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**9rCR9hWL** · 11-19-2007, 12:10 PM

Dear Brethren,

The problem is that the Patriarch is tempted by Satan, like the second temptation he offered Jesus after being 40(!) days in the desert. He seems to think that being popular and admired in the world, by those who are in truth heretics and so long departed from the One Church (which is the orthodox church!) will give him something like the pope of Rome.
Being in the newspapers and on MTV and so on, will not bring anyone into paradise. We only can pray for him and that he will be given insight.

In Christ, Nicolaj

And he is the only one tempted by the evil one? I daresay the Internet affords many of us equal opportunity to bringing attention to ourselves. Perhaps these venues he uses help keep the plight of the captive patriarchate in the international news (sorry, I must have missed MTV) and, hopefully, mitigates the Muslim persecution.

11-19-2007, 12:10 PM	#35
9rCR9hWL Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 382 Senior Member	Dear Brethren, The problem is that the Patriarch is tempted by Satan, like the second temptation he offered Jesus after being 40(!) days in the desert. He seems to think that being popular and admired in the world, by those who are in truth heretics and so long departed from the One Church (which is the orthodox church!) will give him something like the pope of Rome. Being in the newspapers and on MTV and so on, will not bring anyone into paradise. We only can pray for him and that he will be given insight. In Christ, Nicolaj And he is the only one tempted by the evil one? I daresay the Internet affords many of us equal opportunity to bringing attention to ourselves. Perhaps these venues he uses help keep the plight of the captive patriarchate in the international news (sorry, I must have missed MTV) and, hopefully, mitigates the Muslim persecution.
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