The part of St Nestor's Primary Chronicle covering Kievan Rus' baptism should be required reading for all. I don't want to see anyone online who treat "Russian Orthodox" & "Greek Orthodox" as if they aren't "identical [in theological] doctrine, discipline, & spiritual practices."





🤓:"What about the Old Russian rite & the Old Believers?"

As we read above 1 reason the Eastern Slavs converted to Christianity is bc St Vladimir's envoys were deeply impressed with Constantinople's worship. They converted to "the Greek faith" & brought the Byzantine rite to Rus

🧵Church of the East affirms "Christ is God" but that doesn't mean orthodox presumptions. Arianism isn't to be confused with Nestorianism. They venerate Mary but historically denied Theotokos bc they think she gave birth to the Messiah, not Divinity & Christ got humanity from Her The Church of the East & Nestorius, whom The Church of the East views as saint & Greek "doctor of the Church," claims to affirm the Nicene Creed & Luke 1:43. Nestorians don't reject the phrase Jesus Christ is Lord or God. They just have different presumptions of what that entails

🧵A text commonly attributed to St Peter Mogila is "Project of a Polish nobleman of the Greek religion." This is a forgery used by Catholics for reunion narrative & uniate propaganda. The text was mentioned as early as March 16th 1645 at session of Congregatio pro Doctrina Fidei.





Prof Evgeny Frantsevich Shmurlo(☦️1934) attributed it to Adam Kisiel, a Polish nobleman. This is supported by:
1. Pope Urban VIII had asked Kisiel to propose conditions for union;
2. Kisiel was favorable towards union;
3. Text is similar in content to Kisiel's letter to Met Kosiv

🧵St. Theodosius of the Kiev Caves (☦️1074) is commemorated in the official Roman Martyrology (2004) of Catholics on May 3, but says communion & liturgies of Latins are lifeless (graceless) & won't share lot with saints in Heaven. He alludes to unleavened bread in Latin masses.



Claim: "Russian saints before Florence are Catholic unless proven otherwise." This demonstrates a great ignorance of the period. There are many examples besides St Theodosius showing Kievan Rus' ecclesiastical authorities shortly after 1054 recognize schism & heresy among Latins.

🧵"Blessed" here has nothing to do with polemics against St Augustine of Hippo at all. It's common parlance among Eastern Orthodox to refer to certain officially canonized saints as "Blessed," "Venerable" & other titles. These terms are interchangeable with "saint" & don't demean https://t.co/LyPw5BG98L

https://twitter.com/_bonaventurian/status/1686329002649174016

Historically speaking the current exact process of the glorification of saints in Roman Catholicism isn't found in the early Church, its 1st inkling didn't appear till near the start of the Second Millennium & is foreign to the Eastern Orthodox tradition
https://t.co/5RSDQXXSsmoca.org/fs/canonization

Concerning icons Copts have undergone a "Latin" & "Greek captivity." In the 19th century Coptic churches adopted Western iconographic style. Coptic icon makers still use RC elements. Fanous credited with the Neocoptic iconographic renaissance studied under EO theologian Ouspensky This contemporary Coptic icon (1st image) of St Demiana & the 40 Virgins is distributed in Egypt. A big version can be seen in The Convent of Saint Damiana in the Nile Delta of Egypt. 1st image looks Roman Catholic. 2nd is traditional Coptic. 3rd is Neocoptic. 4th is contemporary

This example of Dr. Alonzo L. Gaskill apostatizing from Eastern Orthodoxy to Mormonism in college is a very good reason why the Church canons forbid members of the Orthodox Church from going to the worship services of heretics.
deseret.com/2017/8/25/2061… The idea of my future children apostatizing from the true faith to something like Mormonism saddens me. You shouldn't use the parish as a "theology day care" for your children and not teach them anything. The role of parents catechizing children in the Orthodox faith is essential