News

This page is now to be considered an archive. Anything you see on this page may not be accurate. Use the PSA page instead of news page. This page is the documentation we used in our old ministry, and we do not have the same doctrine as our old ministry, since we are now fully Orthodox.

We have just found out that our Site Developer has been writing false information in News and PSA to make us seem like heretics or usurpers. Rev. Fr. Elliot Esch is NOT a bishop anymore and has been a hieromonk. Bp. Elan Bolton is a bishop. Bp. Lamar Bennett is a bishop but not originally from this ministry. Rev. Fr. Elliot Esch is attached to this ministry and to the monastery that this ministry had. Bp. Elan Bolton is the only person who has authority over Rev. Fr. Elliot Esch (besides Jesus Christ himself since Christ has authority over all). We have separated from the ecumenist and politicized patriarchates and we operate entirely independently under the guidance from God and from Bp. Elan Bolton. We are consecrating new bishops and have 2 more bishops who wish to not be mentioned on this website.

Archived News From Previous Religious Order: (Note: Some of these dates may be inaccurate, most of these events are here because they are what led to Elliot's views and his church) (EDIT: This archive is partly inaccurate and is unreliable.)

11/2/22 - elliot was suspended from school after refusing to recognize the principal's authority

11/5/2022 - Elliot's spiritual studies begin.

7/2/2023 - Elliot punched someone in the face in defense of his neighbor's children

11/5/2023 - Elliot's faith in Christ begins

4/26/2024 - Elliot Esch immediately begins work on the church, after he was baptized and christened

4/27/2024 - The tabernacle has been setup in Elliot's garage. The name for the ministry is Harmonia Orthodox Monastery.

(sometime in late April, Elliot Esch has baptized Elan Bolton and appointed him to the acolytic lay ministry)

5/23/2024 - Elliot Esch has converted to Islam

5/31/2024 - Elliot Esch is made to move to [REDACTED], but plans to return to Texas ASAP.

6/6/2024 - Elliot Esch has arrived safely to [REDACTED] Please keep him in your prayers.

6/10/2024 - Elliot Esch has is converting to Judaism.

7/23/2024 - Elliot Esch has returned to Christ.

8/2/2024 - Elliot Esch has now been resumed in Holy Orders to the Orthodox Church.

8/16/2024 - We have 2 new bishops: Bishop Mikhaela [REDACTED] and Bishop Elan Bolton.

8/19/2024 - Elliot Esch has received full legal recognition for his church and sacraments.

9/11/2024 - Elliot Esch begins in his Portable Altar Street Preaching, and delivers a powerful 9/11 Memorial sermon outside of a bar, and then burns incense

10/1/2024 - Welcome to the Virtual Catholic Church! Harmonia will be transferred in the sacramental database to our new ministry.

10/2/2024 - Elliot Esch has estimated his return to Texas to be in late 2029. His return will be great, and he will build a large church to Christ. The patriarchate will remain in Texas, and Elliot Esch will bring the culture of "The Texan Orthodox Church" to [REDACTED], and hopefully will be seeing new converts.

October 3rd, 2024 - Bishop Mikha has resigned from being a bishop after council ruling preventing ordination and/or consecration of females. She now is Sister August of the Holy Face and will be a religious sister.

October 4th, 2024 - All faithful following the VCC are hereby ordered to avoid conversation about any type of polytheism, paganism, or witchcraft. You are to block anyone who attempts to convert you to wicca, paganism, satanism, or any religion other than Christianity. Do not consider converting, because those religions are declared dangerous by the manager and the bishops.

October 4th, 2024 - Sister August of the Holy Face is now the first nun of the ULC Carmelites.

October 23, 2024 - WE HAVE A NEW POPE! AntiguoMi has chosen the name Pope Urban XI. He was elected pope by the council of cardinals, the metropolitan, and His archbishops.

October 25, 2024 - Rev. Elliot has become a hieromonk

October 29, 2024 - Pope Urban XI has declared the "end of the world" prophecies to be hysteria.

November 2, 2024 - Rev. Fr. Elliot Esch has been added back to the apostolic council

November 16, 2024 - Elliot Esch was kicked out of Guitar Center for playing music too loud

November 17, 2024 - Elliot Esch has reported visions and signs of the tribulation

November 19, 2024 - Pope Urban XI has been swiftly removed from the papacy after cybercrime allegations and facing arrest. A new pope by the name of Pope Chamuel I has been elected and will begin to serve as the SP of the VCC in November 20, 2024.

November 20, 2024 - Pope Chamuel I organizes a bible study after the trial of former pope Urban XI, settling the drama. Antiguo aka former pope Urban XI has been allowed to become a religious laybrother under supervision from security and clerics.

November 20, 2024 - Elliot is now known as Rev. Fr. Elliot of Holy Wisdom.

November 26, 2024 - Elliot has been made an archbishop and is planning on starting a Christian jazz band.

November 28, 2024 - Elliot has changed his title to be the German word for Archbishop. His name on the clergy page will be set to Erzbischof Elliot Esch on the 29th, day after Thanksgiving. The reason why is unclear but might have something to do with his heritage or him learning the German language.

November 29, 2024 - Elliot is growing his religious orders which he started

November 29, 2024 - Erzbischof Elliot wins MMA fight while wearing religious attire

November 29, 2024 - We have rebranded to Global Christian Ministries. The reason for this is to open real life locations and to have a more broad Christian name.

December 15, 2024 - Erzbischof Elliot Esch has added titles in the Discord server to honor veterans, reserve, and active service of the armed forces.

December 17, 2024 - Pope Chamuel I is planning to update some doctrine

December 18th, 2024 - Erzbischof Elliot Esch is planning on building a church in 2029. A donation link will be opened in late 2025

December 21, 2024 - Erzbischof Elliot Esch will now be referred to as Dr. Elliot Esch. His legal title is changed for a number of personal and legal reasons.

December 28, 2024 - Dr. Elliot Esch has bought a banjo and plans to play it at church sometime.

December 29, 2024 - Pope Chamuel I has formed a new denomination by the name of "Covenental Orthodox", but Dr. Elliot Esch has went back to communion with the Roman Catholic Church, as a Ukrainian Orthodox Greek Catholic (UOGCC), but keeps his role in the church.

December 29, 2024 - BREAKING: Pope Chamuel I may organize a new crusade and hire armed security.

December 29, 2024 - After the raids on the GCM Discord server, the raiders were forgiven and the Representative of Islam was invited back to the server

December 29, 2024 - GCM sponsors Rev. Dr. Elliot Esch and his new MMA school, Roman Kickboxing 

December 31, 2024 - George R Esch, the grandfather of Rev. Dr. Elliot Esch, was canonized as a saint today.

January 1, 2025 - Happy New Year! GCM celebrates mass at exactly 12:00:35, after praying during the transition from 2024 to 2025, starting 11:58:30 and ending 12:00:20

January 1, 2025 - New pope was elected, Pope Pius XIII, formerly Pope John XXIV.

January 3, 2025 - Elliot Esch is Orthodox again

January 8, 2025 - The Pope role was changed to Patriarch role, out of respect for the Roman Catholic Communion.

January 8, 2025 - Patriarch Elliot Esch now will sew the Texas flag on his GCM priest uniform.

January 8, 2025 - A declaration of autonomy was proposed by Monsignore Rev. Elan Bolton, but declined by Patriarch Rev. Elliot Esch.

January 9, 2025 - Rev. Elan Bolton has been experiencing light skies at 11pm, angelic sightings, and trumpets heard in the sky. Rev. Elliot Esch has confirmed these visions to be true and according to prophecies. Hold on to your rosaries!

January 10, 2025 - A declaration of autonomy is being worked on, and the autonomous organization will be titled the Covenantal Orthodox Church, but will still allow other denominations to attend. This is due to the confusion caused by the name Virtual Catholic Church, and the excommunication of one of the bishops from the RCC, and also since Rev. Elliot Esch converted back to Orthodoxy. 

January 10, 2025 - Rev. Elan Bolton was elected Patriarch because Rev. Elliot Esch did not want to deal with the "bulls*** caused by misinformation or uninformed trollers"

January 23, 2025 - Rev. Elan Bolton and Rev. Elliot Esch are now both patriarchs, after they couldn't decide who was the metropolitan. Elliot Esch will continue to be seen as Chief Metropolitan and "Vice Catholicos" (assistant general head of church) than a Supreme Patriarch

January 30, 2025 - Metropolitan Elliot Esch begins to like [REDACTED], complimenting the peace of the rural areas.

January 31, 2025 - Metropolitan Elliot Esch offers free martial arts training, on his other website Roman Kickboxing. The name seems to come from the Roman Catholic Church.

February 1, 2025 - Metropolitan Elliot Esch welcomes 2 new priests - Father Criston and Father Tullin. They were ordained in late January and have just finished their educational and sacramental requirements.

February 2, 2025 - Patriarch Elan Bolton has immediately made Father Criston an Archbishop even though it's Father Criston's first day on the job.

February 3, 2025 - Metropolitan Elliot Esch's beliefs are now unknown, but has said to be a Conservative Evangelical as of sometime in early February, returning to his original beliefs.

February 6, 2025 - Metropolitan Elliot Esch apologizes for the confusion and is said to be a Conservative High Church Non-denominational. This will not affect the organization in any way except for a change in the description in the main page. (not the updated one, the site dev doesn't care about that one anymore)

February 7, 2025 - Rev. Fr. Elliot Esch has been appointed Archpriest of Houston and the Auxiliary Bishop of GCM.

February 9, 2025 - Rev. Dr. Elliot Esch has recommended his parishioners to listen to Blind Harvest

February 20, 2025 - Rev. Elliot Esch has returned to being Western Rite Orthodox Christian, and is now only doing the teaching part of the ministry. He is considering retirement from bishopric status to be a lay monastic teacher.

February 20, 2025 - Rev. Elliot Esch is planning on making the ministry in communion with the Eastern Orthodox church by either changing all ranks to laity ranks and just jobs for the ministry and letting an actual bishop run the ministry or fixing the doctrine to establish communion. Probably both. Rev. Elliot Esch is likely to return to being a lay-monastic hermit if he does such thing.

February 21, 2025 - When Elliot Esch rebrands the ministry, he will give it the name of Orthodox Outreach Ministry. The staff team has started the process.

February 21, 2025 - The rebrand is a success. We have retired our canonically irregular Holy Orders and have completely changed all ranks to lay-person ranks. Rev. Elliot Esch is now referred to as Br. Elliot Esch (Brother Elliot Esch). Br. Elan Bolton is the same. Br. Elliot Esch has changed his picture in the Clergy (now Staff) page. This news page now serves as an archive, and all new posts will be under the Public Service Announcement page. God bless!