ΤΗΕ ROLE OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH
God
does not change; He is not good or bad every now and then; He does
not change His disposition according to what we
are and how we
behave. This evil and twisted teaching in not being preached only in
Europe… This “theology” can be found in Greece, too! This is
the spirit prevailing in many people’s souls, who are thought to be
members of our vey Orthodox Church.
For
some people, Orthodoxy has ended up, among other things, being
literally a tool for “using” God to enjoy our lives, “have a
nice time”; Orthodoxy has ended up being a religion like all the
rest of them, a religion where God has a changing mood. And, we (as
good Christians) have to go to church in order to pacify His mood,
calm Him down and appease His wrath!!!
Sadly,
many times, we think of our orthodox priest (sorry for saying this)
being “the wizard of the tribe”, somebody we will meet and order
him (in a way) to offer us his services and, for instance, read us a
prayer for forgiveness, do the Holy Water service, offer the Mystery
of Holy Unction, often demanding for an absurd and superstitious
repetition of the ritual (sometimes 7 times), to read us the prayers
for our Fanouropita (St. Fanourios pie) etc. All this, in order to
come to terms with God, to restore our relationship with Him, because
we believe God is angry with us. This is what many orthodox
Christians believe in. This mind-set is an absolute idolatry and
paganism, pure superstition. We have significantly altered the truth
about what God actually is, we have a false opinion about Him and,
consequently, do not live properly and we do not get cured.
f. Savvas Agioreitis
To be continued...
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