The god- father to Putin’s children is Valeri Gergiev who is not a believer but like Putin is culturally orthodox . The Russan church is Christian in the same way that the Mafia is Roman Catholic … Something like that.

Father James, thank you! Truth spoken right here! Communism says there is no God. satan is the father of lies and the master of deception. Those who “care” about “justice” and “equality” are really minions for satan. They have been deceived and they are all about deceiving. Manipulation and resentment are the hallmarks of Communism. God forbid it!

In your BlogSpot article you have defended:

1. Violation of an Orthodox cathedral by intent;
2. Disregard of a protected area before the Holy Iconostasis;
3. Violation of the Solea;
4. An obscene performance in an Orthodox church;
5. Deliberate disturbance of the peace of those (however “few”) who were there to pray.

In short, you have advocated for the desecration of a holy place, on grounds it was conducted
on behalf of a political position with which you agree.

You come off as a curious sort of “Orthodox Christian,” Sir, considering your cavalier attitude
toward a Temple of Christ. If you ever do manage to make it to seminary, you’re going to have a rough
time. It will, however, be worth it, if you are obedient (ooh–there’s that word…) to your spiritual director.

Joseph of Arimathea–the founder of the Western Church–is the Patron of my parish. He and his followers built
the first above-ground structure ever to be dedicated to the worship of Christ. It was made of wattle and daub, and
stood for six hundred years before the larger, stone Lady Chapel was built over it. I am convinced he would not share
your dismissive attitude toward such behavior in God’s House.

in Christ,

Fr. James Rosselli
Rector
St. Joseph of Arimathea Orthodox Church
and House of Prayer
ROCOR (Western Rite)

Reginald brings up an excellent point, and in response, I believe this is exactly what Fatima is about. (BTW, I am an Anglo-Catholic, not Roman Catholic, but I also take some of what happens into consideration too).

Hi, John–

The French Revolution was not in any way ontologically different from Communism. It was, in fact, the precursor of Bolshevism and
in many ways its model. The French Revolution:

a. Began with a violent proletarian revolution, that…
b. murdered the nobility and…
c. turned the churches into public buildings after desecrating them and…
d. establishing atheism as the law of the land,
e. promoting licentiousness and debauchery before…
f. ruthlessly stamping out “excesses” of public mirth,
g. all of it enforced b y the “Committee of Public Safety,” which…
h. established a police state with show trials and “lettres de cachet…
i. all of which grew out of the “rule of the proletariat” envisioned by the Paris Commune.

The only thing different about it was that the French people came to their senses sooner. Neither soon enough
nor thoroughly enough, however, because the shadow of the Revolution still lingers over France.

Communism, in any of its forms, does not “care” about anybody, John. It is entirely about political power, and
the manipulation of the resentments of the people to keep the leaders in power. It just keeps talking about “caring”
and “justice” and “equality” while concomitantly establishing a rigid class system of its own, at the top of which are
the most politically-favored.

V. Lenin detested the poor. He considered them to be a drain on the state and society because they were not productive. Remember, it was touted as a “Workers Paradise”.

Putin is Orthodox like Don Corleone is Catholic: He values its contribution to his respectability, but he doesn’t let it interfere with business. Everyone knows that the prosecution of Pussy Riot was motivated by the group’s attacks on Putin, not their “invasion” of Orthodox cathedrals. The charge against them – hooliganism motivated by religious hatred – is nonsense. They were criticizing Putin for his abuse of Christianity – and the Church for allowing itself to be coopted. I wrote a lengthy blog post on the PR episode a few years ago:
http://2natures.blogspot.com/2012/09/punks-vs-putin.html

Greetings with the feast of the Transfiguration.