Patriarch Kirill: Keep the Commandments in Order to Endure the Present Apocalyptic Trials

Pravoslavie ^ | 2/4/21

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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia addressed the gathered hierarchs, clergy, and faithful on February 1, the celebration of the 12th anniversary of his enthronement as the primate of the Russian Church, speaking of the weight of the cross of ministry in Christ’s Church and the apocalyptic nature of the trials of the 21st century.

Having celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Moscow’s Christ the Savior, the Patriarch thanked the hierarchs who concelebrated with him on the occasion, “despite the straitened circumstances of our current social life.”

The day of his episcopal consecration is the greatest day in the life of any bishop, who has imposed upon himself the greatest responsibility, by Divine providence. And it is impossible to bear this burden and responsibility alone, but it is possible only by the grace of God through the prayers of the faithful, His Holiness said, reports Patriarchia.ru.

You can save your own soul in solitude, “but it is impossible to be responsible for the salvation of God’s people in solitude,” Pat. Kirill continued, imploring the prayers of the hierarchs, clergy, monastics, and laity.

And turning to the spiritual foundations of the apocalyptic trials facing the contemporary Church, His Holiness preached:

Our times are not becoming any easier or calmer, and even the viral pandemic that has befallen us all is a sign of this distress and these difficulties. This is only one material sign, but there are so many spiritual, hidden signs of the trouble that touches the lives of so many people! And if we get to the root cause of this problem, it’s certainly not material factors, which don’t get any worse over the years—although this trial also fell to the lot of our people during the pandemic.

First of all, it’s not so much material......

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Why does Patriarch Kirill seem more of a genuine man of God then the western bunch -both Protestant and Roman Catholic?

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Oddly, the Russian Patriarch isn’t communist but is allowed to be Orthodox Catholic.

Also, protestants who proselytize are not allowed in Russia.

The Western Roman Catholics suffer under a communist pope running the Vatican, in Rome, nudging for one world religion open to all.

Traditional Catholics (before Vatican II) are not allowed easily to be Traditional, but are instead suppressed & oppressed.

Traditional and Orthodox Catholics don’t view Protestants as the Church, at all, but rather as among desparate cults and denominations.