Eurasian Union should play the most active part in world destiny, Russian Church official believes

interfax-religion.com ^ | November 03, 2011

[Tailgunner Joe]

Moscow, November 3, Interfax - The Moscow Patriarchate is inspired with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's idea to set up the Eurasian Union.

"I hope the Eurasian Union will enter the history as one of the strongest international associations which will positively influence on everything happening in the world and especially among nations-organizers," head of the Synodal Department for Church and Society Relations Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin said at the Weekly Comment program on the Soyuz Orthodox TV channel.

According to him, the Union should "refine original political culture of our countries that wouldn't be blindly copied from this or that source, usually a Western one, but will be rooted in centuries-old traditions of our politics, our principles of cooperation between people and authorities, our models of ways how people belonging to various classes participate in certain decisions of authorities, in correcting the course of authorities."

Besides, the priest believes the Eurasian Union should play "the most active part in world destiny and its certain regions whether the Balkans, the Middle East, the Latin America and so on."

According to him, today no nation can survive alone and adequately influence global processes and thus its own destiny and "the fact of setting up above-national organizations in Africa, in Islamic world, in South and North America proves it."

Father Vsevolod expressed hope that members of the Eurasian Union will mutually support each other "not only in paper, but in practice, in those situations when support is needed, when a nation faces economic difficulties or a danger of outside pressure or inner quarrel provoked by outside forces."

"Russia shouldn't be Europe's policeman as it is called again after forming the Collective Security Treaty Organization, but should fraternally help nations in the situations when their historical choice is raped or changed without their will," he is convinced.

[Olog-hai]

The Eurasian Union is Pooty-poot’s new version of the USSR. I don’t understand this kind of involvement by clergy . . .

[Tailgunner Joe]

It shows that the Russian Orthodox Church's main priority is not Christianity but rather advancing the geopolitical interests of the Russian government, since the Eurasian Union is not a Christian undertaking, but rather the unequal yoking of Christians to mohammedan infidels.

For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness?

[3Fingas]

King of the North, anyone?

[blueplum]

"refine original political culture of our countries that wouldn't be blindly copied from this or that source, usually a Western one, but will be rooted in centuries-old traditions of our politics

somehow I doubt Poland, the Ukraine, Georgia or others in the region will jump for joy at the prospect of that

[kindred]

[King of the North, anyone?]

Interesting indeed!

[SVTCobra03]

“The Eurasian Union is Pooty-poot’s new version of the USSR. I don’t understand this kind of involvement by clergy . . .”

It’s all part of a world-wide ecumenical reconciliation that will ultimately lead to a one world religion. We are fast approaching the end game. Maranatha.

[Rashputin]

I said the same sort of thing to an Orthodox friend but he had a whole different point of view. He says the Orthodox Church has always felt responsible for not driving Iz Lame out of those places that were once part of Russia. Under the USSR, though, the government stayed on top of repressing the Orthodox faith but pretty much ignored the growing influence of Iz Lame. So, they feel like anything that makes it less likely that those places retain a government that isn't a pure Iz Lame Ick state where other religions are outlawed gives them more of an opening to win folks back to the Church which the very much are trying to do.

So, they don't see it like you do and whether or not they're just deluding themselves remains to be seen.

Regards

[GladesGuru]

Has a whiff of “Church & State Together Again” about it, doesn’t it?

[Thunder90]

The Russian Orthodox Church is an organ of the Russian Government, and has been since Stalin co-opted it during WWII.

[redgolum]

Russia is acting like Russia again. They ruled, or had influence over, all of the Eurasian Union.

According to their theology they have to get it back.

That includes a good portion of North America

[Cringing Negativism Network]

It appears Russians are as deeply in denial about the world’s next superpower, as we are.

800 pound gorilla, sitting right in the world’s living room.

Eating all the chow mein, getting heavier, and heavier...

Nobody dares mention it. We keep pretending Europe and the west, are the real power.

While we continue to feed, fund and rapily industrialize that big, ever growing gorilla in the living room.

Oblivious... Pretending otherwise.

Holding our hands over our ears, eyes closed. Repeating simply “free trade”... “free trade”... “free trade”...