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maxrandb

(17,076 posts)
6. I am Greek Orthodox, and I am offended by these posts
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 06:14 PM
Nov 20

I am neither a "white supremacist", nor an orthobro, nor anyone else you so easily besmirch with stupid bigotry.

BTW - the Russian Orthodox Church is NOT the Orthodox church. In fact, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church has been vigorously condemned by every other Orthodox church, and the Echumenical Patriarch has condemned them.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Blasts Russia Church's 'Pan-Slavism' - GreekReporter.com https://share.google/gam2b57pAerMYyP4d

My church and my faith teach none of this stuff being talked about on these posts. It is antithetical to all we hold dear and believe.

Yes, it is true that there are a lot of young men converting. I have seen it in my own church.

There is a crisis among young men today. In my faith, we preach and revere the "red words" in the New Testament, not some bastardized interpretation of what Christ meant when he said; "love thy neighbor as yourself".

But I also assure you that there is nothing to fear here.

If any of those converts thought they were joining some "white, male superiority cult"...well...I will just arrange for them to work a day in the kitchen for our Greek Women's Philoptochos Bake Sale.

They'll get a lesson in male "superiority" they won't soon forget.

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