[annalex]

A random ping. Viktor is also a friend of mine.

[Kolokotronis]

" No doubt, the most uncompromising struggle with terrorism is necessary; the levees around cities should be most dependable, and the system of disaster forecasting has to be developed. But all these global measures are meaningless if men do not reassess the day just lived and do penance for the committed faults.

The Lord’s objective is not to punish men, but to awaken them, and if that task is accomplished, there will be no need for the disasters.

If man succeeds in understanding that his every action is driven by the force of his passions, and so he must carry the price for everything he does – the price expressed in problems, sorrows and illnesses, -- then he remembers his Creator and repents."

Very good; very Orthodox and very Russian. It never ceases to amaze me how Orthodoxy has shaped the Russian phronema, though I supose that's a sort of American chauvinism since I know full well what Orthodoxy did to the Greek worldview. Any links to his icons, Alex?

[kosta50]

It's a funny thing that on another thread I was explaining to ForesT Keeper that the goal of fasting is controlling (all) passions and excesses (luxury). The plain fact is that if you can't (or don't wnat to) control one passion, you are unlikely to control others.

I guess there are no coincidences. :)