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The Orthodox Church in America will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its autocephaly next year, with several events dedicated to the anniversary throughout America. Its tomos of autocephaly, granted by the Moscow Patriarchate, was signed by His Holiness Patriarch Alexei I and the 14 hierarchs of the Holy Synod in Moscow on April 10, 1970. However, rumors and reports of the OCA’s plans to forfeit its autocephaly have been fairly commonplace in the past few years. While all Local Churches recognize the OCA as a true Orthodox Church, currently only the Russian, Bulgarian, Georgian, Polish, Serbian, and Czech and Slovak Churches recognize its autocephaly. Thus, there are those who believe the OCA would give up its autocephaly to “normalize” its situation. Most notably, the Patriarchate of Constantinople refuses to recognize the OCA’s independence, arguing that it alone has the authority to grant autocephaly. Thus, the OCA was not invited to participate in 2016’s “Great and Holy Council” on the island of Crete. More recently, the primate of the OCA, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon of America and All Canada concelebrated with Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople in Cappadocia on the Sunday of All Saints in June this year, which, along with the OCA’s stance against the schismatics of the “Orthodox Church of Ukraine,” led to accusations of “back room deals,” though, as OrthoChristian reported, sources involved in the trip denied these rumors. Having been in Cappadocia when Archbishop Elpidophoros was enthroned in New York as head of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, Met. Tikhon instead paid his first visit to the new Archbishop at the Archdiocesan headquarters on Wednesday. The next day, a report appeared on the blog Monomakhos entitled, “Breaking: The OCA to go under EP!” with reference to two sources claiming that the OCA “has been in negotiations to cede its autocephaly and go under Istanbul.” “One source says that this is ‘a done deal,’ the other says that negotiations are ‘ongoing,’” the report reads, adding that the OCA could either become a vicariate of the Greek Archdiocese or America, or receive an impaired form of autocephaly, such as the “Orthodox Church of Ukraine” received from Constantinople in January. However, as with the rumors surrounding His Beatitude’s trip to Cappadocia, OrthoChristian has been assured by multiple sources within the OCA administration that the Church has no such plans to give up its autocephaly. One such source, His Eminence Archbishop Michael of New York and New Jersey, the Secretary of the OCA Holy Synod, assured: “The OCA is not giving up its autocephaly— it will be celebrating the Golden Jubilee of getting it next year ... a number of times and in a number of places: May (South Canaan), August (Alaska), and November (Washington DC). There will be symposia on the history of it, the meaning of it and the future of it, etc.” “As the Secretary of the OCA Synod of Bishops, I know of no such movement ... and I know of no such intention by His Beatitude (or any of our hierarchs),” His Eminence added. Moreover, the OCA’s administrative organization would seem to effectively preclude any such secret deals. The Statute of the OCA defines the Church as autocephalous: “The Orthodox Church in America is an autocephalous Church with territorial jurisdiction in the United States of America and in Canada.” And while the Holy Synod of the OCA holds competency over “All matters involving doctrine, canonical order, morals, and liturgical practice,” it is the All-American Council that possesses the authority to “Adopt and amend the Statute.” The All-American Council is convened periodically, normally at intervals of three years, as per the Statute. Its members include the hierarchs, clergy, and lay representatives. The last All-American Council was held in St. Louis, Missouri last year. *** Update: His Grace Bishop David Mahaffey of Alaska has also responded to the rumors, on his Facebook page, stating: “Beloved in the Lord. There is a very vicious rumor being circulated ... concerning the status of the OCA that is completely false. I will not even mention the rumor here because I will not be fuel it any further, but suffice it to say, IT IS COMPLETELY FALSE.” Reports of OCA giving up its autocephaly are unfounded, say OCA hierarchs ORTHOCHRISTIAN.COM The Orthodox Church in America will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its autocephaly next year, with several events dedicated to the anniversary throughout America.

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Goran Aleksić, čija oba sina boluju od autizma, nedavno je proglašen tehnološkim viškom u šabačkom javnom preduzeću “Toplana” čiji je direktor Aleksandar Prodanović, lider mitrovačke opozicije, objavio je portal “Zorainfo”. „Živeti sa decom koja imaju autizam, može da se opiše u tri reči – to je tuga, patnja i očaj“. Tako svoju priču počinje Goran Aleksić, otac dva decaka obolela od autizma, koji je do pre nekoliko dana bio jedini hranitelj porodice. Sada mu je uručen otkaz, a agonija i neizvesnost traju od 2009. godine, kada se posle stečaja u firmi gde je radio, preko agencije zaposlio na mesto portira u šabačkoj Toplani. U pitanju je moj komsija svi koji misle da mogu da mu pomognu na bilo koji nacin neka ga kontaktiraju na njegov broj mobilnog 063175407 Za sedam godina, dok je radio na određeno vreme, promenilo se pet direktora, a u iščekivanju stalnog zaposlenja, u njegovom sektoru, posao su dobila tri radnika koje je on obučavao, i to, kako tvrdi Aleksić, zahvaljujući politici. Njegova supruga je bez zaposlenja jer brine o bolesnoj deci, a sada je i on ostao na ulici. „Te 2010. godine muž tadašnje direktorke Predškolske ustanove „Naše dete“, Marice Vuletić, koji je u mesecu junu počeo da radi, posle šest meseci dobio je posao za stalno“, priča Goran i pokazuje dokumentaciju. Sa ugovorom na određeno vreme Goran je sačekao novog direktora, u nadi da će konačno dobiti sigurniji status. Međutim… „Početkom 2013. godine, u januaru, sin Salka Karadarevića, koji je u tom momentu bio okružni menadžer LDP-a, posle šest meseci rada, dobio je, takođe, posao za stalno“, objašnjava Goran. Goran je sa portirskog mesta, gde je radio četiri godine bez dana odmora, prebačen da čisti podstanice. Onda je, kako tvrdi, došao novi direktor iz SPS-a. Ne zadugo, usledilo je cepanje lokalnog SPS-a i imenovanje novog direktora, Srećka Đurića, koji mu nije dao novu šansu po isteku ugovora. „Ja sam pre toga pisao gradonačelniku i poslao mu medicinsku dokumentaciju o bolesti moga sina. Kada mi nisu produžili ugovor, ja sam se raspitivao da li će mi iz opštine neko pomoći. Sledećeg dana pozvao me je šef pravne službe, Dragomir Nikolić, i saopštio da je stigao odgovor da je na moje mesto zaposlen odbornik Lekić Suljo, iz SPS-a“, kaže Goran. Pisao je gradonačelniku, ministru Aleksandru Vulinu, zaštitniku građana, ali niko nije imao razumevanja niti rešenje za njegov problem. Onda je potražio pravdu na sudu. Apelacioni sud iz Novog Sada posle 14 meseci vratio ga je na posao, a onda ga je sačekao novi direktor, mitrovačke gore list – Aleksandar Prodanović. „Ja sam se na osnovu rešenja suda vratio na posao 7. novembra, radio sam petnaest dana, da bi mi posle toga bilo uručeno rešenje otkaza ugovora o radu i proglašen sam tehnološkim viškom“, priča Goran uz obrazloženje da je to rešenje potpisao privatni advokat Aleksandra Prodanovića, direktora JKP “Toplana“. Ni sa jednim direktorom, posle otpuštanja, nije bio u prilici da porazgovara. Nažalost, nismo uspeli ni mi. Srećko Đurić, koji je i posle smene ostao da radi u Toplani, kako nam je rekao, ne sme da priča bez odobrenja novog direktora. Novi direktor Aleksandar Prodanović nije se javljao na telefon, niti odgovarao na poruke, tako da nismo saznali da li je Goran Aleksić bez posla ostao po zakonu. Sve ovo zakonski možda i jeste, a da li je ljudski? https://wwwjutarnjiglasnik.000webhostapp.com/tragicna-prica-iz-sapca-otkaz-za-oca-dva-tesko-bolesna-deteta/