Orthodox Saints and their support of the Romanian Iron Guard, Legion of Archangel Michael🧵

I do not endorse every single action of theirs, nor do the Saints. But this does not mean that it wasn’t a movement grounded in Orthodox Christian virtue.

“It was at that moment that the belief took hold in me — and it has never left me — that one who fights for God and his people, even if alone, will never be defeated.”
- Corneliu Zelea Codreanu Fr. Iustin Pârvu (highly venerated)

The initiators of the Legionary Movement were, first of all, model Christian people; they were models of society. They brought a great contribution to the nation and to the Church in that period. They rebuilt the church and spiritual life of the people, because there had been a certain decline. They maintained a burning flame of prayer, they maintained a living spirit of sacrifice and self-giving, of humanity. Those young people did not pursue political goals, but only to exalt the nation along the line of the Church. It was not a matter of some error, of putting the nation above the Church, but only of bringing the nation into the Church, and to this consolidation contributed the highest minds of our culture and spirituality of that time, which we now bury.
They succeeded in giving the peasant a cheaper bread; that was, moreover, their goal. Besides that, they played a very important role in containing communism. For example, in 1920, when the red flag was hoisted in Iaşi above the workshops in Nicolina, alongside Marx’s photograph, Codreanu rose and threw that red rag down from there. Then many young people attached themselves to the Legionary Movement. There were many foreign maneuvers that introduced corruption into our country, especially the Russians and the Jews, who controlled the press, education and commerce. The Legionnaires had nothing against the Jewish people as such. Indeed, there were many Jewish sympathizers of the Movement, and Radu Gyr himself founded the Jewish Theatre. However, they rose up against them when they threatened our Romanian territory.
Politics has always been like the paganism with which Christianity fought over the centuries, since its beginnings. As then, as St. Justin the Martyr and Philosopher said, the Christian must renounce pagan immoralities, then learn the Christian law, know the true philosophy of cultivating spiritual qualities and then apply them practically in everyday life. This is what the Legionary Movement did, and their sincere work was crowned by the good God with martyrdom. Of course those who won wrote history and wrote it as they pleased, turning the legionnaires into terrorists, Nazis, anti-Semites. It is known that there was a friendly relationship between Codreanu and the chief rabbi of Romania, who was very impressed by the Captain’s personality, and they engaged in discussions. The Captain was even against Nazism. If it were not for the Legionary Movement we would have had the same fate as the Serbs, as they were decimated by the Germans, with the protection of the papacy included. After all, both the Russians and the Germans were states with a strong atheistic doctrine.
Romanian youths, sympathizers or members of the Legionary Movement, were the only ones in Europe who openly rose up against communism. They rose up against the totalitarian abuses and the sins promoted by communist doctrine, with all its injustices and scourges. These young people greatly enraged Freemasonry, the enemies of Christianity, and awakened all of Europe from the drowsiness in which it was.
These martyrs are inconvenient even after death. But they will all come before judgment and will see to whom truth and justice belonged. If here on earth they could not be convinced even by our sacrifices, they will be convinced beyond by the decree of God. “Depart from Me, for I do not know you…”
These martyrs who were part of the Legionary Movement had nothing in common and no connection with Hitlerism. They are now accused of fascism precisely to discredit the movement, yet all the great men of culture of Romania from that period supported this movement. We are not interested in the political question. These young people were imprisoned especially for their religious convictions which could influence the Christian masses…
(Text taken from the book “From the Teachings and Miracles of Father Justin”, Justin Pârvu Foundation) atitudini.com/2015/03/parint…

Orthodox Saints answer the question: do Muslims and jews worship the Christian God? 🧵 According to Daniel Sahas, Muslims who entered the Church were required to anathematize the God of Muhammad as early as the late eighth century.

Byzantium and Islam by Daniel Sahas, pg. 434 almuslih.org/wp-content/upl…

Given there are those blaspheming Tsar St. Nicholas II today, I find appropriate this thread: The Coronation of the Russian Tsar🧵☦️ The procession to the Cathedral of the Dormition, where the Coronation ceremony will take place:

The Eastern Orthodox view of the Papacy🧵 (1/6) (2/6)

The best summary of the ecclesiology of the First Millennium is from St. Theodore the Studite:

But here it is a question of divine and heavenly decisions and those are reserved only to him to whom the Word of God has said: “Whatsoever you shall bind upon earth, will be bound in Heaven and whatsoever you shall loose on earth, shall be loosed in Heaven.” And who are the men to whom this order was given?–  the Apostles and their successors.And who are their successors? –he who occupies the throne of Rome and is the first; the one who sits upon the throne of Constantinople and is the second; after them, those of Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem. That is the Pentarchic authority in the Church. It is to them that all decision belongs in divine dogmas.”
St. Theodore the Studite (Taken from Fr. Francis Dvornik’s, “Byzantium and the Roman Primacy” p. 101)

In other words, Rome was the First See, but not alone as the Rock of the Church.

The Roman Catholic 8th Ecumenical Council similarly states:

“God established his church in five patriarchates and decreed in his gospels that they would never at any time totally fall away, since they are the heads of the church. For the saying ‘And the gates of the underworld will not prevail against it’ has this meaning: if two were to fall away, people are to have recourse to three, and if three fall away, they are to have recourse to two, while if it so happened that four were to fall away, the single one remaining in the head of all, Christ our God would call back again the remnant of the body of the Church." Price, Acts of Constantinople 869, pg 343

Notice in the case of mass apostasy across 4/5 patriarchs, the one upholding Orthodoxy becomes the head: and Rome is not mentioned.

Did a Roman Catholic just say “your church allows contraception” or “your church allows divorce” or “your church can’t decide on rebaptism” or “your church doesn’t have a head and can’t call Ecumenical Councils”?

Save this thread for when they do🧵 “Your church allows contraception”

When medically necessary, as determined by their priest. Hate to break it to you, but your church allows the same:



Additionally please see this article by Ubi Petrus on the patristics of the matter:

catholic.com/qa/birth-contr…
ubipetrusibiecclesia.com/2022/04/21/con…

The doctrine of the Trinity 🧵

Send this to anyone who is confused by this doctrine. (1/6) For those with a short attention span:

The Trinity is one God, three persons, who have common mind, will, and power (energy).

Distinction without separation, thus one God when counting by division. (2/6)

“The word Trinity isn’t in the Bible, Constantine made that up when he removed books at the Council of Nicaea”

Send this this thread to your Arian and Modalist friends🧵(1/9) First of all, the Council of Nicaea was about the uncreated consubstantial nature of Christ. The only evidence the books of the Bible were discussed there is a passing comment from St. Jerome regarding the book of Judith. (2/9)

1. Why I’m leaving after 27 years of being a devout Protestant Christian.

A thread🧵 2. Now calm down everyone, I’m not leaving Christianity. In fact I am converting to the faith of the Apostles: Orthodox Christianity.