Charlottesville, Virginia, August 17, 2017
Fr. Panagiotis Hanley. Photo: transfiguration.va.goarch.org Fr. Panagiotis explains the events leading up to this culmination. He discusses the true Christian attitude we as Orthodox must have in order not to contribute to the escalation of violence, and how not to get caught up in these events. The deaths and injuries that took place in that city, involving people who call themselves Christians, makes Fr. Panagiotis’s words especially ring true. He notes that there can be no “black-and-white” reaction to the white supremacists and other groups.
“It should be so simple, but yet it becomes complex I think because of our fallen, sinful nature, our raw emotions, and our difficulty in handling things in a Christ-like way. If you are upset by this, re-dedicate yourself to Christ and His Church. We have to stop being Christians one day a week, then the other six days of the week go out and do whatever we want, and then we wonder why things like this are showing up in our communities,” Fr. Panagiotis said in the interview.
The audio recording can be heard on Orthodox Christian Network.
You might want to look up some numbers on mob lynch murders in the US South. Turkish levels of barbarity.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with any peoples working to maintain and preserve their own unique, God-given, identity.
'Anti-racists' are Antichrist enablers.
Dear Ludmila, there is nothing "wrong" with being proud of one's nationality, as long as it doesn't fall over into believing that it is superior to all others (being prideful). This is a disease from which Russians, whether under the Tsar or Soviets, have long suffered -- probably because they were always treated like the uncouth and unwashed by Europe. (And yes, I am Russian.) After all, as faithful we know that it was God who created nations in the first place. We are "tribal" by nature and since we don't wander the plains with goats and sheep, having a national identity fulfills the tribal instinct.
In the US, it's time for many of us who have felt for sometime that we are looked down upon because we believe in "God and Country" to show the BEST side of that credo. The KKK and others like them are an extremely small minority, but for whatever reason, they are given a very large megaphone in the media.
Charlottesville is a manufactured aberration. By God's will, time will tell what the truth is.
Aside from that, all I can say is it's wonderful to watch Babylon implode.
''After this I saw another angel descending from heaven with great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his glory. And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair of demons. She is a haunt for every unclean spirit, a hideout for every unclean bird, and a hold for every detestable beast. All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy through the extravagance of her luxury.”…