The take-over of the orthodox civilization

ΤΗΕ ROLE OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH

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The take-over of the orthodox civilization

Arnold Toynbee, a British historian (14 April 1889 – 22 October 1975), said that the Orthodox Civilization is being gradually absorbed by the Western Civilization. I wished it would not come true, and it won’t, because Orthodoxy will be forever. We, as a Greek nation, may lose Orthodoxy (and probably have lost Her already, more or less), but She will continue existing somewhere else on Earth for sure.

For example, in America, there is a great interest in and quest for Orthodoxy. Orthodoxy is the “religion” (people there call Her a religion, because they do not know how else they could) with the highest conversion numbers in America; many protestant faithful convert to Orthodoxy every year, according to the statistics.

It will be no surprise if we end up going to the converted Protestants for lectures on Orthodoxy… a tragic phenomenon for us the Orthodox.

So, this historian, Toynbee, said that we, the Orthodox, are getting progressively absorbed. It’s just an opinion of him, but we see it, more or less, coming gradually true these days.

Where are our children, for example? They are in these clubs, brought from America with the entire attitude, fashion in clothes and the music… American style and origin…

Toynbee has written a thick book, where he distinguishes only 5 civilizations today, all remnants out of 20-25, which existed in the past: the Indian, the Far Eastern (China & Japan), the European, the Orthodox, and the primitive civilization.

f. Savvas Agioreitis

To be continued...