Patriarch says Russians who don't serve country are 'internal enemies'

Chris

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Patriarch says Russians who don't serve country are 'internal enemies'
Patriarch Kirill is a close ally of President Vladimir Putin and has strongly backed the war in Ukraine.
By REUTERS

The head of Russia's powerful Orthodox Church on Tuesday branded Russians who fail to serve their country as "internal enemies" and described patriotism as the "greatest virtue," the RIA state news agency reported. Patriarch Kirill is a close ally of President Vladimir Putin and has strongly backed the war in Ukraine, in which tens of thousands of people have been killed and millions more driven from their homes.

"Today our prayer is for our fatherland, that the Lord may protect it from external and internal enemies, from all those who do not associate their lives with Russia, who are ready to make money in Russia, but have never been ready to serve the fatherland," RIA quoted Kirill as saying in a sermon.

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athenasius

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He's about as Christian as Pope Franny the Hippy pope! He is a type of Russian Orthodox church goer who sees the RO church as an expression of Russian solidarity, of unifying Russia under one religious element that has historically been the way most (NOT ALL) Russians worship God.

It's an ethnic thing, not a salvation thing. If you are Russian you belong to Russia and the Russian Orthodox church. Heaven help you if you stray into becoming a Baptist, or non denominational Christian or disagree with the Russian govt.

That is spitting in "Mother Russia's" eye. It's fighting words for loyal Russians. The concept of "mother Russia" goes way back and it's far deeper than "Uncle Sam" or the American flag.

Americans are born into the idea of liberty. Inalienable rights given by God, the right to liberty. Human rights.

Russians are born into the notion that they are slaves, serfs, and property of "mother Russia" and she can demand their lives at any time, for any reason and she has that right. They don't. Ever.
 

Ghoti Ichthus

Pray so they do not serve alone. Ephesians 6:10-20
The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) is the State church in Russia USSR. President Putin is the State head of the ROC, and Patriarch Krill is the head cleric.

State churches get co-opted and become part of the evil and cease being salt and light. Free/non-State churches get saltier and brighter because of standing up to the evil and get persecuted.

The State Lutheran churches versus the non-State Lutheran churches in Nazi Germany show the stark differences. The differences persist to this day. Being a member of a free/non-State Lutheran church in Germany still costs believers politically, socially, and economically :frown
 

daygo

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The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) is the State church in Russia USSR. President Putin is the State head of the ROC, and Patriarch Krill is the head cleric.

State churches get co-opted and become part of the evil and cease being salt and light. Free/non-State churches get saltier and brighter because of standing up to the evil and get persecuted.

The State Lutheran churches versus the non-State Lutheran churches in Nazi Germany show the stark differences. The differences persist to this day. Being a member of a free/non-State Lutheran church in Germany still costs believers politically, socially, and economically :frown
Reminds me of c of e and King Charles.
 
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