“An Industry of Deception”: Russian Church Preparing Document on Pastoral Care for Transsexuals

Pravoslavie ^ | 4/12/21

[marshmallow]

“The sex change industry is an industry of deception,” His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk told RIA-Novosti on Saturday, commenting on the Russian Orthodox Church’s decision to prepare a special document on the topic.

The Russian Church cannot accept so-called “sex changes” under any circumstances, the Chairman of the Department of External Church Relations said, no matter what psychologists, surgeons, and other specialists may say.

To develop the document, a separate working group “with the involvement of competent experts” will be created under the auspices of the Commission on Theology and Theological Education of the Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church, headed by Met. Hilarion.

“The position of the Russian Orthodox Church on so-called ‘sex changes’ is expressed in the Basis of the Social Concept document. This position is not subject to revision. The Church cannot accept a ‘sex change’ under any circumstances,” His Eminence said.

The Basis of the Social Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church, adopted by the Council of Bishops in 2000, states:

Sometimes perverted human sexuality is manifested in the form of the painful feeling of one’s belonging to the opposite sex, resulting in an attempt to change one’s sex (transsexuality). One’s desire to refuse the sex that has been given him or her by the Creator can have pernicious consequences for one’s further development. “The change of sex” through hormonal impact and surgical operation has led in many cases not to the solution of psychological problems, but to their aggravation, causing a deep inner crisis. The Church cannot approve of such a “rebellion against the Creator” and recognize as valid the artificially changed sexual affiliation. If “a change of sex” happened in a person before his or her Baptism, he or she can be admitted to this Sacrament as any.......

[Truthoverpower]

It’s a very strange world we live in when the Russians are more conservative and more Christian than we are here in America

well at least the leadership

[cloudmountain]

Pastoral care?

It doesn't matter what tran-sexuals try to do to change the body they hate. They will age like the gender they were born.

Caitlyn Marie Jenner was born BRUCE Jenner.

Eventually all the make-up will not fit in all the cracks of age.
Eventually his beard will get just too tough to shave every day.
Eventually he'll start balding, get LOTTSA hair in his ears and nose and his eyebrows will grow into one hairy line.
He'll get gray and old and might even get prostate problems.
Eventually his Adam's apple will get as big as a baseball.

He will look like the OLD GEEZER he is.

How sad that such a FABULOUS track star turned into such a pathetic HE/wanna be SHE soul.

Pastoral care? God didn't make a mistake: JENNER did. THAT fact should be pounded into his soul.