[Evdokia]

Blessings to all. I need spiritual guidance about receiving an ecclesiastical divorce. We were married in the Greek Church; however, I have been a member of the Russian Church (oca), as has my husband, for over three years. Does not my membership in the Russian Church advocate I follow their divorce guidelines, or am I bound by what jurisdiction I was married in? I have the same sf as I did when I converted and he is from the Greek Archdiocese, btw.

The idea of an ecclesiastical divorce frightens me, simply because of what is happening in my civil divorce. My husband is a pathological liar and is operating in "revenge mode" (what my priest said). He is refusing to support his children and has also moved to a different state. What scares me is that my future in the Church could be dictated by his lies. Is this a lack of faith on my part? Can I put my faith in the Greek Archdiocese in their determination?

Forgive me,
Christina