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Re: More on the Synaxis of Orthodox Patriarchs in Cyprus

Posted by Dean Calvert on 4/6/2012, 8:42 am, in reply to "Re: More on the Synaxis of Orthodox Patriarchs in Cyprus"
Message modified by user dcalvert 4/6/2012, 8:49 am

uSorry Al, Personally, I consider this an embarrassment. If I had been living in Athens for 50 years, would i be marching in a Fourth of July parade? I don't think so. To be honest, while it's amusing, it betrays a much bigger problem. Palamas said it 600 years ago - when you replace Christ at the center of the church, you've got big problems. Kali Anastasi, dean PS BTW - I could care less what the Irish do in the St Patrick's Day parade. Ours is the culture of diversity....1500 years before it was fashionable. Succumbing to this ethnic nonsense is going backwards, and only illustrates the backward leadership coming from Phanar. They cling to it because they have nothing else to offer.





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