Vatra, nothing new has happened regarding the ROEA (OCA-Vatra) and ROAA (BOR) unity/merger issue.

This is because ROEA “Due Diligence” questions have yet to be answered by the ROAA. In fact, at the 80th Annual ROEA Episcopate Congress held September 28-29, 2012 in Detroit Michigan, our JDC ( Dialogue Commission) described the communication as being at a “stalemate”, and talks at an impasse.

Therefore, the May 2012 Administrator article remains valid.

Even though there has been OCA and ROEA news with the recent appointment of the Very Rev. Fr. Dr. Ian G. Pac-Urar as Director of the OCA Department of Continuing Education, in addition to his ROEA duties and as rector of our Akron Ohio parish, nothing new has happened regarding the ROEA (OCA-Vatra) and ROAA (BOR) unity/merger issue.

This is because ROEA “Due Diligence” questions have yet to be answered by the ROAA.  In fact, at the 80th Annual ROEA Episcopate Congress held September 28-29, 2012 in Detroit Michigan, our JDC ( Dialogue Commission) described the communication as being at a “stalemate”, and talks at an impasse.

Therefore, the May 2012 Administrator article remains valid.

Even though there has been OCA news with the enthronement of newly elected OCA Metropolitan Tikhon, nothing new has happened regarding the ROEA (OCA-Vatra) and ROAA (BOR) unity/merger issue.

This is because ROEA “Due Diligence” questions have yet to be answered by the ROAA.  In fact, at the 80th Annual ROEA Episcopate Congress held September 28-29, 2012 in Detroit Michigan, our JDC ( Dialogue Commission) described the communication as being at a “stalemate”, and talks at an impasse.

Therefore, the May 2012 Administrator article remains valid.

Even though there has been OCA news with an interesting Orthodox Christian Network (OCN) interview with newly elected OCA Metropolitan Tikhon, where he speaks of his personal spiritual journey to Orthodoxy, nothing new has happened regarding the ROEA and ROAA unity/merger issue.

This is because ROEA “Due Diligence” questions have yet to be answered by the ROAA. In fact, at the 80th Annual ROEA Episcopate Congress held September 28-29, 2012 in Detroit Michigan, our JDC described the communication as being at a “stalemate”, and talks at an impasse. Therefore, the May 2012 Administrator article remains valid.

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Even though there has been OCA news with the election of Archbishop Tikhon (Mollard) as Metropolitan of the OCA, in Parma Ohio, nothing new has happened regarding the ROEA and ROAA unity/merger issue since ROEA “Due Diligence” questions have yet to be answered by the ROAA. In fact, our JDC describes the communication as being at a “stalemate”, and talks at an impasse.

Therefore, the May 2012 Administrator article remains valid.

Even though there has been ROEA news with the holding of the 80th Annual Episcopate Congress between September 28-29, 2012 in Detroit Michigan, nothing new has happened regarding the ROEA and ROAA unity/merger issue since ROEA “Due Diligence” questions have yet to be answered by the ROAA. In fact, our JDC describes the communication as being at a “stalemate”, and talks at an impasse.

Therefore, the May 2012 Administrator article remains valid.

Even though there has been Orthodox news this past month with the the 3^rd annual Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America having taken place September 10-12, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois, nothing new has happened regarding the ROEA and ROAA unity/merger issue since ROEA “Due Diligence” questions have yet to be answered by the ROAA.

Therefore, the May 2012 Administrator article remains valid.

Even though there has been OCA news with the announcement that the 17^th Council will be held in Parma, Ohio on November 13, 2012 under the leadership of ‘Locum Tenens’ Archbishop Nathaniel, when a new Metropolitan of the OCA will be elected, as well as the news that the 3^rd annual Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America will be convened September 10-12, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois, nothing new has happened regarding the ROEA and ROAA unity/merger issue since ROEA “Due Diligence” questions have yet to be answered by the ROAA.

Therefore, the May 2012 Administrator article remains valid.

Even though there has been OCA news with the resignation of Metropolitan Jonah (see OCA.org), ROAA news with yet new accusatory “Unity” appeals (see romarch.org) and BOR recognition that the Patriarchates of Jerusalem and Serbia have canonical problems with BOR (see basilica.ro), nothing new has happened regarding the ROEA and ROAA unity/merger issue since ROEA “Due Diligence” questions have yet to be answered by the ROAA.

Therefore, the May 2012 Administrator article remains valid.