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 (Continue from  here ) Archbishop Seraphim of Chicago and Archbishop Leonty of Chile at a synodal meeting of ROCOR (early 1960s). Correspondence with the Old Calendarists and Preparation for a Visit to Greece In  early March 1962, Archbishop Seraphim of Chicago sent letters to Bishop Akakios of Talantion, who was ordained by him, regarding the issue of new consecrations. In his letter number 208 dated March 2nd/15th, 1962, he mentioned that he couldn't assist and wrote the following: " I highly recommend that you make an appeal to him to come to you by air to aid in further strengthening the position of your Church: Archbishop Leonty, a zealous advocate of Orthodoxy and the old calendar. He resides in Santiago, Chile, in our small diocese there. He has nothing to fear, as he governs our smaller diocese, and there is no way anyone can transfer him to a worse diocese. Therefore, the only risk he runs is the possibility of being called to account by the Synod, which is not...

  Archbishop Leonty in Acropolis of Athens, May 8/21, 1962. There are two biographies for Archbishop Leonty (Filippovich) . One in the Russian language by the Protodeacon Andrei Psarev and one in Greek by me. Those chapters that refer to the relationship of Archbishop Leontus with the Greek Old Calendarists have been selected from the Greek edition and present now for the first time in the English language, with the assistance of my brother in Christ Christophoros Gorman. I also send my thanks to Bishop Christodoulos of Theoupolis and my brother in Christ Anastasios Dustin Hudson. Nikolaos Mannis - nikolaosmannis@gmail.com First Contact with the Greek Old Calendarists   In 1960 (the exact month unknown), Archbishop Leonty traveled to the Holy Land. There, he met with the Russian ascetic Anthony of the Lavra of Saint Sabbas, who extensively informed him about the Old Calendarist movement in Greece and pointed out the differences between the Orthodox followers of St. C...