With english subtitles
Debate
Or what impression could you get ? Here is an excerpt from a recent post (in english translation) from a blog written by the Russian Orthodox theologian Andrey Kurayev:
Three Russian attempts to convene a General – Ecumenical – Council to Russia
Already in 1397 there was an idea of convening a General Church Council to Rus. It was actually a Lithuanian idea.
The Metropolitan of Kiev and all of Russia, Kirian (who had lived in Moscow), turned to the Patriarch of Constantinople, Antonio, along with the Lithuanian prince Jagello from Smolensk. Then the purpose of the Church Council was to unite with the Catholics.
The Patriarch was not against it, but said that times were rebellious and warlike, and that no one would come (especially not from Egypt). “Yes, and even in peaceful times, Russia (“Rosias” in Greek) is an inappropriate place for a General Church Council”.
The second attempt to convene a General Church meeting took place in 1448.
And now before our eyes, Moscow is conducting a third approach to the theme – in the form of a call to gather an All-orthodox Church Council to address the actions of the Constantinople Patriarchy in Ukraine…
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Hopefully, the gospel will prevail over church politics – “Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel ..” ( 2 Tim. 2:8)
Some links on this case: Credo, Voanews, Reuters
- What may be the worst Church-split in Orthodoxy ever..
Update 2018 10 18: A short video with english subtitles from the pressbriefing after the Russian Church’s Synod in Minsk the 15th of October
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… the last questions that were asked by an AP journalist, during the press-conference after the summit the 16th of July, 2018 with the US president, Donald Trump, and the RF president, Vladimir Putin, in Helsinki .
Words that are now discussed in wide circles .. did you catch it ? Social media and tweets contains a lot of caricatures. Are caricatures needed ?
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(english, swedish and russian subtitles added – did I catch it ? )
There are some press comments that have been brought to my attention after yesterday’s hearing of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in front of two committees in the US Senate: The senators were “a little too old” for the 33-year-old Zuckerberg, it was said.
“They understand ‘What’s up’, but not ‘WhatsApp’ ‘. “They address privacy policy terms and tend to forget about the serious issue of Russian interference “, somebody wrote.
While a Russian article said: “Zuckerberg had to answer for Russia “.
I listened for a while. The senator “Mr. Nelson” spoke slowly,
but bluntly:
“My personal information – is it mine, or Facebook’s ? “
Yes, how would the senators, after the scandal with Cambridge Analytica, “rely on companies like Facebook to take care of the more personal and identifiable information” that they have access to ?
How would the man on the street !?
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Today, Zuckerberg will be heard by another committee in the Senate.
More critical press comment – The Guardian
Less critical press comment – Techspot
History: Bill Gates in the US senate 1998, conserning Microsofts monopoly
