"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...
And so the propaga.....clarification begins.
ReplyDeletePlease stop accusing the venerable Russian church of propagandizing. Such accusations do no good when flung by either side of the story.
DeleteBOTH the EP and the MP are engaged in a media campaign of *persuasion*, and BOTH campaigns have all the traits of propaganda...
DeleteSetting aside the current unpleasantness, this is long overdue.
ReplyDeleteHoly See website--9 languages
ReplyDeleteBaha'i website--10 languages
Dalai Lama's website--11 languages
Raelian website--40 languages
I think we have a winner.