[elcid1970]

The Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian state have worked hand in glove since the days of the Tsars. Not even Stalin dared ignore this fact during WWII.

At least since the time of Boris Godunov when the prelates of the Church commanded the Russian masses to accept him as Tsar, the Orthodox Church has presided as the crowning authority of the Cap of Monomakh.

And now they wish to extend their authority to the United States. No joke, there is a new Russian church in my small Southern capital city complete with the three tiered cross. On their website they invite us locals to come to the true form of Christianity. Not even the Greeks are that presumptuous.

[Mount Athos]

The very highest Russian church official (metropolitan of Moscow & all Russia) worked as strenuously as he could to stop the ascent of Boris Gudanov to tsar.

For this he was deposed and exiled to a monastery.

But to your mind, the church history with Boris is the finest example of hand in glove puppetry?

Uh...

[Zionist Conspirator]

And now they wish to extend their authority to the United States. No joke, there is a new Russian church in my small Southern capital city complete with the three tiered cross. On their website they invite us locals to come to the true form of Christianity.

So long as they teach historical criticism and evolution they don't have a chance. I'm surprised an Orthodox church would even want any "rednecks" to convert.

Not even the Greeks are that presumptuous.

Well at least the Russians are being missionary, which every American Fundamentalist can understand. The Greeks, like most of the ancient ethnic churches, simply believe they're the new Israelites. They keep going by sexual reproduction, and many haven't had or even sought a single convert in 1700 years.