[JMJ333]

Brasov, Romania

[Cvengr]

Good read,..thanks for the post,..prayers out.

[OxfordMovement]

This may be one of the saddest things I have ever read in my life.

Please accept my thanks though for posting it. It is a great witness to me.

Please pray for me and my family. My son has been in an out of the hospital with an unexplained recuring fever of 104 degrees. He is so little, and I can't do anything but ask others to pray for him. His name is Michael. Thank you.

[WaterDragon]

A very good post! Thank you. The truth must be gotten out.

I've recently been reading Robert Kaplan's books on his travels through Eastern Europe. In fact, several of his books provide extensive history of Eastern Europe and the migrations from the Asia which originally populated it, and the Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches.

Eastern Europe has suffered two devastating occupations: first the Ottoman Empire's invasion and subjugation, then the Nazis and the Communists (which I classify as a continuation of similar totalitarian brutality). The Ottoman occupation was as brutal. Which stands in marked contrast to the brilliance of Attaturk, and the abysmal failure of the 'milder' socialism of today's Europe.

I recommend Kaplan's books to get a sweeping overview. But this article, LarryLied, is a snapshot of a dominant and evil religion (socialism) determined to destroy Western Civilization and its primary religions.

[FormerLib]

But on the whole, the Orthodox leadership was responsible for no little injustice toward the Catholics.

The Orthodox suffered themselves, however. The old Orthodox metropolitans, Mihálecescu and Criveanu, who were not sympathetic to Communism, were replaced by the government with "people?s prelates."

I am very saddened to read this attempt to slander the Orthodox Church. Clearly, the Orthodox clergy who were willing to withstand the Communist governments orders were killed. This article downplays that fact and focuses on the actions of the collaborators as if they could possibly represent the Orthodox faith. This is truly a disheartening piece of propaganda to behold.