Patriarch Kirill Blesses - Gives Communion to Russian Troops

YouTube ^ | 03-24-2014 | Russian Orthodox Church

[NRx]

Scenes from Russian Orthodox Divine Liturgy for the Armed Forces at Christ the Savior Cathedral.

[MSF BU]

What would Mikey Weinstein say?

[don-o]

The manliness of it all!

[NRx]

He would turn into a pillar of salt.

[redhead]

Sublime...

[Psalm 144]

Yes. All those years. All those prayers for the conversion of the Soviet Union.

Answered.

The first time I saw churches like this, they were dark, run down, musty, with two or three babushkas at prayer and a half dozen tourist groups and Intourist guides being as loud and disruptive as they could be.

Pray for the conversion of godless,hedonist America.

[Claud]

Beautiful. This is a civilization.

[GBA]

Fascinating. For what it's worth, the many prophecies written in True Life In God regarding Russia appear to be coming to pass.

For example, the Russian prophecy part of this one seemed very, very unlikely when written:

Prophecy: I Will Deliver You (Russia) And Place You As Head Of Many Nations
The Earth Soon Will Shake And With A Roar The Sky Will Vanish
September 9, 1992

But wait...there's more! Here's another:

Prophecy On Russia
December 13, 1993

A quote:

and while others (the apostates) will be reverencing a lifeless form, an invention of human skill, an unbreathing image, Russia's shepherds will be gathering, glorifying Me, for I, God, will preserve her Integrity;

Mission accomplished? Kinda looks that way from here.

[GBA]

I forgot something from the "Prophecy on Russia" message.

Russia and Putin would do well to take heed of this warning and not seek past Soviet glory:

but, if she will perverse the liberty I have just given her and will put Me out of her mind, even for just a while, I will allow an enemy to invade her .... if Russia will not come back to me with all her heart and acknowledge Me with an undivided heart, as her Saviour, I will send a vast and mighty host in her and from her to all nations, a host such as has never been before, such as will never be again to the remotest ages, and the sky will turn black and will tremble, and the stars will lose their brilliance ....

That's s good to read, important safety tip/warning for any and all of the Soviet nostalgia lovers wanting a return to the old glory days.

Other than that, that prophecy from 1993 looks a lot like our world now.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Tears in my eyes as the young warriors began to receive Holy Communion.

Now they can kill ISIS.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Tears in my eyes as the young warriors began to receive Holy Communion.

Now they can kill ISIS.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

What a beautiful sanctuary.

[marshmallow]

Just the sort of rich liturgy +Francis would love!! Lots of bells, smells, candles, ritual, chanting, icons, piety, beauty.......

Like every morning in the Santa Marta when he tells us all what lousy Pharisees we are.....