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Meet Moscow's Punk Priest, the Rev. Sergei Rybko
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10-21-2009, 12:08 PM
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Yes, the term rock and roll I have been told that alludes also to sex.
About the paparokades, I have an interesting story. There is a wonderful, older lady (grandma of friends). She always made us listen to the preaching of a great priest. He was very tough. I got scared many times because the talks were apocalyptic and that the end of the world is coming etc. It was very hard for me to listen to this kind of preaching because I had not been used to it. Then I hear that the priest formed the paparokades... This stunned me because it was from one extreme to the other. I know they are famous and that many young and old people are attracted to them. However I am turned off. I was turned off from this 'phenomenon' since that grandma forced us to listen to those apocalyptic talks.
As Geronda Paisios has said "we can't do obedience to everyone". So I choose to bypass some things. If the paparokades work and win souls and save them, glory to God. And only God can judge us all and He will decide. I am just a sinner and this post is not meant to judge, but just personal experience. Tough talk and love did not win me, and neither did the rock stuff thrown in to the mix. Had I been far from the Church, I might have considered if they had thrown in Disney
. Just kidding because I would not have looked at a Church that used Disney, or any other non-divine things as a bait. But that's just me.
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