People talk so much about being canonical, which is important but they disregard the canons.
And then if you point out canonical violations, they accuse you of being "unloving" or "disobedient"
“Christian patriotism is completely alien to hatred of other peoples. If I love my own people, then surely I must also love the Chinese, the Turks, or any other people. Not to love them would be non-Christian” (On the Law of God).
- Metropolitan Philaret of NY