Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Chicago, the police, and the Orthodox Church


Posted by Byzantine, TX

2 comments:

  1. Matushka AnnaDecember 21, 2010 at 9:22 AM

    I don't think I'm being over-sensitive when I say that they seemed to go out of their way to avoid mentioning the OCA or the fact that any Eastern Orthodox people may not be "ethnic", i.e.-Serbian, Greek, Russian, Polish, etc. The Russian priest looked like he was about to mention that fact but I don't know if he didn't or if it was edited out. If the video's purpose was to educate officers about those ethnicities, then why say it's a video about Eastern Orthodoxy? If the video was about Eastern Orthodoxy, then why make it look like only "new immigrants or fourth generation Chicagoans (great-grandchildren of immigrants)" were Orthodox? It seems to be perpetuating a common myth in this country. That said, the instructions about church behavior and treating blessed items with respect was good. I don't see how knowing which way we make the sign of the cross is of practical use to them though.

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  2. UnknownDecember 21, 2010 at 12:01 PM

    Always neat to see one's bishop in a video!

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