[acceraStoof]

Indeed we should!

Are we anywhere near to any answers? Do we support, for example, state favour towards the Orthodox Church in Russia and Greece? Do we all accept the right of adult people to follow the religion of their choice? Does anyone know of any patristic comment on this issue?

Andreas, in my opinion, the church should be separate from the state. I hope I'm not offending anyone here. And priests should definitely not be public servants as they are here in Greece, with a monthly salary from the government. This, to my mind, is not religious freedom because people who are neither christian nor orthodox also pay the taxes which are used for the priests' salaries.

Effie