Rating: 10|Votes: 4
"The argument that each nation, only because it is different from another nation, should have an autocephalous Church is unsupported. At the same time, the argument is unsupported which says that a mature local Church cannot be self-governed only because it does not have a different nationality from one that already has autocephaly. National affiliation cannot and must not be the only criterion for independence. The Church measures according to the criterion of maturity in love and service, and according to pastoral needs, and not according to those who ask for autocephaly on the basis of the separateness of the nation and the state."
We thank the Lord that, this far from our Homeland, He yet gives us strength to reject any “foreign gods,” to preserve our recognition and vibrant understanding that without standing firm in the Orthodox Church, the Russian person is nothing, and his life becomes a toy in the hands of the “ancient slayer of man,” or, at best, he becomes empty, and, wandering off into political or social activity, becomes as a “tinkling cymbal,” that is, he becomes nothing but noise.
Fr. Roman Braga, Jessica Precop
Rating: 7,5|Votes: 11
When we were free we did not have time to ask ourselves these questions. Our faith was superficial because you can learn a lot of things and can have a mind like an Encyclopedia full of all the knowledge, but if you don’t know yourself and who you are!. Even if you know everything in the world you are superficial if you do not ask yourself who am I? Why do I exist? What is the destiny of my life? Why did God create me? If I believe in God what does God want from me?
One reason these tactics have worked so well is that homophile activists have succeeded in marketing a harmless and friendly image of their movement.
The British government’s own policies promoting “safe sex,” contraceptives and “free” abortion, have caused the problem of so-called “repeat abortions” that garnered complaints in the press last month, according to one British expert.
