🇬🇷 Greek metropolitan: Synodals of Greek Orthodox Church betrayed Christ

— "The former Metropolitan Ambrosios of Kalavryta (Greek Orthodox Church) said that the bishops of the Greek Orthodox Church betrayed Christ, reports Romfea.

Metropolitan Ambrosios in an address to the Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church writes: “Have you, the high priests of the Church of Greece, unscrupulously abandoned your high mission and turned from representatives of Christ into representatives of Mitsotakis? That is, you have given up the privilege of being a type of Christ and ended up being a type of Mitsotakis?"

In his opinion, "the unconditional acceptance and faithful application of the measures of the Mitsotakis government, as a result of which the churches were closed and the parishioners disappeared, is a violation of Christ and a betrayal of our Orthodox faith".

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🇬🇷 Greek hierarch to Synod: You forsake Communion for recommending vaccine

— "Former Metropolitan Ambrosios of Kalavryta of the Greek Orthodox Church said that the bishops of the GOC have forsaken the Communion of the Body and Blood of Christ and are promoting a vaccine for the coronavirus, reports Romfea.

Metropolitan Ambrosios, in an address to the Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church, asks whether the bishops' "persistent support for the imposition of the vaccine on the faithful is turning them into a tool of the devil?"

"You have abandoned efforts to vaccinate the faithful with the Vaccine called the Body and Blood of Christ, and with unprecedented persistence are engaged in promoting the Mitsotakis Vaccine!" the archbishop said."

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⬆️ For context, the questions being asked are from Gideon van Meijeren, a politician of the Dutch right-wing political party Forum for Democracy (FvD), to the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte.

🇨🇩🇺🇬 400 united to Christ in two mass Baptisms in Africa

— "Nearly 400 people were united to Christ in the Sacrament of Holy Baptism in two mass Baptism celebrations recently in Africa.

At the Church of St. George in Kolwezi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, 346 people received the washing of regeneration last week, reports Romfea.

The priests of St. George were joined by priests from surrounding parishes for the joyous celebration."

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🇷🇺 Russian court bans blasphemous Marilyn Manson video

— "In accordance with a recent decision from a St. Petersburg court, a blasphemous Marylin Manson YouTube video has been blocked in Russia.

The video, which features a montage of photos of the shock rock singer tearing up the Bible, violates articles from the Russian criminal code on the right to freedom of conscience and confession and on incitement of hatred or enmity, the court ruled.

The case was initiated by the Procurator of the Admiralty District of St. Petersburg."

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— Some subscribers feel like we post too many news articles a day on this channel.

Should I post the less interesting/less important articles in a single post at the end of the day in a list format, sort of like what is shown above?

Seems to be 50/50 on this idea. I'll try to accommodate a middle ground.

I'd also like to mention in advance that we're going to try and cover Orthodox countries like Romania, Bulgaria and Georgia more on this channel. We're not ignoring you, it's just barely anything 'eventful' gets reported in English media... smh

Perhaps we will have to translate articles from these languages into English 🤔🤔

Do you have any suggestions for good websites to use?

(Now's your opportunity to use the microphone Romanians, Bulgarians and Georgians 🇷🇴🇧🇬🇬🇪)

And since we're on the topic of channel changes, do you guys ever feel like we could do things differently, or better? Any ideas you think we should incorporate into the channel?

(If you're going to make a criticism, please follow up with a solution else we won't take you seriously)

New changes to be made following audience feedback and suggestions:

— More news coverage of Romania, Bulgaria, Georgia & Antiochian Patriarchate 🇷🇴🇧🇬🇬🇪🇸🇾
— Continue posting rate, but also include "news round-up" or "other stories" list at the end of the day for people with little time on their hands
— More posts on culture, theology and history
— Increased coverage of persecution, particularly the plight of Palestinian Orthodox Christians
— Orthodox "Meme of the Week"
— More Otter-dox videos 🦦🦦 (light-hearted content)
— Do more to address criticisms of the ROC's actions in its stand off with the EP
— More on the ground coverage of the culture war being waged in Orthodox countries
— Lives of the Saints & Holy Elders
— Greater focus on bishops, priests and lay people in the Church of Greece who haven't betrayed their flock (the resistance)
— More news on Orthodoxy in Latin America

I can't promise we'll be able to adapt to all these new changes immediately, but we'll start implementing them as quickly as possible 👍🏻👍🏻

Anything else you recommend? Anything else we missed?

(This list will be updated)

🇬🇷 Orthodox abbot says he’ll never ‘give anyone a blessing’ to get COVID shot

— "Elder Parthenius, the orthodox abbot of St. Paul’s Monastery on Mount Athos, said that we are living in the end times and related the push for the experimental COVID-19 injections to the mark of the beast in the Book of Revelation.

“We live in the last times, and at any moment, we may be offered to accept the seal of anti-Christ, the one without which people will not be able to buy and sell anything,” said Fr. Parthenius in a homily on the Feast of the Nativity. “This is my deep conviction. I will not give anyone a blessing to be inoculated.”

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I'm blessed to now be part of the wonderful work being undertaken at Patristic Faith. (The picture is from a few years ago, my beard is much longer now!) https://www.patristicfaith.com/our-team/fr-zechariah-lynch/

🇷🇺 Russian Orthodox Church creates prayer for gamers

— "Members of the Russian Orthodox Church have come out with 39 new initiatives, including a new prayer service for those who are “possessed with computer passion.”

The initiatives were submitted at the end of 2021 to the Synodal Liturgical Commission, the supreme administrative governing body of the Russian Orthodox Church. Among the other proposals were prayer services for such things as successful surgeries, exams, the start of studies for adults, and even job-hunting. If approved by the commission, the services will become part of the liturgical practices of the Russian Orthodox Church, and churchgoers will be able to request these prayers.

This comes as gaming addiction has become officially recognized as a dangerous disorder in Russia since the start of the year, following the controversial 2018 World Health Organization decision to declare video game addiction a mental health condition."

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🇧🇾 Head of National Assembly thanks Belarusian Orthodox Church for active role in discussing Constitution draft

— "Chair of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly Natalya Kochanova thanked the Belarusian Orthodox Church for their active involvement in the discussion of the Constitution draft as she attended a dialogue platform hosted by the Minsk Diocesan Administration of the Belarusian Orthodox Church on 17 January to discuss the proposed amendments and additions to the Constitution, BelTA has learned."

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🇧🇾 Belarusian Orthodox Church's suggested amendments to the country's constitution:

— "According to Chairman of the Synodal Information Department of the Belarusian Orthodox Church, priest Igor Vasko, the clergy came up with about 10 proposals to be included in the Constitution. “All of them were based on requests and wishes of the public. The protection of family values ​​​​is a keynote; other important proposals have to do with culture and centuries-old traditions, historical continuity,” Igor Vasko said.

The clergy also suggested that the future Constitution should include an article about the protection of human life from the moment of conception, and a clause that says that the Belarusian people are aware of their responsibility to God, as well as a clause about protection from the destructive impact of information technology."

🇯🇴 Rainbow appears at the site of the Baptism of the Saviour at Theophany

— "On the feast of Theophany, a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church captured a rainbow over the Jordan.

On the day of Theophany, a rainbow appeared over the Jordan River at the site of the Baptism of the Saviour. The phenomenon was captured by Archpriest Igor Pchelintsev, a cleric of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, a sacrist of the Metochion of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul and Righteous Tabitha in Tel Aviv-Jaffa. He took the photo on the territory of the pilgrimage residence at the site of the Baptism of our Lord in Jordan. The photos were posted on his personal Facebook page.

“At the site of the Baptism of the Savior right now,” the priest wrote on the social network."

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