[FormerLib]

More likely this will trigger a number of editorials in Sweden about how backward and unenlightened the Russians really are, followed by a "Human Rights" investigation about how the Russian State won't embrace the growth of like-minded "churches."

[MarMema]

That's right. They're just so darn unecumenical.

[GipperCT]

PING!

[OldCorps]

Don't know if any of you watched Fox news last night. They did a piece on the dismal attendance at Anglican churches in England. There is extensive closure of Anglican churches in England because no one goes to church there anymore. Many beautiful church buildings are being sold for condos or commercial property, such as restaurants. They then interviewed a priestess who wore a collar; she talked all sorts of babble. Next was a priest who spreads the gospel in pubs over a pint or two...looks like more than two, come to think of it. He was not dressed in any clerical garments.

My point in all of this is declining attendance in Protestant churches is no doubt due to the liberal ecclessiology they espouse.

[Kolokotronis]

" Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church"

Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church? Oh yes, the guys the Roman Catholics around here love to castigate so roundly!

[monkfan]

Meanwhile...

Anti-Christian Jeans Are a Trend in Sweden

I'd say being called backward and unenlightened by the average Swede could be taken as a compliment.