[ariniaxia]

Dear Yanis,
What I'm about to say I learned when I was in Protestantism; therefore, it may not mesh with Orthodox doctrine (I'm still fairly new to the faith, even after three years).
When God created the world there were laws set in motion which operate to this day. And this is in both the spiritual and physical realms. Lucifier, created as an angel of light, distorted the will of mankind when the choice was made to disobey God and eat of the fruit of the forbidden tree. The immediate result of this was spiritual death, separation between man and God. "Adam, where are you".
As a result, when something evil/bad happens in the world, if they're in proximity it also happens to the people of God. The laws that are in effect are not negated just because of my relationship with the Almighty (There are numerous instances of this happening in the Scriptures however).
One thing that Christians especially need to be careful of doing, is trying to "read to much into the event." This does not mean that God's purpose in this is unknowable, I personally prefer not to beat myself up emotionally and spiritually agonizing over something which God amy not want me to know, but as someone has said in another venue, do what I know to be the will of God...!
The pride of this nation has taken a tremendous fall (sound familiar). "We have seen the true Light, we have found the true faith , worshipping the undivided Trinity, for He has saved us! If there's been a wakeup call to the United States as a result of 9-11, that is it.

His unworthy servant,
Moses