Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Response to Clergy transfer

Fr. Shebaly, Indian Orthodox Herald
No Vicars as an Alternative to Clergy Transfer
I think I have a better solution to this topic. To avoid split
in parish levels, why don’t we try without clergy in our parishes.
Here in America, Diocesan Bishops also have no moral courage to take a stand against Priests, because they don’t look after the
priests’ welfare. The priests here in US live by their own.
In Marthoma and CSI Churches, the Bishops take care of
their priests and they transfer them after every 3 year term ends.
Each parish of these Churches in US spend more than $75,000 to
keep an achen for them. They could move to any parishes without
any financial insecurity.
So why do we need an achen in all parishes as their vicar.
All the 6 six days achens are working hard elsewhere to meet their
both ends and they see no fancy in playing politics with the laity in
parish levels. Just after the services they are in a hurry to be back
just like the laity for work. They do need rest, shopping and family
get together.
So please run the Malankara Orthodox parishes in US
without Vicars and play politics their own and keep them without
splitting. If possible, please avoid Bishops too, because they are
too expensive to keep in US diocese. We have to think about this
seriously. We are in America and this is America.

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