Archbishop Mark of Berlin, Maria Podlesnaya
Rating: 10|Votes: 1
Another big problem is the attitude of the parishioners to those of little or no faith. We have many families that have people of different confessions. It is very rare when everyone is of the same religion. Sometimes there is only one Orthodox Christian in the family.
The modern-day crusade for Christendom by nonbelievers tends to be rooted in fears about Muslim immigration, but it's also fueled by worries about the deterioration of European culture -- and nostalgia for the continent's once central place in world affairs.
Alena Plavsic, Fr. Alexander Anthchoutine
As one church warden used to say to one priest, "I’ve wiped the floor with 16 priests, and you’ll be the 17th…" This certainly cannot be the case. From whence comes the idea that the priest must fulfill every wish of his parishioners or warden?
Nun Cornelia (Rees), Dr. Lynne Pappas
Rating: 10|Votes: 3
People no longer have any boundaries, any anchor, or marker of what truth is. This is very important to remember in looking at this whole issue, because it has taken everything and turned it upside down, so that people do not know where to go.
Met. Hierotheos Vlachos
But there is a basic principle: Christianity does all its social work mainly within the church area. Those who perceive the Church as an ideology, as a social and religious system, become frustrated. Those living outside the Church and are involved a few times a year in church life, do not know what is in it.
