Lazar Zhurbenko declares in an interview that he accepts the sacraments of the Moscow Patriarchate.
The RTOC have condemned the 2014 union between the Kallinikos synod and the Cyprianites saying they never repented publicly of their false teachings. But at the same time Archbishop Lazar and the hierarchs of the RTOC have never repented either publicly for being in communion with the Cyprianites and considering the World Orthodox to be part of the Church... What a hipocracy...
Excerpt from the interview:
"Fr. Victor: Vladika, on one hand you do not recognize the Moscow Patriarchate; you did not become a member of the M.P., (actually he did accept ordination to the priesthood by the MP, that's why many catacomb Christian was suspicious of him and stayed away) but, as I understand, you do not deny the sacraments of the Moscow Patriarchate. Your branch of the Catacomb Church does not rebaptize, it does not re-ordain priests.
Bishop Lazarus: This is not my Personal opinion; it is the position of those well-educated priests with whom I associated. Fr. Vladimir Krivoliutsky belonged to a group led by Metropolitan Cyril of Kazan, a moderate. Fr. Sergius Tigrov was of like mind. They recognized the Mysteries [of the Moscow Patriarchate] because dogmatically there were no violations concerning the Orthodox teaching about the Holy Trinity, and the Mysteries were performed according to the rules of the office."
Full interview:
https://nftu.net/catacombs-interview-archbishop-lazar-zhurbenko/
