"I am the door. By me if any man enter in he shall be saved, and shall go in and out and find pasture." - John 10:9 At every parish where I have had the pleasure of attending services, there is always a small group of people who find their way all the way up to the church building but don't actually attend services. At one parish it was a group of male gypsies who talked on cellphones or smoked cigarettes. At another it was a few Protestant husbands who, though they never attended services, opened the parish doors for people as they filed in. At yet another parish the men stood in the narthex and chatted until it was time to receive and then got in line. Latin or Greek Catholic, Eastern or Oriental Orthodox I see the same small throng of men standing next to the front door, but not standing, sitting, or kneeling amongst the people. If it were me (and I can only speak for myself here) this option would be an unsavory one. The boredom would be immediate. The anxiety of som...
The photo is fake, anti-Russian propaganda. The picture is from the blessing of an aircraft. See this link (which oddly enough has been removed, though the original remains in the Google cache):
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Correction: The photo is not fake but the presentation is misleading anti-Russian propaganda. The photos date August 15, Air Force Day in Russia - not after the air campaign in Syria as the article purports.
DeleteThe good thing about a blog is that responses like this can stand and correct misconceptions. Thanks for the clarification.
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