Posted on 01/20/2023 6:49:51 PM PST by marshmallow
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill celebrated the feast of Theophany in the Epiphany Cathedral in Moscow on Thursday, where he offered a rather stark warning in his homily: “Any desire to destroy Russia will mean the end of the world.”
Beginning his homily for the feast, the Russian primate emphasized that the meaning of the feast is that the grace of God appeared not just for the Jews, not just for the Apostles, but for all men, as St. Paul says (cf. Tit. 2:11),” reports Patriarchia.ru.
The words of God are immortal, he continued, as evidenced by the fact that the Orthodox faithful continue to celebrate the same feasts and offer the same prayers, year after year, century after century. “His preaching has no end; the power of grace will never be cut off,” Pat. Kirill preached.
When we celebrate the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Jordan during the Lord’s Baptism, we remember that the Lord is always with us through His grace, without which the world would have ceased to exist long ago, he continued.
And turning to current events, His Holiness continued:
Today we know that there are very big threats to the world, to our country, and to the entire human race, because some crazy people had the idea that a great Russian power with powerful weapons, populated by very strong people who from generation to generation have always been motivated to win, who have never surrendered to any enemy, who always emerged victorious—that they can either be defeated in the current conditions, or, as they say now, be reformatted, that is, impose certain “values” on them, which can’t be called values, so they would be like everyone else and obey those who have the power to control most of the world.
This desire to........
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” great Russian power with powerful weapons, populated by very strong people who from generation to generation have always been motivated to win, who have never surrendered to any enemy, who always emerged victorious”
Sounds just like one of Jesus’ sermons!
Russia means it. As I just posted a few minutes ago.
They are deadly serious. And ready to die.
No one is invading Russia, therefore its not a battle for the existence of Russia.
They have been warned repeatedly, but this message can't break the wall of arrogance, self-righteousness and group think that surrounds the minds of people in Washington DC.
Very dangerous times.
Russia: You will not globohomo us.
Except there is no desire to destroy Russia, but Russia does want to destroy Ukraine.
Read your Bible fool. Only Jesus destroys the world. Not Russia or anyone else. Start with Daniel chapter 2, you see that rock there that destroys the metal man? That’s Jesus the rock.....not Russia or anyone else.......idiot.
You sure have a hard on for Russia. Why don’t you go there.
Oh I see all the dead Ukrainians were trying to “globohomo” Russia. That explains it.
Not
“They are deadly serious. And ready to die.”
To clarify. They are willing for as many Russian peasants to die as it takes to win glory for the motherland.
I haven’t seen the Patriach making many visits to the front line troops.
Putin is trying to destroy Russia.
Ready to die if they can't act out on their own insecurity and invade and occupy a neighboring country?
And we're supposed to say "yeah, they're crazy but we can't mess with crazy" and let it happen?
A Commie is a Commie and Christian Commies are the worst.
Americans are clueless about Russians. Because Americans believe so strongly in survival, and have no ability to understand how shallow their perception is, they think everyone must feel the same way.
20 years in Orthodox churches, mostly Russian, and many trips to Russia...
Believe what you will. But you are dead wrong.
They are prepared. I am also preparing.
There is little hope for a good outcome from this war. Actually no hope except for a miracle or Trump. If we make it to elections.
A lot of Freepers seem to think this is a fun video war game. Everyone really needs to think about the endgame.
See my posting history. Anyone who thinks Ukraine is winning this war is sadly very mistaken. And if Ukraine did win somehow, Russia will put plans into action they already have written. (See link below)
A Russian submarine with 6 nuclear torpedoes is out there and we are unable to detect it. We have no idea where it is. Belgorod. Look it up.
Good luck. Those nukes from the east coast in that sub will take only 3-4 minutes. How long does it take for 2 people to enter codes at the WH? If Biden is one of them? 😂😂😂
Watch those key embassies..
https://sonar21.com/western-escalation-threatens-to-widen-world-war-iii/
As long as the US allows nukes from Russia on the border with Mexico.....we would right?
But expect Russia to live with the same and Russia is crazy.
Hypocrisy reigns.
Russia today is pretty far to the right.
The USSR died 30 years ago. Did you miss it?
Nope. Putin is trying to save Russia from nukes supplied by us to a border country of lunatic Russia hating Nazis with a cocaine addicted drama queen moron president.
Zelensky was applauded at Munich when he suggested his country become a nuclear power.
And that’s just the core issue.
Putin operates under a constitution and the duma.
He has a 75% approval rating. Russians love him.
So the Russians intend to destroy the world if they are unable to grab land from Ukraine? That holding Melitopol and Mariupol is the total meaning of their existence?
How does that show that they aren’t psycho-Satanic?
And what does that say about you, having bought in to this mania?
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