Posted on 05/17/2022 6:03:07 PM PDT by marshmallow
On Sunday, May 8, 2022, the day before WW2 Victory Day, the Head of the Russian Church, Patriarch Kirill, gave an extraordinary homily on the connection of a nation's spiritual life and its military exploits. He was serving morning services at the newly built Central Cathedral for the Armed Forces, in a suburb 1 hour south of Moscow. (More info about this unusual cathedral below). We strongly recommend watching the whole sermon, it is fascinating. (English captions can be turned on in the video settings)
At the 10.17 mark he appealed to Russia's armed forces, and told them that the current conflict was literally a matter of whether Russia would be free, or lose its freedom to the "powerful forces that rule most of the world". He went on to say that it was this struggle for control over Russia which was at the heart of the current military conflict. He stressed that Russia is acting purely defensively, defending itself from aggression from these "world centers of power". He stressed that in contrast to these powers, Russia does not seek to capture or occupy anyone, and does not seek to exploit them economically. He emphasized again that Russia was defensively fighting for her freedom from these forces which are trying to destroy Russian independence.
Here is the excerpt:
"I would like to appeal to the servicemen who are present here, and through them to our entire army. Remember, brothers, that the freedom, independence, self-sufficiency and independence of our Fatherland, from the most powerful forces that today practically rule the world, but do not rule our country, and hence all the problems.
May the Lord enlighten all of us - the army, the people, the youth, the elderly, our intelligentsia, and the workers, and those who work in......
(Excerpt) Read more at gorthodox.com ...
Such arrogant elitist bs
He sounds idolatrous.
A purely defensive war that involves invading a much smaller country that presented no military threat.<p
Typically Russia B.S.
“Very Powerful Forces Rule Most of the World, But Not Russia”
Dead-on. What else can it mean when we call for REGIME CHANGE in Russia?
Well he has a neat hat. There is that.
Therefore invasions are required.
Kirill is right that Russia isn’t ruled by powerful forces. It’s ruled by a weak, sick, insecure little queer and his cartel of hooligans and thieves.
Nah, he is an agent of influence. He is a pro at this after a very long career.
He got his spot as Russias Patriarch back in the KGB days, when his real job was, er, representing the Soviet point of view among liberal western churchmen. The FSB inherited him as an asset.
Unorthodox propaganda trash.
“What else can it mean when we call for REGIME CHANGE in Russia?”
Uh, Alex I’ll take “Russia illegally invaded Ukraine twice in 8 years” for $800, please.
Oh, the daily double!
Well, he's right.
Anyone who believes otherwise should march right over to Russia and tell Patriarch Kirill to his face in the Cathedral.
See how that works out for ya.
Henry Kissinger: ‘We are now living in a totally new era’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b89jcNqgJo
The Russian “church” is part of the mafia.
No. I would say that is the Catholic Church of which I am a member.
“Uh, Alex I’ll take “Russia illegally invaded Ukraine twice in 8 years” for $800, please.”
ANSWER: NO
QUESTION: Did the UN approve our attack and dismembering of Serbia in 1999?
“No. I would say that is the Catholic Church of which I am a member.”
YEP, it’s not the Russian Orthodox Church trafficking MILLIONS of illegals into the United States, it’s the Catholic Church.
Orthodoxy, marching hand-in-hand with despots. Disappointing to say the least. But no worse that the fool sitting in Peter’s chair.
CC
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tPbzT-AljNU&feature=emb_rel_pause
Watch The Military Cathedral in Russia. While the liberals destroy our Churches.
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