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Hoffman: If we release you, will you give an undertaking never again to aid Jews?
Klepinin: I can say no such thing. I am a Christian and must act as I must.
Hoffman (striking Klepinin across the face): Jew lover! How dare you talk of helping those swine as being a Christian duty!
Klepinin (recovering his balance, held up the cross from his cassock): Do you know this Jew?

— Fr. Dimitri Klepinin

Response to Linsley on "Why Women Were Never Priests"

Posted: 11 May, 2010

John Sanidopoulos, whose posts on tidbits of Orthodox tradition and the Saints I enjoy reading, re-posted an article by Alice Linsley today. Linsley is a former Episcopalian priest who left the priesthood and eventually joined the Orthodox Church. She appears to be a sort of living proof-text used by some Orthodox assure us that women are not called to the priesthood (except, as she says in one explanation of both her call and eventual departure, when men fail to serve. Only then does God call women to serve in this capacity.) Since my response was a bit longer than most comments warrant, I decided to post it here.

The Mystagogy post is here, and the original post at Preachers Institute is here.

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