Fyodor Dostoevsky's Memory, Prayerfully Honored by Orthodox Christians in Russia

Russian Faith ^ | 2/11/21

[marshmallow]

On the 140th anniversary of the death of the great Russian writer Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, on February 9, 2021, commemorative events were held at his grave at the Tikhvin cemetery of the Holy Trinity Alexander Nevsky Lavra in St. Petersburg.

The requiem for the writer was performed by the clerics of the Cathedral of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God in St. Petersburg (FM Dostoevsky was once a parishioner of this cathedral) Priest Alexander Prokofiev and Deacon Andrei Reimers.

“We often remember both the personality and the work of the great Russian writer, the genius of Russian literature with a worldwide reputation - Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky,” Father Alexander said in his speech before the memorial service. "One hundred and forty years from the day of his death is a reminder to our contemporaries, because Fyodor Mikhailovich is the conscience of our people, our history, our time. His work is very important, relevant today, because it opens before us the main answers to the questions of our life, reveals to us the meaning of life - the search for Christ. Delving deeper into his literary work, we are faced with a divine reality. He is known all over the world... We thank Hrachya Misakovich Poghosyan for the fact that he restored this monument. The opening of the monument after restoration marked the beginning of a cultural marathon dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the birth of Fyodor Mikhailovich: it happened on November 11 last year, many of you were present then. And today we have gathered to honor the memory of the great Russian writer and pray for his soul".

The head of the administration of the Central District of the Northern Capital Maxim Meyksin noted that the Central District of the city is in a special way......

[BarbM]

I read “The Brothers Karamazov”. It took me 9 months to finish it. When I put my book into the local ‘Little Library’ I said a quick prayer for the person who took the book.

The Russian people are as crazy as the Irish, only in a different way. I may have stopped reading the book but the purity of Alexei kept me going.

Sometimes I think that I should have read “Crime and Punishment”
maybe later. If the book happens to cross my path. But I won’t be looking for it.

[ETL]

Catholics for Marx [Liberation Theology]

by Fr. Robert Sirico - FrontPageMagazine.com | June 03, 2004

In the days when the Superpowers were locked in a Cold War, Latin America seethed with revolution, and millions lived behind an iron curtain, a group of theologians concocted a novel idea within the history of Christianity. They proposed to combine the teachings of Jesus with the teachings of Marx as a way of justifying violent revolution to overthrow the economics of capitalism.

The Gospels were re-rendered not as doctrine impacting on the human soul but rather as windows into the historical dialectic of class struggle. These “liberation theologians” saw every biblical criticism of the rich as a mandate to expropriate the expropriating owners of capital, and every expression of compassion for the poor as a call for an uprising by the proletarian class of peasants and workers. ...”

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From David Horowitz’s DiscoverTheNetworks org:
Profile: LIBERATION THEOLOGY

“...liberation theology’s real creator was the Soviet Union’s foreign intelligence and domestic security agency, the KGB.

Patriarch Kirill, who today heads Russian Orthodox Church, secretly worked for the KGB under the code name “Mikhailov” and spent some 40 years promoting liberation theology.

Ion Mihai Pacepa, the highest-ranking Soviet-bloc official ever to defect to the West, writes: “Liberation theology has been generally understood to be a marriage of Marxism and Christianity.

What has not been understood is that it was not the product of Christians who pursued Communism, but of Communists who pursued Christians....

Its genesis was part of a highly classified Party/State Disinformation Program, formally approved in 1960 by KGB chairman Aleksandr Shelepin and Politburo member Aleksei Kirichenko, then the second in the party hierarchy after Nikita Khrushchev.”

Adds Pacepa: “In 1971, the KGB sent Kirill — who had just been elevated to the rank of archimandrite — to Geneva as emissary of the Russian Orthodox Church to the World Council of Churches.... Kirill/Mikhailov’s main task was to involve the WCC in spreading the new liberation theology throughout Latin America.

In 1975, the KGB was able to infiltrate Kirill into the Central Committee of the WCC — a position he held until he was “elected” patriarch of Russia, in 2009. ...”

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Below, photos of Krill, Putin and leftist "Liberation Theology" Pope Francis

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PUTIN RUSSIA ORTHODOX KIRILL LIBERATION THEOLOGY KGB

From David Horowitz’s DiscoverTheNetworks org:
Profile: LIBERATION THEOLOGY

“...liberation theology’s real creator was the Soviet Union’s foreign intelligence and domestic security agency, the KGB.

Patriarch Kirill, who today heads Russian Orthodox Church, secretly worked for the KGB under the code name “Mikhailov” and spent some 40 years promoting liberation theology.

Ion Mihai Pacepa, the highest-ranking Soviet-bloc official ever to defect to the West, writes: “Liberation theology has been generally understood to be a marriage of Marxism and Christianity.

What has not been understood is that it was not the product of Christians who pursued Communism, but of Communists who pursued Christians....

Its genesis was part of a highly classified Party/State Disinformation Program, formally approved in 1960 by KGB chairman Aleksandr Shelepin and Politburo member Aleksei Kirichenko, then the second in the party hierarchy after Nikita Khrushchev.”

Adds Pacepa: “In 1971, the KGB sent Kirill — who had just been elevated to the rank of archimandrite — to Geneva as emissary of the Russian Orthodox Church to the World Council of Churches.... Kirill/Mikhailov’s main task was to involve the WCC in spreading the new liberation theology throughout Latin America.

In 1975, the KGB was able to infiltrate Kirill into the Central Committee of the WCC — a position he held until he was “elected” patriarch of Russia, in 2009. ...”

[ETL]

Sorry for the mess-up at the end of my prior post.

Just trying to wake some folks here up to the facts about Russia and religion.

The Russian Orthodox Church is a member of the (communist) World Council of Churches

https://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/russian-orthodox-church
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From David Horowitz's FrontPageMag.com/DiscoverTheNetworks.org:
Profile: WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES (WCC)

• Long-time proponent of Liberation Theology
• Infiltrated by the KGB during the Cold War
• Funded Marxist insurgent groups throughout the world
• Calls for capitalism’s “reform” according to socialist principles

  [lots more at link...]

  http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=7514

  From the Russian Orthodox Church website...

  WCC [World Council of Churches] welcomes meeting of Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill for unity and peace

  [note Cuban president Raul Castro, Fidel's murderous brother, off to the right]

  

  Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), has issued a statement on behalf of the Council hailing the historic meeting of Pope Francis, pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, and Patriarch Kirill, primate of the Russian Orthodox Church.

  The two leaders met on 12 February in Havana, Cuba.

  The Russian Orthodox Church is the largest member church in the WCC..."

  https://www.oikoumene.org/en/press-centre/news/wcc-welcomes-meeting-of-pope-francis-and-patriarch-kirill

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  Catch that? "The Russian Orthodox Church is [to this day!] the largest member of the World Council of Churches"! (WCC)

  That is all you need to know to understand that it is a sham operation. Reverend Wright’s fake church United Church of Christ (UCC) is also a member. In fact, his (communist) “Liberation Theology” was concocted by the KGB.

  The Russians must laugh their butts off at how easily westerners can be tricked and deceived.

  The Russian Orthodox Church is a member of the (communist) World Council of Churches:
  https://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/russian-orthodox-church

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  August, 2006

  

  North Korea Builds an Orthodox Church

  The first-ever Russian Orthodox church will open in Pyongyang, North Korea this weekend.

  It’s an odd project considering that freedom of religion exists almost exclusively on paper in the closed communist country.

  North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il is supposed to be a communist atheist.

  So why has he made promoting the Russia Orthodox Church his latest pet project?

  On August 13, the country’s first Orthodox church is to be opened in the capital city of Pyongyang.

  Russian Metropolitan Bishop Kyrill, second in command within the Church after the Patriarch, will travel to Pyongyang to christen the new house of worship. ...”

  http://www.spiegel.de/international/kim-jong-il-and-religion-north-korea-builds-an-orthodox-church-a-431310.htm

[Psalm 73]

I heard that “The Brothers Karamazov” was on Tolstoy's night stand when he died.

Great book - just wished he would stop calling characters by different names throughout the book....

[ETL]

Here is this piece again with a working link for WCC...
Been awhile since I last posted it and the link became inactive.

The Russian Orthodox Church is a member of the (communist) World Council of Churches [WCC]

https://www.oikoumene.org/member-churches/russian-orthodox-church-moscow-patriarchate
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From David Horowitz's FrontPageMag.com/DiscoverTheNetworks.org:
Profile: WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES (WCC)

• Long-time proponent of Liberation Theology
• Infiltrated by the KGB during the Cold War
• Funded Marxist insurgent groups throughout the world
• Calls for capitalism’s “reform” according to socialist principles

  [lots more at link...]

  http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=7514

[Songcraft]

Well, BarbM, if you are ever feeling really ambitious someday, you might want to tackle "Foolish Deeds Done By The Deep State" (shown below).

     

(Of course, that is only Volume I.   There are many more volumes where that one came from!)

[ETL]

Cuba's Raul Castro decorating Patriarch Kirill

[Dr. Sivana]

I tried reading “Crime and Punishment” again after 40 years. It is too brutal. I had to stop.

[BarbM]

Your reply was the best ever!

[Songcraft]

:-)