This Katechon is a new word for me. Your definition of Empire is the first positive one that I have ever heard of and I like it. Prophecy says that a new spirituality will come out of Russia and I believe this. I wonder if you know of the Siberian reclusive mystic Anastasia. I have read all 9 of the Ringing Cedars books about her. You must read them. Let me know please. alannahartzok@gmail.com in PA, USA. theIU.org
"During the Alaska summit, Vladimir Putin half-jokingly called Sergei Lavrov an 'imperialist.' " Lavrov wearing a Soviet Union Communist USSR shirt is an Imperialist? I think Putin was speaking contradictorily, contrarily, in a satirical manner.
So, I beg to differ. Lavrov is the antithesis of an imperialist. But the power the man exudes reminds one of a great individualist, an outstanding world leader, and Lavrov is the greatest diplomat we have seen globally in a very long time. He is a powerful and capable man, certain of himself and his abilities. But, the two, Lavrov and Imperialism, are quite incompatible.
Putin has said his main regret is that he could not save the Soviet Union. I believe that when the Soviet Union was dissolved, it gave rise to a greater and better Russia. The current, modern, today's Russian Federation was built on the basis and the back of the USSR. It has been Putin's life's work and that of the team assisting him, to continue the legacy left to him by the Communist Bolsheviks. The Russian Federation is the next evolutionary step in a process that occurred quite naturally and inevitably.
Marx's theory was one of evolution. Evolution requires constant change, sometimes indiscernible, sometimes that change comes in a radical, quantum leap. It can be slow and gradual, or brought about by some kind of catastrophe, some radical change in political and economic environment.
So too, religions around the world, and Russian Orthodoxy is no exception, must change and adapt to the evolution of humankind. A religion that remains stagnant cannot serve its people adequately, or advance them spiritually. A church that can at once be an historic anchor and an advocate and spokesperson for its people, is the ideal kind of spirituality for a people to align themselves with; and abiding by the laws of such a church advantages the morality of humankind.
Stalin abandoned his church, and why? Because he perceived it did not fit the criteria I have outlined above. It could not move and live and breathe with the times. A much needed societal revolution was occurring. And thus, a man destined for the Russian Orthodox Priesthood became a wartime leader of Soviet Russia and undoubtedly the most important and essential world leader of that era. All too often, autocratic church leaders and political figures have denied the needs of the people in favour of the titled and moneyed few, which minority included their self-serving selves.
While I do agree that one man can change history, and we see that in Putin, it is essential he does not act alone. Putin is not a law unto himself. He has a team of trusted advisors, and he goes to his priest for spiritual support in his daily work. It is clear he needs and greatly values this support and advice, to be able to carry out his work. But the church today has its place where it does not hold sway and take precedence over the political and economic engines that keep the country working and moving on a daily basis. It acts as a spiritual support network that helps and does not hinder Russian society.
So, while Putin is at the head, and I think it indisputable he is the greatest leader in the world today, and that Russia has been visibly leading the world for many decades now, at least since the beginning of WWII, he nonetheless does not act alone. He shares his mission with a lot of very important and talented men and women who are at his back, day and night, giving him support and shoring him up. Having said that, Russia is and cannot be an island unto itself, and that is why BRICS has evolved as yet another observable evolutonary global force.
It would be a retrograde step to return to the rule of one man. One man alone cannot supply everything a nation needs. But, he can be the centrepiece in an intricate design that leads the world forward. Good leaders are hard to come by. We often say, " We will not see his like pass this way again." And we won't either. Because that human being, that man, that individual was the right person, at the right time, in history. Tailor made, if you will, for the era, for the times. That is why it makes no sense really to be armchair critics of the work of one man when we can no longer step into his shoes and live in the world that he once did. All the factors surrounding an individual at that point in time, in that specific period in history, determines who will be chosen to lead, and how they will lead a people. And a certain type of person may be needed for that specific time.
That is why we have 12 months of the year, 12 Zodiac signs, all the intricacies and mathematical multiplicities that derive from that source. Our world is designed so that collectively, we feed each other and supply to one another what is missing in each of us.
When we endeavour to make that contribution to humanity positive, loving and giving, sharing and caring, growing and nurturing, at the base of everything we undertake and do in our lifetime, then humanity can move forward without the eventuation of conflict leading to wars that we see occurring in the world today.
When nations seek to expand and take greedily from other nations, without thought or care for the destruction and grief they leave in their wake, our world still evolves, but under extreme duress and great enduring pain.
There could be a case made that the greater the agony we endure because of a war, the greater and quicker the change occurs. Humankind sadly does not know or understand peace and goodness until they experience war, great cruelty and profound evil.
I hope that successive generations do not have to go through what we are passing through once again today, having only just stepped out of it 80 short years ago. One human being's lifetime is too short a peacetime. It takes decades to restore us to equilibrium, and we have only just righted ourselves, when we are right back where we started again, fighting the very same evil as before.
The violent clash between righteousness and evil, has been with us since the beginning of time; yet through and in the midst even of it all, we have made great strides, great progress, both scientific and spiritual.
Humankind is undoubtedly more advanced today than it was at the beginning of WWII, aka the Great Patriotic War, yet the evil we see around us is no less than it was before. So, on that score, I see humankind as winning. The goodies are beating the baddies, no doubt whatsoever about that. And it is something to be glad about. Of that I am certain.
Russia is an empire of evil. It spreads violence and killing. It's church has nothing to do with Jesus Christ - the God who dies on a cross. Instead, it spreads hatred and propaganda. I hope there is a god, so all of you, puppets of Dugin will rot in hell for eternity.
Haha, nothing new in your comment.. the same old hysterical caricatures and paranoid projections, built on a quicksand of fact-free assertions devoid of reality. It's pure western mindset, a noxious brew of wokism, progressivism, postmodernism, nihilism, and narcissism. But, whatever, you have yourself a nice day, y'all!
Man...turn off the Glenn Beck program....I believe that the Orthodox CHRISTIAN Church is a contemporary of Catholicism......do a little research please......
This Katechon is a new word for me. Your definition of Empire is the first positive one that I have ever heard of and I like it. Prophecy says that a new spirituality will come out of Russia and I believe this. I wonder if you know of the Siberian reclusive mystic Anastasia. I have read all 9 of the Ringing Cedars books about her. You must read them. Let me know please. alannahartzok@gmail.com in PA, USA. theIU.org
You know nothing of Russia…pull yourself away from the main stream media propaganda of the west
"During the Alaska summit, Vladimir Putin half-jokingly called Sergei Lavrov an 'imperialist.' " Lavrov wearing a Soviet Union Communist USSR shirt is an Imperialist? I think Putin was speaking contradictorily, contrarily, in a satirical manner.
So, I beg to differ. Lavrov is the antithesis of an imperialist. But the power the man exudes reminds one of a great individualist, an outstanding world leader, and Lavrov is the greatest diplomat we have seen globally in a very long time. He is a powerful and capable man, certain of himself and his abilities. But, the two, Lavrov and Imperialism, are quite incompatible.
Putin has said his main regret is that he could not save the Soviet Union. I believe that when the Soviet Union was dissolved, it gave rise to a greater and better Russia. The current, modern, today's Russian Federation was built on the basis and the back of the USSR. It has been Putin's life's work and that of the team assisting him, to continue the legacy left to him by the Communist Bolsheviks. The Russian Federation is the next evolutionary step in a process that occurred quite naturally and inevitably.
Marx's theory was one of evolution. Evolution requires constant change, sometimes indiscernible, sometimes that change comes in a radical, quantum leap. It can be slow and gradual, or brought about by some kind of catastrophe, some radical change in political and economic environment.
So too, religions around the world, and Russian Orthodoxy is no exception, must change and adapt to the evolution of humankind. A religion that remains stagnant cannot serve its people adequately, or advance them spiritually. A church that can at once be an historic anchor and an advocate and spokesperson for its people, is the ideal kind of spirituality for a people to align themselves with; and abiding by the laws of such a church advantages the morality of humankind.
Stalin abandoned his church, and why? Because he perceived it did not fit the criteria I have outlined above. It could not move and live and breathe with the times. A much needed societal revolution was occurring. And thus, a man destined for the Russian Orthodox Priesthood became a wartime leader of Soviet Russia and undoubtedly the most important and essential world leader of that era. All too often, autocratic church leaders and political figures have denied the needs of the people in favour of the titled and moneyed few, which minority included their self-serving selves.
While I do agree that one man can change history, and we see that in Putin, it is essential he does not act alone. Putin is not a law unto himself. He has a team of trusted advisors, and he goes to his priest for spiritual support in his daily work. It is clear he needs and greatly values this support and advice, to be able to carry out his work. But the church today has its place where it does not hold sway and take precedence over the political and economic engines that keep the country working and moving on a daily basis. It acts as a spiritual support network that helps and does not hinder Russian society.
So, while Putin is at the head, and I think it indisputable he is the greatest leader in the world today, and that Russia has been visibly leading the world for many decades now, at least since the beginning of WWII, he nonetheless does not act alone. He shares his mission with a lot of very important and talented men and women who are at his back, day and night, giving him support and shoring him up. Having said that, Russia is and cannot be an island unto itself, and that is why BRICS has evolved as yet another observable evolutonary global force.
It would be a retrograde step to return to the rule of one man. One man alone cannot supply everything a nation needs. But, he can be the centrepiece in an intricate design that leads the world forward. Good leaders are hard to come by. We often say, " We will not see his like pass this way again." And we won't either. Because that human being, that man, that individual was the right person, at the right time, in history. Tailor made, if you will, for the era, for the times. That is why it makes no sense really to be armchair critics of the work of one man when we can no longer step into his shoes and live in the world that he once did. All the factors surrounding an individual at that point in time, in that specific period in history, determines who will be chosen to lead, and how they will lead a people. And a certain type of person may be needed for that specific time.
That is why we have 12 months of the year, 12 Zodiac signs, all the intricacies and mathematical multiplicities that derive from that source. Our world is designed so that collectively, we feed each other and supply to one another what is missing in each of us.
When we endeavour to make that contribution to humanity positive, loving and giving, sharing and caring, growing and nurturing, at the base of everything we undertake and do in our lifetime, then humanity can move forward without the eventuation of conflict leading to wars that we see occurring in the world today.
When nations seek to expand and take greedily from other nations, without thought or care for the destruction and grief they leave in their wake, our world still evolves, but under extreme duress and great enduring pain.
There could be a case made that the greater the agony we endure because of a war, the greater and quicker the change occurs. Humankind sadly does not know or understand peace and goodness until they experience war, great cruelty and profound evil.
I hope that successive generations do not have to go through what we are passing through once again today, having only just stepped out of it 80 short years ago. One human being's lifetime is too short a peacetime. It takes decades to restore us to equilibrium, and we have only just righted ourselves, when we are right back where we started again, fighting the very same evil as before.
The violent clash between righteousness and evil, has been with us since the beginning of time; yet through and in the midst even of it all, we have made great strides, great progress, both scientific and spiritual.
Humankind is undoubtedly more advanced today than it was at the beginning of WWII, aka the Great Patriotic War, yet the evil we see around us is no less than it was before. So, on that score, I see humankind as winning. The goodies are beating the baddies, no doubt whatsoever about that. And it is something to be glad about. Of that I am certain.
Russia is an empire of evil. It spreads violence and killing. It's church has nothing to do with Jesus Christ - the God who dies on a cross. Instead, it spreads hatred and propaganda. I hope there is a god, so all of you, puppets of Dugin will rot in hell for eternity.
Haha, nothing new in your comment.. the same old hysterical caricatures and paranoid projections, built on a quicksand of fact-free assertions devoid of reality. It's pure western mindset, a noxious brew of wokism, progressivism, postmodernism, nihilism, and narcissism. But, whatever, you have yourself a nice day, y'all!
Man...turn off the Glenn Beck program....I believe that the Orthodox CHRISTIAN Church is a contemporary of Catholicism......do a little research please......