“Children are a heritage from the LORD, offspring a reward from Him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their enemies.”

Psalm 127: 3-5

Are We Born Guilty of Sin?

"We are born spotless. There is no human ever born sinful, as if he were already a sinner by virtue of his constitution. God does not create like this. Every human being is born pure, as Adam was fashioned pure. Yet we are touched by sin from the very beginning. By the time we open our eyes to the world, the sinfulness of the world is already having an impact on us."
- Bishop Irenei of London & Western Europe (ROCOR)

We Are Born Sinless

"Blessed be God, who alone does wonderful things! You have seen how numerous are the gifts of baptism. Although many men think that the only gift it confers is the remission of sins, we have counted its honors to the number of ten. It is on this account that we baptize even infants, although they are sinless, that they may be given the further gifts of sanctification, justice, filial adoption, and inheritance, that they may be brothers and members of Christ, and become dwelling places for the Spirit."
- St. John Chrysostom, Baptismal Instructions, Third Instruction

Baptism restores the innocency we had as infants

At the conception of a child, when the soul of the infant is formed, it is pure and without sin. According to St. John Chrysostom, when an adult is baptized, his sins are washed away, and his soul becomes as innocent as the soul of a newly conceived infant:

"the soul of the baptized [is] purer than the very sun-beams, and such as it was originally formed"
— St. John Chrysostom, Homily 40 on 1 Corinthians

At the heretical Council of Florence in 1439, all of the Greek bishops in attendance — except for St. Mark of Ephesus — agreed to accept:
* The Pope
* The Filioque
* Unleavened Eucharistic bread
* Purgatory
* and that the souls of unbaptized infants “go down immediately to hell to be punished”

https://azbyka.ru/otechnik/world/the-orthodox-faith/3

We fully agree with Alexey that “evolution is one of the most dangerous concepts that faces the Orthodox Christian today”— perhaps it is the very key (intellectual) to the assault upon the Church, to the very “philosophy” (and there is such a thing!) of the coming Antichrist. If we understand [Father Neketas] and Father Ephraim aright, you regard it as merely an “idea” which one can take or leave, and which can involve one in endless modernist-fundamentalist discussions which are totally pointless (how many “hours” in the first “seven days”? etc.). We certainly agree on the pointlessness of such discussions, but now the issue is much deeper than that; “evolution” is a whole mind-set that is quite incompatible with Orthodoxy.

-Fr. Seraphim Rose, letter dated April 5/18, 1973

Icon: the scroll reads in Romanian: “Evolutionism is the key to the philosophy of Antichrist”

This is why I cannot risk visiting friends and family in America. It's not safe.

Even if you have committed no crime, the American govt will take away your freedom and force you to remain in America, if they so desire. If you love Russia and are supportive of Russia, they will consider you an enemy.

If you are pro-Russia and you live in America, then you live in hostile territory.

Listen to Fr. Josiah Trenham, starting at 41:44, talking straight about Israel / Palestine . . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL6x4AMyWro

Ceva de apărat: inocența copiilor!