Bishop Pitirim Volochkov of Syktyvkar and Vorkuta (1961- )
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“Masonic ecumenism promotes a ‘religion’ of ‘ecumenical meetings’, a ‘mere Christianity’, as it were. It’s a new ecumenical Baha’ism, seemingly quite innocuous, yet each of these religious practises has a goal and purpose. They’re to pave the way for a federal world government or world superstate, a Supreme Tribunal and an international executive body, with a future ‘deified’ leader, to suppress any country, community, or individual who dares to resist it”, according to a post of Vladyki Pitirim entitled Масонский экуменизм (Masonic ecumenism) on the official diocesan website. “Misguided Christian ecumenists embrace outright enemies of the Church such as the Freemasons; they say ‘nice’ things rather than accuse their interlocutors of paganism and ignorant heresy. All of them parrot groundless expressions not found in Holy Scripture or the Fathers, such as, ‘As they’re imprisoned in a ghetto, (Orthodox) society suffers from a lack of tolerance (relativism, etc)’… ‘Ecumenism is the spiritual foundation of tolerance’… ‘We suffer from spiritual illiteracy’. For example, the ecumenist K K Ivanov (a PhD who has wormed his way into the Church) said, ‘Get out of here with that point of view’… ‘Diversity in confession is our treasure’… ‘The most poisonous sorts (those who call themselves Orthodox) say there is only one truth’… ‘Their faith is a dangerous addiction’… ‘Everything that they talk about is a catastrophe’… ‘Catholics and Protestants have achieved such success that we have even not dreamed of’… ‘What unites us is greater than what divides us’… ‘I did not use reason when I came to Orthodoxy’… ‘The church is just a different kind of family’… ‘When we speak of our faith, we mustn’t put Christ at the centre of it all’”.
As another example of ecumenism, Vladyki Pitirim cited a statement of Archpriest Georgi Mitrofanov. Fr Georgi said, “This is Christianity at its core … it’s a choice between godlessness and religiosity. When an Orthodox priest attacks sectarianism from the pulpit, he betrays the memory of the recent persecution of all Christians in our country. I don’t understand the inferiority complex of the Orthodox who think that they are succeeding when they denounce non-believers”. In response to these remarks, Vladyki Pitirim said, “Are they saying the Holy Great Martyr George the all-Victorious had an inferiority complex? Up to his death, he never ceased to denounce the pagans. Thus, ecumenists preach in all human sincerity, but not the truth. The only ecumenism that we can practise is one that stresses the oneness of Orthodoxy, for good reason, without any sort of common prayer. Heathens and heretics must repent of their separateness (this includes all the denominations), as the Holy Fathers of the Church taught us”.
19 May 2010
Русская народная линия (Russian People’s Line)
Editor’s Note:
Well… they have braying overeducated jackasses in Russia too. Hmm… it looks like Vladyki Pitirim stuck a sock in it for them! The ecumenists are the same wherever you go. Whether it’s JP at the insane Lumen Gentium gasathon, or, if it’s Vassa Larina tutting at all us, saying that we believe in a “religion of fear”… Vladyki Pitirim gives such nonsense the tip of his boot. “Thus, ecumenists preach in all human sincerity, but not the truth. The only ecumenism that we can practise is one that stresses the oneness of Orthodoxy, for good reason, without any sort of common prayer. Heathens and heretics must repent of their separateness (this includes all the denominations), as the Holy Fathers of the Church taught us”. Amen! Play it again, Vladyki! That song sounds better the second or third time around! In short… if you hear bleats from the usual cast of suspects such as JP, Rod Dreher, Freddie Matthews-Greene, Reardon, New Skete, Vassa Larina, Andrei Psaryov, Behr, Herbel, or any other of the ecumaniacs… ignore ‘em. They’re out of step with the REAL Church. It’ll take some time… it won’t happen overnight… but their day is OVER. Oh… they’ve got a few blows left to deal out… that’s true. The more we stand and the taller we stand, the quicker it’ll be over. It won’t be painless or easy… but it’s worth doing… and worth doing right. By the way… Vladyki Pitirim timed the release of this post to coincide with the arrival of the Boy Wonder in his diocese. As Vladyki put it well, “I may have human sympathy for Diomid Dzyuban, but I remain loyal to Patriarch Kirill above all”. Don’t be fooled by the Boy Blunder’s impeccable English… he’s not what he appears to be (he’s another Philaret Denisenko… and Mark Golovkov is another Aleksei Rediger!).
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