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Statement on Eastern Europe
Wednesday, 28 March 2007 07:24
Joint Committee of Orthodox and Catholic Bishops, 1991
With gratitude to God we welcome the disintegration of communism in Eastern Europe and particularly in the Soviet Union. where Christian people, the majority of whom are Orthodox, but not exclusively so, have suffered relentless religious persecution and oppression for the past 74 years. We gratefully recognize the fact that the Christian Church has nevertheless survived this persecution. Unfortunately, attempts to restore democracy have also given rise to types of proselytizing that do not respect the nature of the cultures and do not accept the historical Christianity already present there. This Christianity is in need of the moral support and material help of Christian people throughput the world.
Baltimore
September 19, 1991
10th Meeting
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Wisdom from the Church Fathers
| The enemy of our salvation especially strives to draw our heart and mind away from God when we are about to serve Him, and endeavours to adulterously attach our heart to something irrelevant. Be always, every moment, with God, especially when you pray to Him. If you are inconstant, you will fall away from life, and will cast yourself into sorrow and straitness. St. John of Kronstadt |