 His Holiness, Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow
Danilov Monastery 115191 Moscow RUSSIA Your Holiness: As we enter Great Lent this week, I ask forgiveness and seek a humble, teachable heart. “Where shall I begin to lament the deeds of my wretched life?” As we pray, O Lord and Master of my life take from me the spirit of sloth, despair, lust of power, and idle talk. But give rather the spirit of chastity, humility, patience, and love. O Lord and King, grant me to see my own transgressions, and not to judge my brother, for blessed art Thou, unto ages of ages. Amen. Sincerely entreated. I confess, I am stunned by Your Holiness’s aberrant and preposterous comments composed and promoted by the Moscow Patriarchate spokesmen, notably at the inception of this penitential season. It compels a response.  
One Year ago—jots what?
God—spell the word! I—can't-- Was't Grace? Not that-- Was't Glory? That—will do-- Spell slower—Glory-- Incongruously the Primate of the Church of Jerusalem Patriarch Theophilos waxes poetic as Dickinson. Yet somehow Theophilos falls short of Dickinson’s intended “glory”: “One year ago, this week, we gathered in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to build our common fellowship in the pursuit of a dialogue of love for the sake of the unity of the Local Orthodox Churches. After two days of prayer and fraternal discussion, we emerged with greater determination to pursue deeper communion, and to address our common challenges together.” Ethically he ought to have pronounced we failed. |
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