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Picture of the Years to Come –
VISIBLE AS ON A PALM
Picture of the Years to Come –
VISIBLE AS ON A PALM
Protodeacon Herman:
By the Decade of Spiritual Fall - May 17, 2007 / May 17, 2017
Author: Protodeacon
German incl. 16 May 2017. Published in Авторская колонка (Views: 230)
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Toward a Decade of Spiritual Fall
May 17, 2007 / May 17, 2017
To recall the debates, the discords that worried the Russian
Orthodox public, and especially in the Diaspora [Zarubezh'ye], 10 years ago and
to compare it with today's – we can say – total apathy... All have more or less
got used to the trauma that befell us all then. Who now remembers that fact
that – in order to better absorb the unlucky Zarubezhniks – the Moscow
Patriarchate granted a five-year moratorium – an opportunity for five years not
to commemorate the patriarch aloud at divine services (!), which, however,
should not have in the slightest overshadowed the fact of his [being the] first-priest! Some kind of
child's play, but nevertheless it showed that some could [still]
feel a quite understandable feeling of awkwardness. Conscience was somehow
still stirring. But even this is no longer [the
case] today...
Yes, ten years ago today,
the history of the Church included the fact that on the very day when the whole
Christian world was celebrating the glorious ASCENSION of the Lord, Orthodox
Christians were given the opportunity to observe a great FALL. From the church
sky, a once glorious star fell into an abyss.
To this day it is still difficult to understand, to
comprehend – how come [something like]
this could happen?
How and why such a spiritual spoilage could flourish in –
until very recently – uncompromising souls – it is hard to say.
Of course, the sweeping off of the flock and the clergy, and the
growing pressure of the surrounding non-Christian environment could play a role.
We all know where the world is heading. I remember the sorrowful, but wise
words of our late Archbishop Seraphim, when everyone was happy about the fall
of the Soviet power. He correctly warned that now we would face the hardest
times for us: until now everything had been clear – white was white, black was
black, and now everything would turn gray... So it turned out. Repeated to a
certain extent was the Old-Testament story of the Tower of Babel and the
confusion of languages. Of course, the long-awaited fall of Soviet power infused
quite justified joy, but it was both wrong and sinful to not see that with the
fall of the power of Evil, that terrible Evil, which we had resisted for decades,
had not been rooted out. It had temporarily faded, gone silent, and under all
kinds of forms – false forms – was trying to put the conscience of men to
sleep. And this, in particular, was manifested through the influx of elements
alien to the Zarubezhny spirit, entering the parishes and especially [those] replenishing the ranks of the
priesthood. More and more [often]
enthusiastic voices were heard, which spoke of a spring [-season]
that had engulfed our Church, of a certain revival, whereas in actual fact the
salt was being repressed and is still repressed [going
insane]...
The shameless lie has naturally played its role – namely the
one that patriarchal dignitaries and traitors abroad dissolved [in the air] that Sergianism were – as if
– "stricken out", while ecumenism were an issue of the past, which
had to be dealt with purely on political grounds, but now [already]
one could openly talk about a break away with ecumenism, about a withdrawal out
of the World Council of Churches, and so on.
Now that the need to lure people with lies has gone, everyone
is free to observe the current state of affairs: Sergius not only has monuments
erected today, but ex-zarubezhniks have to admit that, yes, Sergius was [indeed] "saving the Church" by
his policy. As for ecumenism, any talk of it is useless effort.
There, only days ago we learned about the existence of some strange
"Summer Institute" organized by the Papal Council for the Promotion
of Christian Unity with the participation of the Department for External Church
Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate. These are only little blossoms of the
Havana meeting between the Pope and Cyril Gundyaev, and the fruits lie ahead.
The Gray Cardinal – in every sense of the word – Hilarion
Alfeyev celebrated in February the first anniversary of the historic, remarkable
meeting at a festive event at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland), where
he spoke about these future fruits. We do not know how it is in Russia, but abroad
there has been little advertising to that "glorious event", so evidently
this delicate moment should remain covered with a modest veil of keeping silent
[about it]. And there were things to be
ashamed of. And what was one to be afraid of – who knows, maybe conscience would
speak out in some? And in actual fact, Hilarion Alfeyev, despite the storm of
resentment having arisen among his own flock, burst out there in his usual
enthusiastic speaking, in which he frankly summed up the event and opened up the
prospects. We know that there is no one deafer than one who does not want to
hear, still the same we suggest to those wishing to get acquainted with what expects
them in church life by following this link: http://www.pravoslavie.ru/101063.html.
That the MP is going this way, alas, we are not surprised and
it is only the blind who cannot see, that is, do not understand, that no
improvement is to be expected. Everything has already been pre-planned. The
whole program has been laid out. As it was clear that after Alexey Ridiger, Kyrill
Gundyaev would come to the supreme power, so now it is clear that he would be
replaced by Hilarion Alfeyev. We can only wish Kyrill that this change will not
take place under the same so dark and still mysterious conditions, as when he
took over power from Alexei... But the whole program and picture of the years to
come is visible as on a palm [of one's hand].
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