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**Asianunta** · 11-20-2007, 03:40 AM

Nicolaj,

I actually meant those words for the people who said that Constantinople has little flock, and the Patriarchate should be shut down. Can't handle to hear that the throne and legacy of such great saints like St. Chrysostom and the like, has to be removed from there. That kind of thinking does not contain even the abc of pagan love, let alone Orthodox love.

Constantinople has produced many saints. It has seen much blood and martyrdom and Christian witness. It is petty to say this has larger number, or that has smaller number. By the same logic: Hell (like Sodom and Gomorrah) has a very large number of people too. However that does not make it better than Paradise.

We all should just drop such comparisons and judging and see what better quality we can give to our own personal fight. Fathers warn about ruining the reputation of our brothers in such ways and by such public means. I am a human and a sinner too and 99.99% I can not do everything that the Fathers say. However in this case we should remember that the Devil is not the Patriarch and is not in Constantinople. We should have compassion on all, but focus our fight to the Devil who is everywhere in the world. Only like that we will be like lightning rods that will attract the grace of God on earth. BTW if I become a saint and have boldness in front of God,

and move to Constantinople, just so that you know, I will ask God to give grace to the entire world and not just to my neighborhood. But until then I remain a sinner worse than whom some have been describing here and worse than all people of the world all together.

11-20-2007, 03:40 AM	#37
Asianunta Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 412 Senior Member	Nicolaj, I actually meant those words for the people who said that Constantinople has little flock, and the Patriarchate should be shut down. Can't handle to hear that the throne and legacy of such great saints like St. Chrysostom and the like, has to be removed from there. That kind of thinking does not contain even the abc of pagan love, let alone Orthodox love. Constantinople has produced many saints. It has seen much blood and martyrdom and Christian witness. It is petty to say this has larger number, or that has smaller number. By the same logic: Hell (like Sodom and Gomorrah) has a very large number of people too. However that does not make it better than Paradise. We all should just drop such comparisons and judging and see what better quality we can give to our own personal fight. Fathers warn about ruining the reputation of our brothers in such ways and by such public means. I am a human and a sinner too and 99.99% I can not do everything that the Fathers say. However in this case we should remember that the Devil is not the Patriarch and is not in Constantinople. We should have compassion on all, but focus our fight to the Devil who is everywhere in the world. Only like that we will be like lightning rods that will attract the grace of God on earth. BTW if I become a saint and have boldness in front of God, and move to Constantinople, just so that you know, I will ask God to give grace to the entire world and not just to my neighborhood. But until then I remain a sinner worse than whom some have been describing here and worse than all people of the world all together.
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