“And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly.”
— 2 Peter 2:6
Some Orthobros and convert-clergy have been telling us to exercise absolute obedience to a spiritual father.
Some have even told us that we should be willing to murder someone if a spiritual father tells us to.
But is this Orthodox?
Let’s ask St Ignatij Brânčaninov. 🧵
He’s a Deacon. Shouldn’t his answer be “I couldn’t tell you bc the Priest doesn’t share that information with me”. …… when he is asked “what do Orthodox Christians say in confession “……..
Blessed Pentecost! ☦️
"O Heavenly King, Comforter, Spirit of Truth, who art everywhere present and fillest all things, Treasury of blessings and Giver of Life: come and abide in us, and cleanse us from every impurity, and save our souls, O Good One."
"What drew me to the Byzantine tradition, therefore, was not its Eastern roots. I never felt "Eastern," nor was I drawn to becoming so.
But the practice of the Byzantine liturgy seemed to me the most suitable means, as things stand, of entering into the fullness...
“The prevailing view in Orthodox Church theology is that such infants, as bearers of the ancestral sin, are not able to enter into the Kingdom of God."
The principal Synodal decision of the Church of Greece is Circular No. 2716/3-7-2001 of the Permanent Holy Synod
Митрополија црногорско-приморска, Црквена општина Тиват и Храм Светог Саве у Тивту организују у недјељу, 10. маја, духовно сабрање: „У свјетлости Христовог васкрсења - Бокељи Светом Сави и превлачким мученицима“