Comments on: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on 60 Minutes

By: George Michalopulos

George Michalopulos — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:46:18 +0000

Eliot, well put. We all need to repent, me especially.

By: Eliot Ryan

Eliot Ryan — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:34:52 +0000

I quote from memory a contemporary elder: “If you are awake you have nothing left to do but cry. Do not cry for the suffering that is going to be here on earth, this will pass. Cry for those who will be punished for all eternity.” Lord teach me to do Thy will!

By: George Michalopulos

George Michalopulos — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:03:59 +0000

Indeed, Lord have mercy. The cynicism however is well-earned.

By: D

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:41:09 +0000

Wow. The cynicism is rampant here. Lord, have mercy!

By: George Michalopulos

George Michalopulos — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:00:55 +0000

At this point,I’d be ecstatic if he doesn’t read Al Gore’s poetry on the air.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:42:52 +0000

I looked at the clips on 60 minutes and I have to say they were very good. What I saw does not have the wacko green patriarch stuff. It actually portray the EP as a Christian leader. The images are compelling and the EP actually references Jesus Christ.

Maybe just maybe someone down at the welfare state that is 79th Street figured out the whole Green Patriarch rebranding was a failure.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:27:10 +0000

In reply to Fr. Johannes Jacobse. We should have an AOI person of the year.

By: Fr. Johannes Jacobse

Fr. Johannes Jacobse — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:21:43 +0000

In reply to Isa Almisry. Ditto that. Time basically reiterates the assumptions already accepted by the popular culture. It does not report news.

By: Isa Almisry

Isa Almisry — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:49:16 +0000

In reply to Andrew. Not really, as Time has been behind the times for quite some time, and no longer news.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:56:34 +0000

I can’t see this 60 minutes segment being anything but the usual cotton candy infomercial for the EP. It will be the same questions used on the Charlie Rose interview. There is simply no way that on Turkish soil the EP will be asked any tough questions or raise any tough issues.

Btw, did TIME magazine really number/rank the most influential people or is the EP just the 11th photo in the magazine?? The 11th most influential person in the world claim deserves a second look.

By: Eliot Ryan

Eliot Ryan — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:50:49 +0000

I guess he will use this opportunity to spread the climate change gospel. Let’s see if he is going to bring with him the evidence: “pieces of dead coral bleached by hot ocean temperatures; stones uncovered by retreating glaciers; and small, shriveled ears of corn from drought-stricken parts of Africa”.

He is supposed to talk about the Orthodox Church and “its development from its earliest years to modern times”. I would find appropriate to the topic mentioning the Communist Holocaust. Archbishop Hilarion can brief him on the subject:
“We should face the historical truth. There is irrefutable evidence that under Stalin there were mass repressions. We may not ever know the exact number of those repressed but it is a matter of millions of those who were executed by shooting, deprived of their property, driven away from their native land.”

What about a service for the martyrs? He should carry holy relics down the aisle and to the altar not dead corals. I am afraid this is nothing but a sinister farce meant to distract our attention from the obvious truth: out there are forces (read very determined people) fighting against God!

By: George Michalopulos

George Michalopulos — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:46:18 +0000

we oughtta start a pool: how many times he says the words “Jesus Christ,” “Holy Trinity” (or “Triune God”), “Gospel,” or “salvation.” Or how long into the interview before he mentions any of the above.

Also, let’s see if he mentions Orthodoxy in America and any mention of its history that doesn’t include the GOA.

Oh, let’s go whole-hog: how many times he mentions “canon 28” and says the words “First Throne of Orthodoxy,” and “spiritual leader of 300 million Orthodox Christians worldwide.”

By: John Panos

John Panos — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:32:57 +0000

Let’s hope he actually talks about the Christian faith/Gospel, and NOT climate change or draconian socialistic measures to enslave free peoples and save the shrimp.