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The propaganda claim “Putin is restoring Christian civilization, defending traditional Christianity, and governing in harmony with Russia’s Christian majority.” Putin has not restored Christian freedom. He has elevated one politically useful institution the leadership of the Russian Orthodox Church while repressing Christians and other believers who operate independently of...

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🇷🇺 “This bright, long-awaited holiday gives believers joy and hope, encourages good thoughts, deeds, and actions.” A visibly moved President Putin celebrated Christmas at the Church of St. George the Victorious on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow. In his Christmas message he extended his heartfelt congratulations to Orthodox Christians and all citizens of Russia, emphasizing the Russian Orthodox Church’s vital role in uniting the people, preserving historical memory, and nurturing the nation’s spiritual heritage. Putin also commended religious organizations for their contributions to strengthening families and shaping the values of Russia’s youth, reinforcing the foundations of Russian society.
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🇷🇺 “This bright, long-awaited holiday gives believers joy and hope, encourages good thoughts, deeds, and actions.” A visibly moved President Putin celebrated Christmas at the Church of St. George the Victorious on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow. In his Christmas message he extended his heartfelt congratulations to Orthodox Christians and all citizens of Russia, emphasizing the Russian Orthodox Church’s vital role in uniting the people, preserving historical memory, and nurturing the nation’s spiritual heritage. Putin also commended religious organizations for their contributions to strengthening families and shaping the values of Russia’s youth, reinforcing the foundations of Russian society.

DD Geopolitics

142,545 views • 1 year ago

Followers have asked me to comment on this video about Christian Nationalism from the perspective of a Catholic-Christian sympathetic to Orthodox Christianity. This X Post is exclusively & only about the pastors interviewed below, no one else. We should avoid the ideology of both Christian Nationalism interpreted by the far-right & radical feminism on the far-left. Men of the book (Christians, Muslims & the Jewish People) should walk together shoulder to shoulder in the name of synodality. We should support & promote traditional Christianity that is practiced voluntarily, patriarchy in the household, a true respect for women, and a respect for American culture. 1) Women must have and maintain the right to vote. We men should respect and defend this right, and we must protect the 19th Amendment. 2) Wives should voluntarily choose to submit to their husbands, and husbands should lead their wives and family. 3) We must have patriarchal households to maintain basic societal order, but not an exclusively patriarchal society. Two parties in a household who are partners will more likely than not constantly argue and eventually divorce. 4) Women who first serve their families as traditional homemakers absolutely deserve to be societal leaders, just as Our Lady reigns queen of heaven (Revelation 12:1-2). Christ turned to his disciple and said, "Woman, behold your son... Behold, your mother." (John 19:26-27). The Catholic and Orthodox Churches are both approximately 2,000 years old, tracing their origins back to the apostles. They tragically separated formally in 1054 CE. Catholics and Orthodox follow a tradition that includes not only Scripture but also Sacred Tradition and the authority of the Church. This tradition is seen as an essential guide for interpreting the Bible. Our 3rd wave feminist friends who attempt to claim the title of Christian while also practicing mysticism, Neo-Paganism, astrology, and worshipping the divine feminine often cite the doctrine of sola scriptura (Scripture alone). Separately, Reformed Protestant Christians also follow the doctrine of sola scriptura. Sola scriptura means they view the Bible as the sole infallible source of Christian teaching, which often leads to varied interpretations.(Anglicans and Episcopalians are slightly different in their view of tradition.) People interpret the Bible through their own lens, and some do so wrongly. This is why church authority, a Patriarch devoted to God alone, and his subordinate Patriarchs, are essential to guide us on our spiritual journey. The issue with Christian Nationalism is that its followers are typically Protestants who hold a co-equal authority with other Protestants: Sola Scriptura. For example, both Orthodox Christians and Catholics understand that wives must submit to their husbands because church tradition and its patriarchal leadership reinforce the Bible's teachings on the matter. The consequence is that Catholic nations often remain Catholic, and Orthodox nations remain Orthodox. Sola Scriptura gives radical feminism fertile ground for growth. When feminism takes root in Non-Denominational Protestantism, as seen in nations like Sweden, the UK, and Norway, men may feel they have no other choice but to turn to masculine, patriarchal religions such as Catholicism (Christianity) or Islam, just so they can find a wifeable bride that isn't subject to extremist feminism. For example, in Protestant Christianity, when a Protestant reads Ephesians 5:21, "Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ," progressive feminists might use this verse to argue that husbands should submit to wives. They often ignore the fact that Eve was made for and from Adam as a helpmate. Since Catholics and Orthodox have church authority to enforce the correct interpretation of Scripture, Protestant Christian Nationalists, who lack that church authority, are vulnerable to such misinterpretations. Catholics and Orthodox are not. Catholics and Orthodox have Patriarchs; our Protestant friends do not. We should promote Christian patriarchy exclusively in households, embrace classical liberalism, reject political extremism, say no to populism, and respect American exceptionalism. These are my opinions alone and are only directed towards the pastors in the below video, no one else and no other organization. The last thing a Protestant Calvinist pastor wants is a "New Crusade." His Holiness, the Bishop Of Rome, Patriarch of the West, is American. May we all walk together in the name of friendship & brotherhood. Have mercy on me, a sinner. See link below, for full video:
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Followers have asked me to comment on this video about Christian Nationalism from the perspective of a Catholic-Christian sympathetic to Orthodox Christianity. This X Post is exclusively & only about the pastors interviewed below, no one else. We should avoid the ideology of both Christian Nationalism interpreted by the far-right & radical feminism on the far-left. Men of the book (Christians, Muslims & the Jewish People) should walk together shoulder to shoulder in the name of synodality. We should support & promote traditional Christianity that is practiced voluntarily, patriarchy in the household, a true respect for women, and a respect for American culture. 1) Women must have and maintain the right to vote. We men should respect and defend this right, and we must protect the 19th Amendment. 2) Wives should voluntarily choose to submit to their husbands, and husbands should lead their wives and family. 3) We must have patriarchal households to maintain basic societal order, but not an exclusively patriarchal society. Two parties in a household who are partners will more likely than not constantly argue and eventually divorce. 4) Women who first serve their families as traditional homemakers absolutely deserve to be societal leaders, just as Our Lady reigns queen of heaven (Revelation 12:1-2). Christ turned to his disciple and said, "Woman, behold your son... Behold, your mother." (John 19:26-27). The Catholic and Orthodox Churches are both approximately 2,000 years old, tracing their origins back to the apostles. They tragically separated formally in 1054 CE. Catholics and Orthodox follow a tradition that includes not only Scripture but also Sacred Tradition and the authority of the Church. This tradition is seen as an essential guide for interpreting the Bible. Our 3rd wave feminist friends who attempt to claim the title of Christian while also practicing mysticism, Neo-Paganism, astrology, and worshipping the divine feminine often cite the doctrine of sola scriptura (Scripture alone). Separately, Reformed Protestant Christians also follow the doctrine of sola scriptura. Sola scriptura means they view the Bible as the sole infallible source of Christian teaching, which often leads to varied interpretations.(Anglicans and Episcopalians are slightly different in their view of tradition.) People interpret the Bible through their own lens, and some do so wrongly. This is why church authority, a Patriarch devoted to God alone, and his subordinate Patriarchs, are essential to guide us on our spiritual journey. The issue with Christian Nationalism is that its followers are typically Protestants who hold a co-equal authority with other Protestants: Sola Scriptura. For example, both Orthodox Christians and Catholics understand that wives must submit to their husbands because church tradition and its patriarchal leadership reinforce the Bible's teachings on the matter. The consequence is that Catholic nations often remain Catholic, and Orthodox nations remain Orthodox. Sola Scriptura gives radical feminism fertile ground for growth. When feminism takes root in Non-Denominational Protestantism, as seen in nations like Sweden, the UK, and Norway, men may feel they have no other choice but to turn to masculine, patriarchal religions such as Catholicism (Christianity) or Islam, just so they can find a wifeable bride that isn't subject to extremist feminism. For example, in Protestant Christianity, when a Protestant reads Ephesians 5:21, "Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ," progressive feminists might use this verse to argue that husbands should submit to wives. They often ignore the fact that Eve was made for and from Adam as a helpmate. Since Catholics and Orthodox have church authority to enforce the correct interpretation of Scripture, Protestant Christian Nationalists, who lack that church authority, are vulnerable to such misinterpretations. Catholics and Orthodox are not. Catholics and Orthodox have Patriarchs; our Protestant friends do not. We should promote Christian patriarchy exclusively in households, embrace classical liberalism, reject political extremism, say no to populism, and respect American exceptionalism. These are my opinions alone and are only directed towards the pastors in the below video, no one else and no other organization. The last thing a Protestant Calvinist pastor wants is a "New Crusade." His Holiness, the Bishop Of Rome, Patriarch of the West, is American. May we all walk together in the name of friendship & brotherhood. Have mercy on me, a sinner. See link below, for full video:

Theron Bassett

54,554 views • 1 year ago

Today, on Orthodox Christian Eve, we would like to share a story we might call a 'Christian Uprising,' which the mainstream media did not report on due to its 'woke' political agenda. We hope that this post will be shared with others so they can learn about what happened in Montenegro between 2019-2020. In 2019, Montenegro found itself at the crossroads of faith and politics. The Balkan nation, with its rich cultural heritage and diverse religious communities, became the stage for a fervent movement fueled by the desire to protect centuries-old traditions. The catalyst for the 'uprising' was a controversial law proposed by the Montenegrin government known as the 'Law on Freedom of Religion.' The law aimed to nationalize religious properties of the Serbian Orthodox Church and assert state control over the appointment of church officials. The Serbian Orthodox Church vehemently opposed the legislation, viewing it as a direct attack on its autonomy and a violation of the centuries-old ties between the church and its followers. As the government moved forward with the law, tensions escalated. Peaceful protests took to the streets of the capital, Podgorica, and all other cities and towns. However, the situation soon took an unexpected turn as the protests evolved into a broader 'Christian uprising.' The movement gained momentum as Serbian churches and monasteries across Montenegro became focal points for demonstrations. The 'Christian uprising' took on a peaceful yet powerful character, with people from all walks of life participating in prayer vigils, candlelight marches, and public gatherings. In the midst of the upheaval, a moment of unity emerged when leaders from various religious communities, including Muslims and Catholics, expressed solidarity with their Orthodox Christian brethren. Together, they advocated for a peaceful resolution that respected the religious diversity inherent in Montenegro's history. The 'Christian uprising' in Montenegro, born out of a shared commitment to faith and heritage, left an indelible mark on the nation's history. It served as a testament to the power of collective action and demonstrated that the voice of the people, when united by a common cause, could influence change. Out of a total population exceeding 600,000 people, nearly 300,000 participated in the protests. The 'Christian uprising' in Montenegro came to an end on the election day, August 30, 2020. The protests lasted from April 2, 2019, to August 30, 2020 (1 year, 4 months, and 4 weeks). The corrupt regime that ruled the country for 30 years was finally defeated, and the 'Law on Freedom of Religion' was repealed. The President of Montenegro, who proposed the law, was defeated in the presidential elections of 2022, ending his 30-year rule. We hope this story will inspire individuals to come together in shared values. Wishing all Orthodox Christians a Merry Christmas!
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Today, on Orthodox Christian Eve, we would like to share a story we might call a 'Christian Uprising,' which the mainstream media did not report on due to its 'woke' political agenda. We hope that this post will be shared with others so they can learn about what happened in Montenegro between 2019-2020. In 2019, Montenegro found itself at the crossroads of faith and politics. The Balkan nation, with its rich cultural heritage and diverse religious communities, became the stage for a fervent movement fueled by the desire to protect centuries-old traditions. The catalyst for the 'uprising' was a controversial law proposed by the Montenegrin government known as the 'Law on Freedom of Religion.' The law aimed to nationalize religious properties of the Serbian Orthodox Church and assert state control over the appointment of church officials. The Serbian Orthodox Church vehemently opposed the legislation, viewing it as a direct attack on its autonomy and a violation of the centuries-old ties between the church and its followers. As the government moved forward with the law, tensions escalated. Peaceful protests took to the streets of the capital, Podgorica, and all other cities and towns. However, the situation soon took an unexpected turn as the protests evolved into a broader 'Christian uprising.' The movement gained momentum as Serbian churches and monasteries across Montenegro became focal points for demonstrations. The 'Christian uprising' took on a peaceful yet powerful character, with people from all walks of life participating in prayer vigils, candlelight marches, and public gatherings. In the midst of the upheaval, a moment of unity emerged when leaders from various religious communities, including Muslims and Catholics, expressed solidarity with their Orthodox Christian brethren. Together, they advocated for a peaceful resolution that respected the religious diversity inherent in Montenegro's history. The 'Christian uprising' in Montenegro, born out of a shared commitment to faith and heritage, left an indelible mark on the nation's history. It served as a testament to the power of collective action and demonstrated that the voice of the people, when united by a common cause, could influence change. Out of a total population exceeding 600,000 people, nearly 300,000 participated in the protests. The 'Christian uprising' in Montenegro came to an end on the election day, August 30, 2020. The protests lasted from April 2, 2019, to August 30, 2020 (1 year, 4 months, and 4 weeks). The corrupt regime that ruled the country for 30 years was finally defeated, and the 'Law on Freedom of Religion' was repealed. The President of Montenegro, who proposed the law, was defeated in the presidential elections of 2022, ending his 30-year rule. We hope this story will inspire individuals to come together in shared values. Wishing all Orthodox Christians a Merry Christmas!

The National Independent

95,761 views • 2 years ago

🚨🇷🇺☢️ Patriarch Kirill has claimed Russia's nuclear bomb was created through "divine providence." The head of the Russian Orthodox Church credited not only scientists and engineers, but also what he described as God's intervention in the creation of the Soviet nuclear arsenal. Speaking on the subject, Kirill declared that Russia's nuclear bomb "stopped the enemy's plan to destroy and enslave our homeland." He argued that while scientists, engineers, and workers played a crucial role, the project ultimately reflected God's grace and blessing. "Our Russian nuclear bomb was created... Through the work of scientists, engineers, and workers, God's grace and mercy were revealed to our country," Kirill said. The remarks are the latest example of the increasingly close relationship between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Kremlin, with religious rhetoric continuing to be used alongside state narratives on national security, military power, and Russia's strategic weapons. See the latest updates with us: Visioner
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🚨🇷🇺☢️ Patriarch Kirill has claimed Russia's nuclear bomb was created through "divine providence." The head of the Russian Orthodox Church credited not only scientists and engineers, but also what he described as God's intervention in the creation of the Soviet nuclear arsenal. Speaking on the subject, Kirill declared that Russia's nuclear bomb "stopped the enemy's plan to destroy and enslave our homeland." He argued that while scientists, engineers, and workers played a crucial role, the project ultimately reflected God's grace and blessing. "Our Russian nuclear bomb was created... Through the work of scientists, engineers, and workers, God's grace and mercy were revealed to our country," Kirill said. The remarks are the latest example of the increasingly close relationship between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Kremlin, with religious rhetoric continuing to be used alongside state narratives on national security, military power, and Russia's strategic weapons. See the latest updates with us: Visioner

Visioner

177,023 views • 23 days ago

And to think that they gave away their entire demolition project to the American right in April 2024. Dugin began by telling Tucker’s overwhelmingly Christian American audience that the reason the West arrived at transgenderism, LGBTQ ideology, transhumanism, and the destruction of the human person was the Protestant Reformation. According to Dugin Protestantism liberated the individual conscience from the authority of the institutional Church. That produced individualism. Individualism then dissolved every collective identity in succession: church, social order, nation, family, biological sex, and finally humanity itself. Tucker did not have to tell his audience to embrace Russian Eurasianism, esoteric Traditionalism, or pagan imperial philosophy. Instead, Dugin’s anti-Protestant framework was translated through moral concerns American Christians already shared. The audience heard family, faith, natural order, masculinity, spiritual warfare, and resistance to decadence. But beneath that language was a direct attack on the covenantal inheritance of Protestant Christianity and the political order it produced. That is why Tucker’s response was so important. After Dugin traced the path from Protestantism to individualism and from individualism to transgenderism and transhumanism, Tucker said that what he was describing was clearly happening and was horrifying. That is the entire postliberal strategy. Use the undeniable wickedness of the present to discredit the covenantal restraints of the past. Persuade Christians that the First Amendment, religious liberty, individual rights, and jurisdictional limits are not protections against tyranny but stages in the historical process that produced transgenderism. Then offer a stronger, more unified, more coercive political order as the Christian alternative. But that alternative is not more Christian. It is the old pagan political model of the sacred collective, the organic nation, the fusion of religious and political authority, and the subordination of the individual conscience to the supposed good of the civilization.
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And to think that they gave away their entire demolition project to the American right in April 2024. Dugin began by telling Tucker’s overwhelmingly Christian American audience that the reason the West arrived at transgenderism, LGBTQ ideology, transhumanism, and the destruction of the human person was the Protestant Reformation. According to Dugin Protestantism liberated the individual conscience from the authority of the institutional Church. That produced individualism. Individualism then dissolved every collective identity in succession: church, social order, nation, family, biological sex, and finally humanity itself. Tucker did not have to tell his audience to embrace Russian Eurasianism, esoteric Traditionalism, or pagan imperial philosophy. Instead, Dugin’s anti-Protestant framework was translated through moral concerns American Christians already shared. The audience heard family, faith, natural order, masculinity, spiritual warfare, and resistance to decadence. But beneath that language was a direct attack on the covenantal inheritance of Protestant Christianity and the political order it produced. That is why Tucker’s response was so important. After Dugin traced the path from Protestantism to individualism and from individualism to transgenderism and transhumanism, Tucker said that what he was describing was clearly happening and was horrifying. That is the entire postliberal strategy. Use the undeniable wickedness of the present to discredit the covenantal restraints of the past. Persuade Christians that the First Amendment, religious liberty, individual rights, and jurisdictional limits are not protections against tyranny but stages in the historical process that produced transgenderism. Then offer a stronger, more unified, more coercive political order as the Christian alternative. But that alternative is not more Christian. It is the old pagan political model of the sacred collective, the organic nation, the fusion of religious and political authority, and the subordination of the individual conscience to the supposed good of the civilization.

Insurrection Barbie

187,486 views • 24 days ago

🇷🇺‼️🚨 PRISON FOR JESUS HOOKAH: A Russian woman received 3 years in prison for making a hookah out of an traditional Easter cake. The hookah said “Christ Has Risen,” and the act was illegal under Russia’s religious offense laws. Desecrating religion is prohibited in Russia, whether Christianity, Islam, or any other. The woman also had a suspended sentence for drug-related charges, which triggered the harsher punishment. The 3 years resulted from her prior suspended charges. Should countries protect Christianity and other religions like that?
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🇷🇺‼️🚨 PRISON FOR JESUS HOOKAH: A Russian woman received 3 years in prison for making a hookah out of an traditional Easter cake. The hookah said “Christ Has Risen,” and the act was illegal under Russia’s religious offense laws. Desecrating religion is prohibited in Russia, whether Christianity, Islam, or any other. The woman also had a suspended sentence for drug-related charges, which triggered the harsher punishment. The 3 years resulted from her prior suspended charges. Should countries protect Christianity and other religions like that?

Lord Bebo

620,079 views • 3 months ago

As a Jewish American this angers me beyond belief: Republican Josh Hawley likely doesn’t want the mainstream voter to see this: Hawley this week: “Some will say that I’m advocating Christian Nationalism and so I do!” No you ignorant Christian Nationalists, the foundation of American democracy was rooted in Enlightenment ideals, which emphasized reason, individual rights, and the separation of church and state. Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin were Deists, they weren’t Christian at all. To all the “First Amendment Warriors” who think that the First Amendment forces social media to allow all speech, which it doesn’t, are actually ignoring the First Amendment which states that the Constitution guarantees religious freedom and prohibits the establishment of a state religion, ensuring a separation of church and state. This was a deliberate move to prevent religious conflict and ensure freedom of belief for all citizens.
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As a Jewish American this angers me beyond belief: Republican Josh Hawley likely doesn’t want the mainstream voter to see this: Hawley this week: “Some will say that I’m advocating Christian Nationalism and so I do!” No you ignorant Christian Nationalists, the foundation of American democracy was rooted in Enlightenment ideals, which emphasized reason, individual rights, and the separation of church and state. Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin were Deists, they weren’t Christian at all. To all the “First Amendment Warriors” who think that the First Amendment forces social media to allow all speech, which it doesn’t, are actually ignoring the First Amendment which states that the Constitution guarantees religious freedom and prohibits the establishment of a state religion, ensuring a separation of church and state. This was a deliberate move to prevent religious conflict and ensure freedom of belief for all citizens.

Brian Krassenstein

178,354 views • 2 years ago

Rep Brandon Gill calls out Amanda Tyler for saying White Christians are the problem By the way, Amanda Tyler is the Executive Director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty. They are a group that advocates for separation of church and state “In November of last year with the Interfaith Alliance, where you wrote, quote, or you stated, quote, white Christians have been more a part of the problem than a solution. That was in relation to your views on Christian nationalism” I looked more into this to figure out what she’s talking about She’s against Christian Nationalism, she defines Christian nationalism as a political ideology that fuses Christian identity with American civic life and seeks special privileges for Christians So what she’s saying is that Christian values should be the framework of our society and government This is the problem with America, we’ve abandoned our founding principals and values This is exactly what we need to return too
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Rep Brandon Gill calls out Amanda Tyler for saying White Christians are the problem By the way, Amanda Tyler is the Executive Director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty. They are a group that advocates for separation of church and state “In November of last year with the Interfaith Alliance, where you wrote, quote, or you stated, quote, white Christians have been more a part of the problem than a solution. That was in relation to your views on Christian nationalism” I looked more into this to figure out what she’s talking about She’s against Christian Nationalism, she defines Christian nationalism as a political ideology that fuses Christian identity with American civic life and seeks special privileges for Christians So what she’s saying is that Christian values should be the framework of our society and government This is the problem with America, we’ve abandoned our founding principals and values This is exactly what we need to return too

Wall Street Apes

26,994 views • 2 months ago

Boebert: The separation of church and state is not in the Constitution. We are a Christian nation James Talarico: America is not a Christian nation. It is a nation where you are free to be a Christian — or any other faith, or no faith at all. The religious right would probably call the Founding Fathers ‘not real Christians’ given their beliefs. I think it's important that we remember our true history and we honor that that promise of America as a melting pot — E pluribus unum, out of many one. It's a promise we obviously haven't ever fulfilled, but it is one that we're still trying to fulfill.
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Boebert: The separation of church and state is not in the Constitution. We are a Christian nation James Talarico: America is not a Christian nation. It is a nation where you are free to be a Christian — or any other faith, or no faith at all. The religious right would probably call the Founding Fathers ‘not real Christians’ given their beliefs. I think it's important that we remember our true history and we honor that that promise of America as a melting pot — E pluribus unum, out of many one. It's a promise we obviously haven't ever fulfilled, but it is one that we're still trying to fulfill.

Team Talarico

761,315 views • 6 months ago

Putin Marks Christmas at a Church on a Military Base, Surrounded by GRU Officers Vladimir Putin marked Christmas with members of the military for the third time, but unlike the previous two years the Kremlin did not name the church where the president attended the holiday service. According to an analysis by Agenstvo, the church is located on the grounds of a GRU (Russia’s military intelligence agency) military unit in the Moscow region. Standing closest to the president was the unit’s commander, Alexei Galkin (Алексей Галкин), who received Russia’s top state honor, Hero of Russia, during the Second Chechen War. Another new element this year was a brief address Putin delivered inside the church immediately after the service. Details. In a Kremlin statement, Putin attended a Christmas service at one of the churches dedicated to St. George the Victorious in the Moscow region. In the past, the Kremlin has specified which churches Putin visited. Last year, for example, he attended the Church of St. George on Poklonnaya Hill; in 2024, a church at his Novo-Ogaryovo residence; and in 2023, the Annunciation Cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin. ▪️The Kremlin did not explain why it did not identify the church where the president was. Kremlin press-pool reporter Alexander Yunashev said ahead of the Christmas service that Putin would spend the holiday among participants in what Russia calls the “special military operation,” and that covering the event would be difficult because some of those present “can’t be shown on camera.” ▪️According to Agenstvo’s analysis, the president marked Christmas at the Church of the Great Martyr George the Victorious on the grounds of the Senezh Special-Purpose Center (Military Unit 92154) in Solnechnogorsk. According to the Azbuka palomnika project, the idea of building a church there was approved in 2017 by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, and the appeal was backed by Major General Alexei Galkin, commander of Unit 92154, and Alexander Matovnikov, commander of Russia’s Special Operations Forces. ▪️Galkin, who stood next to Putin during the service, was born in the Ukrainian city of Cherkasy in 1970. During the First Chechen War he was taken captive by insurgents. He later became the prototype for the protagonist of the 2004 film Personal Number, financed in part with money from Sibneft (Galkin was played by actor Alexei Makarov). Galkin received the Hero of Russia Gold Star in 2002, when he was a major serving in a GRU reconnaissance group. In the autumn of 2002, his group, according to the Heroes of the Country project, captured documents said to indicate links between international terrorist networks and the Chechen war. He handed the documents to Putin and was awarded the honor. ▪️Unit 92154 was mentioned in the news only recently: an officer from the unit, Yuri Sizov, was described as the handler of a Ukrainian national accused of organizing explosions on a railway line in Poland. The elite Senezh special-operations center—part of the GRU’s Department of Special Tasks—has carried out sabotage operations in the West, The Wall Street Journal reported in February. Western intelligence agencies consider the unit responsible for parcel explosions at DHL facilities in Europe and for planning an assassination attempt against Rheinmetall’s chief executive. ▪️Another participant in the Christmas service was likely Andrei Popov (Андрей Попов). Based on leaked data, he is also a serviceman of Unit 92154, a colonel, and a Hero of Russia. ▪️The third was Konstantin Maslyanko (Константин Маслянко), a colonel and Hero of Russia. According to leaks, in 2017 he worked in Military Unit 45807 (also part of the GRU). Ukraine’s SBU security service has described him as a man who planned a terrorist attack in central Kyiv in 2014 and organized a bombing at a Ukrainian checkpoint near Luhansk in 2015. The Ukrainian outlet reported that Maslyanko operated under the command of Russian Special Operations Forces commander Valery Flyustikov and Putin’s former bodyguard Alexei Dyumin. ▪️Footage also shows a woman in military uniform. Her head is uncovered. ▪️After the service, Putin addressed those present with a brief speech: “And very often we call the Lord the Savior, because He came to Earth to save all people. And so Russia’s warriors—Russia’s warriors—always, as it were, by the Lord’s will, fulfill this mission: defending the Fatherland and its people, saving the Motherland and its people.” This is an AI-generated English translation
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Putin Marks Christmas at a Church on a Military Base, Surrounded by GRU Officers Vladimir Putin marked Christmas with members of the military for the third time, but unlike the previous two years the Kremlin did not name the church where the president attended the holiday service. According to an analysis by Agenstvo, the church is located on the grounds of a GRU (Russia’s military intelligence agency) military unit in the Moscow region. Standing closest to the president was the unit’s commander, Alexei Galkin (Алексей Галкин), who received Russia’s top state honor, Hero of Russia, during the Second Chechen War. Another new element this year was a brief address Putin delivered inside the church immediately after the service. Details. In a Kremlin statement, Putin attended a Christmas service at one of the churches dedicated to St. George the Victorious in the Moscow region. In the past, the Kremlin has specified which churches Putin visited. Last year, for example, he attended the Church of St. George on Poklonnaya Hill; in 2024, a church at his Novo-Ogaryovo residence; and in 2023, the Annunciation Cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin. ▪️The Kremlin did not explain why it did not identify the church where the president was. Kremlin press-pool reporter Alexander Yunashev said ahead of the Christmas service that Putin would spend the holiday among participants in what Russia calls the “special military operation,” and that covering the event would be difficult because some of those present “can’t be shown on camera.” ▪️According to Agenstvo’s analysis, the president marked Christmas at the Church of the Great Martyr George the Victorious on the grounds of the Senezh Special-Purpose Center (Military Unit 92154) in Solnechnogorsk. According to the Azbuka palomnika project, the idea of building a church there was approved in 2017 by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, and the appeal was backed by Major General Alexei Galkin, commander of Unit 92154, and Alexander Matovnikov, commander of Russia’s Special Operations Forces. ▪️Galkin, who stood next to Putin during the service, was born in the Ukrainian city of Cherkasy in 1970. During the First Chechen War he was taken captive by insurgents. He later became the prototype for the protagonist of the 2004 film Personal Number, financed in part with money from Sibneft (Galkin was played by actor Alexei Makarov). Galkin received the Hero of Russia Gold Star in 2002, when he was a major serving in a GRU reconnaissance group. In the autumn of 2002, his group, according to the Heroes of the Country project, captured documents said to indicate links between international terrorist networks and the Chechen war. He handed the documents to Putin and was awarded the honor. ▪️Unit 92154 was mentioned in the news only recently: an officer from the unit, Yuri Sizov, was described as the handler of a Ukrainian national accused of organizing explosions on a railway line in Poland. The elite Senezh special-operations center—part of the GRU’s Department of Special Tasks—has carried out sabotage operations in the West, The Wall Street Journal reported in February. Western intelligence agencies consider the unit responsible for parcel explosions at DHL facilities in Europe and for planning an assassination attempt against Rheinmetall’s chief executive. ▪️Another participant in the Christmas service was likely Andrei Popov (Андрей Попов). Based on leaked data, he is also a serviceman of Unit 92154, a colonel, and a Hero of Russia. ▪️The third was Konstantin Maslyanko (Константин Маслянко), a colonel and Hero of Russia. According to leaks, in 2017 he worked in Military Unit 45807 (also part of the GRU). Ukraine’s SBU security service has described him as a man who planned a terrorist attack in central Kyiv in 2014 and organized a bombing at a Ukrainian checkpoint near Luhansk in 2015. The Ukrainian outlet reported that Maslyanko operated under the command of Russian Special Operations Forces commander Valery Flyustikov and Putin’s former bodyguard Alexei Dyumin. ▪️Footage also shows a woman in military uniform. Her head is uncovered. ▪️After the service, Putin addressed those present with a brief speech: “And very often we call the Lord the Savior, because He came to Earth to save all people. And so Russia’s warriors—Russia’s warriors—always, as it were, by the Lord’s will, fulfill this mission: defending the Fatherland and its people, saving the Motherland and its people.” This is an AI-generated English translation

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89,786 views • 7 months ago

The Bolsheviks declared war on the Russian Orthodox Church as soon as they seized power. They stripped it of legal status and property, then executed thousands of priests, monks, and believers in the Red Terror. Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev was dragged from the Monastery of the Caves, tortured, and shot in January 1918. Patriarch Tikhon publicly excommunicated the Bolshevik leadership and spent his remaining years under arrest until his death in 1925. In 1922, while the country starved, the Soviets seized church gold and jewels under the pretext of famine relief. When believers in Shuya tried to stop them, troops opened fire on the crowd. Lenin then issued a secret memo ordering the most merciless suppression of the clergy possible, arguing conditions would never again be so favorable for crushing the Church’s influence for decades. By year’s end thousands of clergy had been shot and a 1000 year old institution was driven underground by the regime that claimed to liberate the peasants who built it.
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The Bolsheviks declared war on the Russian Orthodox Church as soon as they seized power. They stripped it of legal status and property, then executed thousands of priests, monks, and believers in the Red Terror. Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev was dragged from the Monastery of the Caves, tortured, and shot in January 1918. Patriarch Tikhon publicly excommunicated the Bolshevik leadership and spent his remaining years under arrest until his death in 1925. In 1922, while the country starved, the Soviets seized church gold and jewels under the pretext of famine relief. When believers in Shuya tried to stop them, troops opened fire on the crowd. Lenin then issued a secret memo ordering the most merciless suppression of the clergy possible, arguing conditions would never again be so favorable for crushing the Church’s influence for decades. By year’s end thousands of clergy had been shot and a 1000 year old institution was driven underground by the regime that claimed to liberate the peasants who built it.

Rothmus 🏴

1,011,355 views • 3 days ago

Syria was one of the first places in the world to have a Christian community – the community is mentioned in the Book of Acts and St Paul’s famous conversion on the road to Damascus... Christians are not foreign to Syrian land; they have not been imported; they are, in fact, founders and original inhabitants. Name “Syria” is derived from Assyrian and Syriac Christian denominations, which constituted 80% of the country’s population before Islam arrived in 7th Century AD. Syrian Christians are survivors no matter which other group is in power, although they have suffered at the hands of most who have ruled or invaded Syria over time. Syria’s Christians pride themselves on their national identity, patriotism and participation in the struggle for Syria’s independence and their role during formation of modern Syrian state. Their support of the Palestinian struggle against Israel’s occupation and their Pan-Arab identity prove their unwavering connection to region’s peoples and their struggles toward independence. There are several theories have emerged to explain the caution and silence of Syria’s Christians towards the regime’s increasing brutality. They are afraid of the extremist opposition, and it is easy to single Christians out because they are concentrated in urban areas. They also tend to follow the line dictated by the leadership of their respective churches. And despite some token commanders, they are underrepresented in Syria’s military machine, for reasons ranging from a personal dislike of violence to preference for civilian careers, to meticulously calculated sectarian policy of the Assad regimes that have ruled the country for nearly five decades. The plight of Syria’s Christians stems from the fact that, while they have been used for show, they are actually marginalized by the regime and maligned by the opposition. Before Syrian Civil War, approximately 1.5 million - 10% of Syrian population were Christians. The number is thought to have dropped sharply in recent years, but by how much is unclear. There could now be as few as 300,000 Christians left in Syria today. Christians predominately live in and around cities of Damascus, Aleppo, Homs, Hama, Latakia and in Hasaka governorate. Most Syrian Christians are members of either Eastern Orthodox Church’s Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East or Syriac Orthodox Church (part of Oriental Orthodox family of churches). Most of the Catholics in Syria belong to the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. There are also a minority of Protestants, including Congregationalist, Presbyterian and Armenian Evangelical Churches. Like rest of the Syrian population, the Christian community in Syria has been hugely affected by the ongoing civil war and its consequences. Along with other minority groups, such as Druze, Christians are particularly vulnerable to community violence from extremist groups. Huge numbers have fled, leading to a dramatic decline in the number of Christians in Syria. More than 120 churches and Christian places of worship have been destroyed since Syrian civil war began. But main reason that Christian families are forced to leave is not targeted persecution, but the deteriorating living conditions, lack of employment or education opportunities, escalating living costs and continued dangers caused by fighting. 🎥© eastern_christians (IG) #archaeohistories
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Syria was one of the first places in the world to have a Christian community – the community is mentioned in the Book of Acts and St Paul’s famous conversion on the road to Damascus... Christians are not foreign to Syrian land; they have not been imported; they are, in fact, founders and original inhabitants. Name “Syria” is derived from Assyrian and Syriac Christian denominations, which constituted 80% of the country’s population before Islam arrived in 7th Century AD. Syrian Christians are survivors no matter which other group is in power, although they have suffered at the hands of most who have ruled or invaded Syria over time. Syria’s Christians pride themselves on their national identity, patriotism and participation in the struggle for Syria’s independence and their role during formation of modern Syrian state. Their support of the Palestinian struggle against Israel’s occupation and their Pan-Arab identity prove their unwavering connection to region’s peoples and their struggles toward independence. There are several theories have emerged to explain the caution and silence of Syria’s Christians towards the regime’s increasing brutality. They are afraid of the extremist opposition, and it is easy to single Christians out because they are concentrated in urban areas. They also tend to follow the line dictated by the leadership of their respective churches. And despite some token commanders, they are underrepresented in Syria’s military machine, for reasons ranging from a personal dislike of violence to preference for civilian careers, to meticulously calculated sectarian policy of the Assad regimes that have ruled the country for nearly five decades. The plight of Syria’s Christians stems from the fact that, while they have been used for show, they are actually marginalized by the regime and maligned by the opposition. Before Syrian Civil War, approximately 1.5 million - 10% of Syrian population were Christians. The number is thought to have dropped sharply in recent years, but by how much is unclear. There could now be as few as 300,000 Christians left in Syria today. Christians predominately live in and around cities of Damascus, Aleppo, Homs, Hama, Latakia and in Hasaka governorate. Most Syrian Christians are members of either Eastern Orthodox Church’s Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East or Syriac Orthodox Church (part of Oriental Orthodox family of churches). Most of the Catholics in Syria belong to the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. There are also a minority of Protestants, including Congregationalist, Presbyterian and Armenian Evangelical Churches. Like rest of the Syrian population, the Christian community in Syria has been hugely affected by the ongoing civil war and its consequences. Along with other minority groups, such as Druze, Christians are particularly vulnerable to community violence from extremist groups. Huge numbers have fled, leading to a dramatic decline in the number of Christians in Syria. More than 120 churches and Christian places of worship have been destroyed since Syrian civil war began. But main reason that Christian families are forced to leave is not targeted persecution, but the deteriorating living conditions, lack of employment or education opportunities, escalating living costs and continued dangers caused by fighting. 🎥© eastern_christians (IG) #archaeohistories

Archaeo - Histories

90,031 views • 2 years ago

For the first time in history, Indian Kashmiri Muslim blasts PAKISTAN for its horrendous treatment of minorities especially Pakistan's Hindu & Christian minorities at the United Nations forum in Geneva, Switzerland: ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN: A LIVING HELL FOR HINDUS & CHRISTIANS Dear Friends, Christians (Roman Catholics, Protestants & Orthodox) with 2.4 billion population & Hindus with 1.2 billion population are world's largest and third largest religious communities with a combined population of 3.6 billion people, which is nearly double the global population of 1.9 billion Muslim population of the world. Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a country where Hindus and Christians, two large religious communities live as a minority. In Pakistan, Hindus and Christians together constitute a mere 3% of the total population and they live under one of the most horrendous, horrific and pitiful conditions of religious minorities living under Muslim majority rule. Both Hindus and Christian communities of Pakistan are unfortunate victims of violence, harassment, forced conversion to Islam, kidnappings, killings, massacres, destruction of Hindu temples and Christian churches, forced marriages of young Hindu & Christian girls, caste discrimination against Dalit & Adivasi Hindus of Sindh province and Dalit Christians of Punjab province of Pakistan. India, Nepal and Mauritius are Hindu majority countries and there are 157 Christian majority countries in the world including Brazil ( largest Catholic nation), U.S.A (largest Protestant nation) and Russia (largest Orthodox nation) and yet NO CHRISTIAN NATION EVER QUESTIONS PAKISTAN on its criminally oppressive treatment of Christian minority. It is a shame. Unfortunately not even large Christian communities in India including those in North Eastern states like Nagaland, Meghalaya & Mizoram and South Indian states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu show any support and solidarity with Christian community of Pakistan, most of who are Dalit Punjabi Christians, who are forced to take occupation only of manual scavenging and are derogatorily referred as "Churas" by Pakistani Muslims. For the first time in history, I, as an Indian Muslim and that too as an Indian Kashmiri Muslim "intervened" on behalf of Hindu and Christian minorities of Pakistan at the 58th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) meeting currently ongoing at the United Nations Office (UNO) in Geneva, Switzerland. It is symbolically important to raise the issue of the plight of Hindu and Christian religious minorities of a Muslim majority nation like Pakistan by an Indian Muslim because most Muslims of the world hypocritically remain silent about the misery, humiliation and torment that non-Muslim minorities like Hindus and Christians face in Muslim majority countries or for that matter the oppression that Shia Muslim sectarian minority faces in most of Muslim majority countries. It is ironic that even as the global Muslim community is very vocal on Palestine, it doesn't want to speak about Muslims facing oppression from fellow Muslims like Shias and Baloch or the plight of non-Muslim minorities living in Muslim majority countries. Here is a video of my speech that I gave at UNHRC on this topic. I am also posting the transcript of my speech in the comment section of this tweet. Jai Hind Jai Bharat 🙏 Javed Ahmad Beigh Kashmir Valley, J&K INDIA 🇮🇳
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For the first time in history, Indian Kashmiri Muslim blasts PAKISTAN for its horrendous treatment of minorities especially Pakistan's Hindu & Christian minorities at the United Nations forum in Geneva, Switzerland: ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN: A LIVING HELL FOR HINDUS & CHRISTIANS Dear Friends, Christians (Roman Catholics, Protestants & Orthodox) with 2.4 billion population & Hindus with 1.2 billion population are world's largest and third largest religious communities with a combined population of 3.6 billion people, which is nearly double the global population of 1.9 billion Muslim population of the world. Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a country where Hindus and Christians, two large religious communities live as a minority. In Pakistan, Hindus and Christians together constitute a mere 3% of the total population and they live under one of the most horrendous, horrific and pitiful conditions of religious minorities living under Muslim majority rule. Both Hindus and Christian communities of Pakistan are unfortunate victims of violence, harassment, forced conversion to Islam, kidnappings, killings, massacres, destruction of Hindu temples and Christian churches, forced marriages of young Hindu & Christian girls, caste discrimination against Dalit & Adivasi Hindus of Sindh province and Dalit Christians of Punjab province of Pakistan. India, Nepal and Mauritius are Hindu majority countries and there are 157 Christian majority countries in the world including Brazil ( largest Catholic nation), U.S.A (largest Protestant nation) and Russia (largest Orthodox nation) and yet NO CHRISTIAN NATION EVER QUESTIONS PAKISTAN on its criminally oppressive treatment of Christian minority. It is a shame. Unfortunately not even large Christian communities in India including those in North Eastern states like Nagaland, Meghalaya & Mizoram and South Indian states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu show any support and solidarity with Christian community of Pakistan, most of who are Dalit Punjabi Christians, who are forced to take occupation only of manual scavenging and are derogatorily referred as "Churas" by Pakistani Muslims. For the first time in history, I, as an Indian Muslim and that too as an Indian Kashmiri Muslim "intervened" on behalf of Hindu and Christian minorities of Pakistan at the 58th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) meeting currently ongoing at the United Nations Office (UNO) in Geneva, Switzerland. It is symbolically important to raise the issue of the plight of Hindu and Christian religious minorities of a Muslim majority nation like Pakistan by an Indian Muslim because most Muslims of the world hypocritically remain silent about the misery, humiliation and torment that non-Muslim minorities like Hindus and Christians face in Muslim majority countries or for that matter the oppression that Shia Muslim sectarian minority faces in most of Muslim majority countries. It is ironic that even as the global Muslim community is very vocal on Palestine, it doesn't want to speak about Muslims facing oppression from fellow Muslims like Shias and Baloch or the plight of non-Muslim minorities living in Muslim majority countries. Here is a video of my speech that I gave at UNHRC on this topic. I am also posting the transcript of my speech in the comment section of this tweet. Jai Hind Jai Bharat 🙏 Javed Ahmad Beigh Kashmir Valley, J&K INDIA 🇮🇳

Javed Beigh

36,243 views • 1 year ago

🚨 ALERT AMERICA: ANOTHER CHURCH CONVERTED - AND THEY NAMED IT “MOSQUE OF JESUS” Masjid Isa Ibn Maryam (“Mosque of Jesus, Son of Mary”) — Syracuse, New York This is the next church takeover — and they didn’t just convert a Christian house of worship. They spit in the face of Christians with the branding. They turned a church into a mosque… and then labeled it “Mosque of Jesus.” That’s not respect. That’s psychological warfare. Because Islam does not honor the Jesus of the Bible. Islam’s “Jesus” is not the Son of God. He is not crucified. He does not resurrect. And he does not save. The Islamic version of Jesus is used as a tool to refute Christianity, dismantle the Cross, and validate Muhammad. And that’s exactly why Christians must stop falling for the oldest deception in the book: ⚠️ “WE BELIEVE IN JESUS” IS NOT WHAT YOU THINK IT MEANS Muslim influencers and apologists aggressively target Christians with the same scripted tactic: They claim the Quran “respects Jesus”… Then insist the Quran’s version is more authentic… While quietly destroying everything Christianity is built on. This isn’t dialogue. It’s conversion strategy. Major Islamic online figures have built massive platforms pushing these narratives, using emotional manipulation, debate traps, and “same Jesus” messaging designed to confuse Christians and blur the line between truth and submission. ✅ THE CORE DIFFERENCE: ISLAM ERADICATES THE CROSS Christianity stands on one foundation: ✝️ Christ crucified and risen. Islam explicitly denies it: 📌 “They did not kill him, nor crucify him…” — Qur’an 4:157 📌 Those who say Christ is God are labeled disbelievers — Qur’an 5:17 / 5:72 📌 Christians are commanded to be fought and subdued — Qur’an 9:29 This is not a “small theological disagreement.” It is a direct assault on the center of Christianity. And the ultimate endgame is not hidden: Islamic tradition describes Jesus returning not to redeem humanity, but to destroy the cross and enforce Islamic dominance. THIS IS NOT “RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.” IT’S RELIGIOUS DOMINANCE. Churches across America are falling silent… …and mosques are rising in their place, not just as places of prayer, but as permanent ideological infrastructure. And now they are taking Christian sanctuaries and rebranding them with Christian names to neutralize Christian resistance. That is not coexistence. That is conquest. Church by church. City by city. State by state. America: wake up.
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🚨 ALERT AMERICA: ANOTHER CHURCH CONVERTED - AND THEY NAMED IT “MOSQUE OF JESUS” Masjid Isa Ibn Maryam (“Mosque of Jesus, Son of Mary”) — Syracuse, New York This is the next church takeover — and they didn’t just convert a Christian house of worship. They spit in the face of Christians with the branding. They turned a church into a mosque… and then labeled it “Mosque of Jesus.” That’s not respect. That’s psychological warfare. Because Islam does not honor the Jesus of the Bible. Islam’s “Jesus” is not the Son of God. He is not crucified. He does not resurrect. And he does not save. The Islamic version of Jesus is used as a tool to refute Christianity, dismantle the Cross, and validate Muhammad. And that’s exactly why Christians must stop falling for the oldest deception in the book: ⚠️ “WE BELIEVE IN JESUS” IS NOT WHAT YOU THINK IT MEANS Muslim influencers and apologists aggressively target Christians with the same scripted tactic: They claim the Quran “respects Jesus”… Then insist the Quran’s version is more authentic… While quietly destroying everything Christianity is built on. This isn’t dialogue. It’s conversion strategy. Major Islamic online figures have built massive platforms pushing these narratives, using emotional manipulation, debate traps, and “same Jesus” messaging designed to confuse Christians and blur the line between truth and submission. ✅ THE CORE DIFFERENCE: ISLAM ERADICATES THE CROSS Christianity stands on one foundation: ✝️ Christ crucified and risen. Islam explicitly denies it: 📌 “They did not kill him, nor crucify him…” — Qur’an 4:157 📌 Those who say Christ is God are labeled disbelievers — Qur’an 5:17 / 5:72 📌 Christians are commanded to be fought and subdued — Qur’an 9:29 This is not a “small theological disagreement.” It is a direct assault on the center of Christianity. And the ultimate endgame is not hidden: Islamic tradition describes Jesus returning not to redeem humanity, but to destroy the cross and enforce Islamic dominance. THIS IS NOT “RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.” IT’S RELIGIOUS DOMINANCE. Churches across America are falling silent… …and mosques are rising in their place, not just as places of prayer, but as permanent ideological infrastructure. And now they are taking Christian sanctuaries and rebranding them with Christian names to neutralize Christian resistance. That is not coexistence. That is conquest. Church by church. City by city. State by state. America: wake up.

Amy Mek

60,340 views • 6 months ago

In honor of Charlie Kirk: Charlie Kirk was a courageous and believing man who had his finger on the pulse of America’s youth, and who saw where they were going, what they were searching for — the ancient, unchanging Faith of the Church — as indicated in this clip from a recent interview with Tucker Carlson. Although Charlie was not an Orthodox Christian, he strove to confess and defend — as he knew it — the Christian faith and principles. We know that God is merciful and receives into eternity every soul in its best possible time. Charlie regularly publicly confessed words and truths from the Gospel of Christ and this is a witness to Truth and to God. 🎥 Tucker Carlson
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In honor of Charlie Kirk: Charlie Kirk was a courageous and believing man who had his finger on the pulse of America’s youth, and who saw where they were going, what they were searching for — the ancient, unchanging Faith of the Church — as indicated in this clip from a recent interview with Tucker Carlson. Although Charlie was not an Orthodox Christian, he strove to confess and defend — as he knew it — the Christian faith and principles. We know that God is merciful and receives into eternity every soul in its best possible time. Charlie regularly publicly confessed words and truths from the Gospel of Christ and this is a witness to Truth and to God. 🎥 Tucker Carlson

Orthodox Ethos

62,955 views • 11 months ago

FAITH UNDER FIRE: The Persecution of Orthodox Christians in a Divided World with Filmmakers Igor Lopotonok & Sergei Debishev | Going Rogue | Ep73 "The Cross" is a meditative journey into the "religious dimension" where faith, hope, love, and wisdom prevail, transcending time and space. It emphasizes humility as the path to God, the role of icons as "windows" to the divine. WATCH HERE: Relay - SalemNOW - Future Today(Fawesome) - “The Holy Archipelago” directed by Sergei Debizhev. Solovetsky Monastery - from infinity to eternity. The documentary searches for the true meanings of life, faith, hope and love. This is a large-scale narrative about the life of the Solovetsky monastery. What is the spiritual life of a person? What is a religious tradition and what kind of role does it play in the modern world? How does faith in God affect people's lives? WATCH HERE: Relay - SalemNOW - Future Today(Fawesome) - YouTube Movies & TV(AVOD/SVOD) - 00:00:01 Introduction: US Accuses Russian Orthodox Church of Spying 00:01:17 Christianity Under Attack: Global Persecution and Media Silence 00:02:25 Filmmakers Spotlight: “The Cross” and Orthodox History 00:03:35 Meet the Panel: Journalists & Orthodox Leaders Respond 00:05:05 Spy Accusations and Cancel Culture in America 00:07:18 National Identity: Ukrainian, Russian, and American Loyalties 00:08:39 Controversy: Russian vs. Ukrainian Orthodox Churches Explained 00:12:16 Personal Histories: Immigration, Faith, and the Balkan Wars 00:13:31 Debunking Myths: War Crimes and the Faithful in Ukraine 00:16:04 Faith Renewal: Christianity’s Rebirth in Post-Soviet Russia 00:23:09 Money Trail Allegations: Corruption, Ukraine, and US Officials 00:31:30 Orthodox Christianity Rising: America’s Growing Faith Community Russian Orthodox Church, Ukraine war, Christian persecution, US Congress letter, Orthodox Christianity, Igor Lopatonok Going Rogue with Lara Logan | Igor Lopatonok
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FAITH UNDER FIRE: The Persecution of Orthodox Christians in a Divided World with Filmmakers Igor Lopotonok & Sergei Debishev | Going Rogue | Ep73 "The Cross" is a meditative journey into the "religious dimension" where faith, hope, love, and wisdom prevail, transcending time and space. It emphasizes humility as the path to God, the role of icons as "windows" to the divine. WATCH HERE: Relay - SalemNOW - Future Today(Fawesome) - “The Holy Archipelago” directed by Sergei Debizhev. Solovetsky Monastery - from infinity to eternity. The documentary searches for the true meanings of life, faith, hope and love. This is a large-scale narrative about the life of the Solovetsky monastery. What is the spiritual life of a person? What is a religious tradition and what kind of role does it play in the modern world? How does faith in God affect people's lives? WATCH HERE: Relay - SalemNOW - Future Today(Fawesome) - YouTube Movies & TV(AVOD/SVOD) - 00:00:01 Introduction: US Accuses Russian Orthodox Church of Spying 00:01:17 Christianity Under Attack: Global Persecution and Media Silence 00:02:25 Filmmakers Spotlight: “The Cross” and Orthodox History 00:03:35 Meet the Panel: Journalists & Orthodox Leaders Respond 00:05:05 Spy Accusations and Cancel Culture in America 00:07:18 National Identity: Ukrainian, Russian, and American Loyalties 00:08:39 Controversy: Russian vs. Ukrainian Orthodox Churches Explained 00:12:16 Personal Histories: Immigration, Faith, and the Balkan Wars 00:13:31 Debunking Myths: War Crimes and the Faithful in Ukraine 00:16:04 Faith Renewal: Christianity’s Rebirth in Post-Soviet Russia 00:23:09 Money Trail Allegations: Corruption, Ukraine, and US Officials 00:31:30 Orthodox Christianity Rising: America’s Growing Faith Community Russian Orthodox Church, Ukraine war, Christian persecution, US Congress letter, Orthodox Christianity, Igor Lopatonok Going Rogue with Lara Logan | Igor Lopatonok

Lara Logan

226,923 views • 5 months ago

America is hostile to Christianity. Democracy slowly but surely corrupts the faith from within. Reading Tocqueville & the Founding Fathers between the lines convinced me of this. Look at the sorry state of Christianity at 250 compared to America’s Puritan founding. That is the result of two centuries of democratic corrosion and this weakening will only continue. What people are calling a “Christian revival” is a mere blip on this macro downward trajectory, a knee-jerk reaction to the excesses of progressivism of the last 20 years. Reading Tocqueville convinced me that America will never be truly Christian, unless it gives up being a liberal democracy (e.g. Integralism). Look at American Christianity today, it is already more American than it is Christian: Jesus preaches against wealth and yet I’ve rarely heard an american pastor do so. I hear the prosperity gospel quite often, but never sincere urges to poverty, asceticism, or monasticism as can be loudly heard in every Christian society prior. Christianity teaches love and humility; the American right co-opts it for hate and superiority. The Bible prescribes universal gender norms, sexual codes, ethical standards; the American left appropriates it for the latest political fads of the day. But the most hostile democratic force against all religions, not just Christianity, is toleration. The Bible is clear about Jesus’ singular status: “No one comes to the Father except through me.” It’s clear about the demonic or, at the very least, inferior status of the other faiths. And yet most American christians show not just tolerance but a puzzling affirmation of other religions. Tocqueville saw the terrible cost of this toleration, in a private letter in 1831, he wrote: ”this so-called tolerance … is nothing but a huge indifference.” Christianity could flourish for a 1000 years under persecution. Christianity did flourish for a 1000 years persecuting others. But just 250 years under liberal toleration and what Christians left have already stopped caring about ultimate questions, masking their indifference under the banner of toleration. Perhaps this was the Founders’ plan all along, Jefferson writes: “the way to silence religious disputes, is to take no notice of them.” To see how strange and corrupting American religious toleration is, one need only look at how other cultures practice toleration. Look at how the ultra-orthodox Jews in Israel treat their Christian minority: they look down upon them as fools deceived by a false Messiah. They don’t hide their contempt either: they openly mock the Christians, but they stop at organized, legal persecution. This was the original meaning of toleration. Toleration came from the Latin root tolerare which meant “to bear, to suffer, to endure.” The ultra-orthodox merely “put up with” their Christian minority. American Christians, even (maybe especially) the hyper-religious ones, do not behave like that towards their jewish minority. If you behave like that in America, you will be called “intolerant.” Because American toleration requires not just the lack of legal discrimination but a positive affirmation of the other. This concession doesn’t seem like much (in fact, it has infinite benefits) but it completely subverts the original concept. Tolerare originally meant that the thing I’m tolerant of is bad, but I endure it for a greater good. American toleration demands you to affirm the thing you are tolerant of as good to begin with. This is a radical subversion because tolerare preserves a precious freedom of the mind to come up with one’s own judgements: as long as you do not compel the others’ body you are free to think as you wish in your soul. American toleration does not compel the body but strikes directly at the soul: you are not allowed to discriminate in thought and must affirm the other as good. This is why you hear so often “all religions teach the same lesson” (which, it always turns out, is some mushy platitude around love). American toleration is the most radical and thorough form of intolerance and the death of serious religious thinking. The ultra-orthodox Jews in their hostility secure the freedom that American Christians lose in their compassion. Tocqueville came to similar conclusions, on the deadly effects of religious toleration, in that private letter from 1831. And yet, in Democracy in America he defended the separation of Church and State and advocated for the liberal order. In this lecture, I am going to attempt to reconcile this seeming contradiction. What we are going to find is terrifying: democracy unleashes not just one, but four separate forces hostile Christianity. And the separation of Church and state is to protect the Church from these forces as much as it is to preserve the state, for democracies can not function without religion. That is to say, as much as America is hostile to christianity, it needs it even more. This is the tragedy of Democracy: it endlessly attacks the very religious pillar that sustains its existence.
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America is hostile to Christianity. Democracy slowly but surely corrupts the faith from within. Reading Tocqueville & the Founding Fathers between the lines convinced me of this. Look at the sorry state of Christianity at 250 compared to America’s Puritan founding. That is the result of two centuries of democratic corrosion and this weakening will only continue. What people are calling a “Christian revival” is a mere blip on this macro downward trajectory, a knee-jerk reaction to the excesses of progressivism of the last 20 years. Reading Tocqueville convinced me that America will never be truly Christian, unless it gives up being a liberal democracy (e.g. Integralism). Look at American Christianity today, it is already more American than it is Christian: Jesus preaches against wealth and yet I’ve rarely heard an american pastor do so. I hear the prosperity gospel quite often, but never sincere urges to poverty, asceticism, or monasticism as can be loudly heard in every Christian society prior. Christianity teaches love and humility; the American right co-opts it for hate and superiority. The Bible prescribes universal gender norms, sexual codes, ethical standards; the American left appropriates it for the latest political fads of the day. But the most hostile democratic force against all religions, not just Christianity, is toleration. The Bible is clear about Jesus’ singular status: “No one comes to the Father except through me.” It’s clear about the demonic or, at the very least, inferior status of the other faiths. And yet most American christians show not just tolerance but a puzzling affirmation of other religions. Tocqueville saw the terrible cost of this toleration, in a private letter in 1831, he wrote: ”this so-called tolerance … is nothing but a huge indifference.” Christianity could flourish for a 1000 years under persecution. Christianity did flourish for a 1000 years persecuting others. But just 250 years under liberal toleration and what Christians left have already stopped caring about ultimate questions, masking their indifference under the banner of toleration. Perhaps this was the Founders’ plan all along, Jefferson writes: “the way to silence religious disputes, is to take no notice of them.” To see how strange and corrupting American religious toleration is, one need only look at how other cultures practice toleration. Look at how the ultra-orthodox Jews in Israel treat their Christian minority: they look down upon them as fools deceived by a false Messiah. They don’t hide their contempt either: they openly mock the Christians, but they stop at organized, legal persecution. This was the original meaning of toleration. Toleration came from the Latin root tolerare which meant “to bear, to suffer, to endure.” The ultra-orthodox merely “put up with” their Christian minority. American Christians, even (maybe especially) the hyper-religious ones, do not behave like that towards their jewish minority. If you behave like that in America, you will be called “intolerant.” Because American toleration requires not just the lack of legal discrimination but a positive affirmation of the other. This concession doesn’t seem like much (in fact, it has infinite benefits) but it completely subverts the original concept. Tolerare originally meant that the thing I’m tolerant of is bad, but I endure it for a greater good. American toleration demands you to affirm the thing you are tolerant of as good to begin with. This is a radical subversion because tolerare preserves a precious freedom of the mind to come up with one’s own judgements: as long as you do not compel the others’ body you are free to think as you wish in your soul. American toleration does not compel the body but strikes directly at the soul: you are not allowed to discriminate in thought and must affirm the other as good. This is why you hear so often “all religions teach the same lesson” (which, it always turns out, is some mushy platitude around love). American toleration is the most radical and thorough form of intolerance and the death of serious religious thinking. The ultra-orthodox Jews in their hostility secure the freedom that American Christians lose in their compassion. Tocqueville came to similar conclusions, on the deadly effects of religious toleration, in that private letter from 1831. And yet, in Democracy in America he defended the separation of Church and State and advocated for the liberal order. In this lecture, I am going to attempt to reconcile this seeming contradiction. What we are going to find is terrifying: democracy unleashes not just one, but four separate forces hostile Christianity. And the separation of Church and state is to protect the Church from these forces as much as it is to preserve the state, for democracies can not function without religion. That is to say, as much as America is hostile to christianity, it needs it even more. This is the tragedy of Democracy: it endlessly attacks the very religious pillar that sustains its existence.

Johnathan Bi

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