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Why the rush?
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C_U_L8R
(45,020 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,255 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,255 posts)Also being an adherent (as best as possible) to the Eastern Orthodox Faith is beyond troubling. Nothing further...
Effete Snob
(8,387 posts)ROCOR has practically been a Russian influence operation for a long time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church_Outside_of_Russia
A lot of alt-right characters - e.g. Lauren Witzke - claim to be orthodox, and more particularly are ROCOR.
Are you familiar with what's been going on as discussed here:
https://religiondispatches.org/how-orthodox-christianity-became-the-spiritual-home-of-white-nationalism/
How Orthodox Christianity Became the Spiritual Home of White Nationalism
https://publicorthodoxy.org/2021/12/03/orthodox-lost-cause/
https://ocl.org/orthodoxys-extremist-appeal/
ORTHODOXYS EXTREMIST APPEAL
https://orthodoxyindialogue.com/2018/04/18/white-supremacy-in-the-orthodox-church-where-do-we-go-from-here-by-kari-edwards/
WHITE SUPREMACY IN THE ORTHODOX CHURCH: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
This is not some isolated phenomenon, but appears to be a widespread phenomenon that has been observed by persons within various Orthodox traditions.
sprinkleeninow
(20,255 posts)Not under russian patriarchate.
ROCOR was a separate entity until not long ago .
We had communicated at a Greek Orthodox Community for 15 years and it was lovely.
The 'Faith' is one thing. The 'Church' consists of imperfect humanity.
Tetrachloride
(7,865 posts)its 01:35 hours according to my World Clock for Kyiv(Kiev).
sprinkleeninow
(20,255 posts)I get antsy.