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Biography
Lazar (Puhalo) is self-proclaimed cleric who was giving to himself various titles throughout his life, the highest one being ''"Archbishop of Ottawa and (all) Canada"''. With his buddy Varlaam, started a several times name changing monastery, currently known as ''"The Canadian Orthodox Monastery of All Saints of North America"'' and ''"New Ostrog"'', in BC, Canada.
Information on who ever ordained Mr. Puhalo to any ecclesial seat is not known. Various stories about that exist, and are told by Mr. Puhalo himself. He was changing his stories as he has found it fit, and in general he is not quite happy to talk about that. The title of "Archbishop", he apparently obtained: ''"during the tenure of Ukrainian confessor and national hero Patriarch Volodymir"''. Mentioned Volodymir was anathemized as leader of non-canonical organization under the name ''"Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate"'', one of the religious groups appeared after the fall of Soviet Union.
Several years ago, Mr. Puhalo and Varlaam were received by Orthodox Church of America - OCA, as retired clerics, altogether with their monastery, and surrounding property. The deal was for them to retain titles and honor those titles come with, in exchange for becoming "canonical". Results of such an action by OCA were severed ties with Serbian Orthodox Church, and cold feet with other Orthodox churches in Canada. On a parish level, priests of OCA are not welcome in the canonic Orthodox Churches, even during the Week of Orthodoxy.
[[User:Cebactokpatop|Cebactokpatop]] 18:04, May 2, 2008 (UTC)
 
He was ordained by the Milan Synod in 1990. He broke communion with the Synod to get in with "Patriarch" Filaret Denisenko, in the hope of getting a more "semi-official" status. I still think his elevation was one of the biggest mistakes the Milan Synod ever made, though some disagree with me. Citation given; other pages in archive include photos and documents related to his consecration. --[[User:JosephSuaiden|JosephSuaiden]] 19:27, August 9, 2008 (UTC)
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