Metropolitan Nicholas Pissaris of Detroit (1953- ) (GOAA)… a real stand-up guy… he’s fighting the greedsters and warmongers.
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Look at this, it’s the schedule for the opening of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte NC later today:
Tuesday, 4 September 2012
Americans Coming Together
Time shown as local (Charlotte NC, EDT)
17.00-18.00 (Local)
Call to Order
The Honourable Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Chair of the Democratic National Committee
Member of the US House of Representatives (FL District 20)Invocation
His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas Pissaris
Bishop of the Greek Orthodox Diocese of DetroitPresentation of the Colours
Disabled American Veterans, Stanly County Chapter 12 Honour Guard
Pledge of Allegiance
3rd Grade Class, W.R. O’Dell Elementary School
Concord NCNational Anthem
Amber Riley
Singer/songwriter and Glee actressRemarks
Stephen J Kerrigan
Chief Executive Officer of the Democratic National Convention Committeehttp://news.yahoo.com/2012-democratic-national-convention-podium-schedule-032000528.html?_esi=1
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Get a load of that! That means that all the rightwing rubbish spewed forth by Freddie M-G, Rod Dreher, Terrence Mattingly, Patrick Reardon, Jonas Paffhausen, Matthias Moriak, and Michael Dahulich stands exposed as pure BS. Vladyki Nicholas puts them on the run simply by showing up and praying to Almighty God. The Democrats aren’t perfect, but they have fewer “sins” on their plate than the Republicans do. In particular, they don’t want the nasty, heartless, greedy world ruled by filthy lucre and naked force that the New GOP favours. All of the people I named at the head of this paragraph are comfortable with the warmongering, greed, and cupidity of the current Republican Party. I am NOT… neither is Vladyki Nicholas, who obviously got a blessing from Archbishop Dimitrios Trakatellis to do this. God bless the GOAA… they’re not bowing down in front of the idols of Moloch and Ayn Rand as the konvertsy are. The Greeks are right in this… kudos for standing tall, guys!
It’s going to happen between 17.00 and 18.00 EDT (14-15.00 PDT 22-23.00 MSK 19-20.00 UTC 04-05.00 5 September EADT). Catch it on TV. There is a God in heaven…
By the way, there’s no news of this posted on oca.org… an Orthodox bishop giving the invocation at one of the major political party’s conventions is MAJOR news. Methinks that there are rightwing scummers (especially, amongst the konvertsy) who don’t like this news… well, it’s for real, and they can all go and “get rooted” as they say in Oz…
Barbara-Marie Drezhlo
Tuesday 4 September 2012
Albany NY
Metropolitan Nicholas of Detroit to Deliver the Opening Invocation at the DNC
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Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Nicholas Pissaris (1953- ) of Detroit
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A religious leader from Michigan… Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Nicholas Pissaris of Detroit… is to deliver the opening invocation tonight at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte NC. Metropolitan Nicholas, 59, told the Free Press after landing in Charlotte today, “It’s an honour. It’s a unique privilege… to me, this is part of the American dream”. Nicholas, who heads the Greek Orthodox diocese in Michigan, said he’s politically independent and supports bringing people together. Scheduled for 17.00 EDT (14.00 PDT 22.00 UTC 01.00 5 September MSK 07.00 5 September EADT), he noted that his invocation tonight will be for all backgrounds, regions and faiths, not just Orthodox Christians, saying, “Coming from a Greek background, I learned (from the ancient Greeks) that man is a political animal. Good politics brings people together. Bad politics is divisive. We have to bring people together. I’m here to offer a prayer on behalf of everyone, not just Orthodox”.
The national head of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, Archbishop Dimitrios Trakatellis, was initially asked to deliver the invocation at the Democratic convention. However, he turned it down in order to be fair because he had also been asked to deliver an invocation at the Republican National Convention last week. Dimitrios had a meeting in Turkey at the same time of the GOP convention and so was unable to make it. In his place, Metropolitan Methodios Tournas of Boston spoke at the Republican convention. After consulting with Democratic leaders, Dimitrios decided to name the head of the Greek Orthodox Church in Detroit to speak in his place. Metropolitan Nicholas observed, “It had to be someone of equal rank” to the Boston metropolitan. At the Republican convention, Catholic, Evangelical, and Sikh leaders delivered invocations and benedictions. Religion was a contentious issue during the presidential campaign this year. Nevertheless, Metropolitan Nicholas said his talk wouldn’t take political sides, stating, “I’m not here to enter a political fray. I’m here to ask God to be present to help us do what is noble and just”.
4 September 2012
Niraj Warikoo
Detroit Free Press
http://www.freep.com/article/20120904/NEWS15/120904063
Editor’s Note:
One of the things that bothers me about the rightwing konvertsy is their obsession with the anti-abortion question to the exclusion of all else. As a friend of mine put it:
I agree wholeheartedly with the above. It’s why I’m voting for the Democratic ticket this November. There are three reasons:
There are rightwing konvertsy in the Church who want to ally us with the warmongering Republican anti-life crowd… I’ll say this, “I’ll see you on the other side of the barricades. I’ll use all of my God-given talents to fight you and your wicked ideology”.
God do help us all.
BMD