You wrote:
“And the sort of “leadership” that the Orthodox have not needed since the beginnings of the Church, most importantly.”
Yeah, it helped you so much in resisting attacks by Islamic forces...oh, wait...
“But I know how badly some would like to rule us. They will be denied until the end of time.”
We don’t want to rule you. The Muslims want to rule you - and they’re getting their wish.
Yeah just like they rule you in Bosnia.
Interesting fact is that most of christian countries- are Orthodox countries.
Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, Russia, Belarus
Western nations were infected by virus of liberlism, and while churches in ex-communist countries battled to surrvive communism, western congregations, were either infecteb by liberalism, either states themselves denounced Christ and installed liberalism and leftism as a ruling “religion”
So,
In one way, communism “conserved” Christianity while western “free” soscieties were ruinated by liberalism /communism/...
France, Spain, Denmark, Norway, they are not Christian nations today, while Poland, Hungary, Serbia and Russia- ARE!
Funny, sad- but true.
Future will see Russia and Balkan nations as a leaders in Christianity by simple fact that Russia is single Christian power, country large and powerful enough to protect itself and its church, while Catholic nations of Poland, Hungary and Czechia are to be consumed into Godless- European Union...
Sad fact...