tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post258226282110540205..comments2024-03-22T11:37:52.668-05:00Comments on Byzantine, Texas: LGBT protest met with prayer at San Francisco cathedralByzantine, TXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17845681957622343484noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-63790328245102144252013-08-31T11:01:40.033-05:002013-08-31T11:01:40.033-05:00Doesn't sound like anyone here knows what is g...Doesn't sound like anyone here knows what is going on in Russia. I have always been a russophile and a faithful Orthodox Christian. But what i have seen is horrific. These laws, which may have been well intentioned, have created a frenzy of state sponsored terrorism. LGTB community is being hunted down and brutally beaten, sometimes to the point of death, on public streets and either the Russian police refuse to protect them from violence or take part in it. This is not acceptable behavior and definitely not Christian. rhartschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02005412818602247908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-66825175769329279442013-08-28T20:38:19.461-05:002013-08-28T20:38:19.461-05:00What Matushka said!What Matushka said!Jovan-Marya Weismiller, T.O.Carm.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03944144604130780799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-62709944932018676802013-08-28T10:40:48.435-05:002013-08-28T10:40:48.435-05:00The Church is the only organization that will not ...The Church is the only organization that will not be "politically correct". She will not submit, even when all rulers of the world, civil authorities and majority of people will. These groups (LGBT) are very violent in nature. They will persecute everyone who is not in agreement with them. Tarashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05882031339488078960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-38335948447596038532013-08-28T10:36:32.476-05:002013-08-28T10:36:32.476-05:00May God eternal blessings be with all who pray tha...May God eternal blessings be with all who pray that His truth may prevail. Saint Alexander Nevsky said: "God is not in the strength, but in the truth." This is the time when we all be tested how we adhere to the truth. Tarashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05882031339488078960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-52476611986343648572013-08-27T10:44:52.092-05:002013-08-27T10:44:52.092-05:00Because they hate the Church.Because they hate the Church.Matushka Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10522097149212770814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-79629832241634173512013-08-27T10:35:40.364-05:002013-08-27T10:35:40.364-05:00From the (LGBT) perspective, if they are protestin...From the (LGBT) perspective, if they are protesting Russia's new law, then why did they protest here and not at the General Consulate at 2790 Green St (not the OCA cathedral at 1520 Green St at the intersection with Van Ness)? Elishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07661936784444666510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-25073991582376646492013-08-27T06:05:25.979-05:002013-08-27T06:05:25.979-05:00I am Baptist from the 1689 Reformed tradition, and...I am Baptist from the 1689 Reformed tradition, and even though we have our differences in Theology, I am thankful to see such a response and fellowship. My prayers are with you.Phil Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02752045605704569789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-21658896789888991902013-08-27T03:53:42.219-05:002013-08-27T03:53:42.219-05:00This is very bittersweet to read. It is very sad ...This is very bittersweet to read. It is very sad to see where the efforts of our antiChristian president, and the dark powers behind him and those of the same mindset as he have gotten in this country. This is the first of many sorrows like this, in what was once at least a God-fearing nation. But what is a joy is to read here how the Russian Orthodox Church and ROCOR, who, above so many other groups, know what it is to be persecuted by lawless people, have set an example of turning to God in prayer. For me, as angry as I get about Obama and the activist and bigoted LGBT segment, this is a very good example to me of the Christian way to deal with these matters.<br /><br />Lord, have mercy on me, and on all of us!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11485218819279328358noreply@blogger.com