Да ли ваша деца знају којој вери припадају? Пола њих не знају ни како се каже Хришћанство, Православље, Исус Христос, Света Тројица! Не знају да одговоре на питање у ког Бога верују......
Деца су само делимично крива! Криви су и маловерни родитељи који своју децу нису хтели да васпитају у Вери, да их науче посту барем на риби, да их науче молитви, одласку на време и пристојном поступању на Литургији... Шта је тешко детету купити молитвеник да научи да се обраћа Богу и Светитељима, једном ће га молитва можда спасити! Шта је тешко детету објаснити у ког Бога су веровали његови преци вековима? Када вам је Бог подарио да имате здраву децу, барем научите децу шта је Црква, шта је крст, ко је Тај распети Исус...

„Бог кажњава родитеље који не васпитавају своју децу.”
—Св. Јован Златоусти

Do your children know what religion they belong to? Half of them don't even know how to say Christianity, Orthodoxy, Jesus Christ, the Holy Trinity! They don't know how to answer the question of which God they believe in......
Children are only partially to blame! Parents of little faith are also to blame who did not want to raise their children in the Faith, to teach them to fast at least on fish, to teach them to pray, to go on time and to behave decently at the Liturgy... How difficult is it to buy a prayer book for a child to learn to turn to God and the Saints, prayer may save him one day! How difficult is it to explain to a child which God his ancestors believed in for centuries? When God has given you the gift of having healthy children, at least teach your children what the Church is, what the cross is, who the crucified Jesus is...

"God punishes parents who do not educate their children."
—St. John Chrysostom

Step 28. On holy and blessed prayer, the mother of virtues, and on the attitude of mind and body in prayer

If anyone doubts of whether or not Hinduism was created mostly around the 10th century, then just look at the example of a prominent worshipped deity called ‘Santoshi Mata’. This goddess was invented out of nowhere between the 60s-70s. In just couple of decades, today hundreds of millions worship this deity. Especially in the Eastern part of India. My own family used to. This kind if stories exist for all the current worshipped gods and goddess of Hinduism.

There is no trace of any Hindu gods in written or even in an inscription form before the 5/6th-7th century. Largely after the 10th century. Almost all the temples that you see today come after the 10th century. Forget going back to the early Gupta period or the Kushan period, or the Sungha dynasty.

The writings and the architectures, the inscriptions that you see exists from that time belongs to Buddhism, which is a totally different ideology from what we know as Hinduism. Now this is a seperate topic.

☦ I've studied piano but bell ringing is so hard!!!

Serbian women in traditional dress, near Prizren. Original autochrome colour photo, 1913

Differences between sect and religion

Unfortunately, many Serbs do not know what a sect is and what a religion is, and many use these words incorrectly.
Members of various sects often lie to others and themselves that they are not sectarians or that it does not matter because supposedly all religions were once sects until they were widespread and publicly accepted, which is a deception. There are religions that are not widespread and are not sects, as well as sects that are publicly accepted, such as the Indian sect Harem Krishna.

In short, the basic characteristics of sects, by which they differ from religions, are:
- organized recruitment (manipulation);
- punishments for apostates;
- rigid dogmatism (exactly defined meaning of the rules of the commandments);
- emotional isolation;
- fanaticism (condemnation of sinners and control of every aspect of the life of believers).

The main purpose of sects is to benefit from the members of the sect.
The main purpose of religion is to unite people of the same faith.

Some religions have many similarities with sects, such as Islam. In some Islamic countries, those who leave Islam are punished with death... The fact is that throughout history, Islam has spread mostly by sword and fire, that is, by force, and it is impossible to force someone to believe in something... Orthodoxy has almost never spread by force, although there have been many military conflicts with heretics and non-believers.

Source, more details and examples:
https://youtu.be/-m02MsAaUnY

When God created the celestial hosts … He established that the angels must be in an uninterrupted relationship with mankind. Among those angels, the guardian angels are the most kind and loving because they begin their mission in the world by taking care of children. They are sweet like children; they are gentle like children; and they are vulnerable and shy, just like children...
And if the judgment be against you because of your many sins, do not forget that your guardian angel will not abandon you even if you are in "the pool of tar." He will sustain a hope for your salvation until the Last Judgement, when the mercy of God may shower upon you and you may be called to the Kingdom of our Father, through the prayers of your guardian angel, amen.

+ Fr George Calciu