[Verriasana]

First, I am not sure that only 4% of Serbian people attend Church.

Second, a very prominent Orthodox figure's (in this country) article was published some days ago in a very well known newspaper of this country. And that newspaper linked it to a social network for readers' feedback. It was a pity to see how people responded and ridiculed us because of that article. I do not blame them because they know nothing about Orthodoxy and that was their first taste. And I can not imagine a worse way to be introduced to Orthodoxy.

The article mentioned how he was a convert and some sentences later this prominent Orthodox mentioned how he wanted the Orthodox Church to be like the RC and Protestant Church in certain aspects. Hello? I thought you converted! Why would you want to take *my* Orthodoxy and make it like the Churches you left for a reason, or more? Why would you want to take my Orthodoxy about which my ancestors shed blood and make it like the things you left behind?

I am very upset with this article because it scandalized many non Orthodox people as I saw from the feedback and that was the first and maybe only introduction they had with Orthodoxy! He wanted to make us more "evangelical" (I do not see why we are thought of as non-evangelical) and look how well the non-Orthodox responded to that article. Also please do not equal having money to the success of a Church! A Church is successful not by the amount of money it has but by the Saints it produces.