WARNING

NOT EVERYTHING THAT

CALLS ITSELF ORTHODOX IS

TRULY ORTHODOX


The above warning was given to me when I first met Orthodoxy in 1986. Today [2009] it is even more perilous, even more difficult to find the Royal Path. For one thing there is a far greater abundance of misinformation. And many materials are missing, and other materials are being rapidly rewritten. For another thing there are fewer than ever guides remaining on the Royal Path, especially who speak English. Hopefully this website will be a place where Newcomers to the Faith can keep at least one foot on solid ground, while they are "exploring."


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joannahigginbotham@runbox.com

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who did not submit to the RocorMP union in 2007

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Book Review: Ray of Light (new edition)

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Church teachings on End Times
  compiled by Archimandrite Panteliemon of old Jordanville (†1984)

new edition reviewed by Joanna

Jordanville
     1996 edition SOLD OUT
https://bookstore.jordanville.org/9780884650478
     2024 edition available now
https://bookstore.jordanville.org/9780884655077
  The webpage offers a pre-order discount, but the book is available now.

This book was first published in Russian, and later in 1991 translated into English.
 
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I'm glad this book if finally for sale again.  But I wish they had left it as it was originally.  The only improvement is that in the new edition there is an added one-page biography of Archim. Panteleimon which includes his photo — the only photo in the book.  Otherwise, the format is not as clear as the original, the size is not as easy to handle as the original, the construction is not as easy to handle (PUR as opposed to saddle-stitched), none of the original photos are included.  Some people might prefer to have all the numbered notes at the end of the book instead of at the ends of the pages where they occur — so I won't complain about that.  BUT!  I will complain that the Editor's Notes (side comments) have been omitted altogether.   What a shame!  And why does the new edition so repeatedly insert the word "the" in front of "Antichrist," where Archimandrite Panteleimon just says, "Antichrist"?    This confuses the Antichrist spirit with Antichrist the person.   Archimandrite's contemporary, Abp. Averky, was careful to make the distinction.  
https://archbishopaverky.blogspot.com/2011/02/spirit-of-antichrist-and-forerunner-of.html

I'm posting chapter 10 from each edition for your comparison.  ~jh
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Quote St. Theophan the Recluse

New upload to Shared Library
Averky Folder
https://app.box.com/s/patnyivqfh5c5ezc8ay36a34y0qq1g1h

                              "An evil faith and a false church is arising."


St. Theophan Commentary on St. Paul's 2nd Epistle to the Thessalonians

     The Gospel will be known in the whole world.  However, one part of humanity will remain unbelieving, while another, the makority, will persist in heresy, not following the teachings revealed by God, but instead through their own thinking establishing their own faith, though seemingly based on the words of Scripture.  These self-invented faiths will be countless.  The one who laid the groundwork for these heresies was the Pope, followed by Luther and Calvin, whose fundational principle of personal interpretation of the Scriptures giave a firm push to the invention of hew faiths.  Even now, there is a great multitude of such faiths, but there will be even more.  Every new kingdom will have its own new faith, and eventually every region, then every city, and in the end, maybe, there will be one's own confession in each and every hear.
     Whenever they construe their own faith, rather than receive what was handed down by God, no other eventuality is possible.   And many of these will assume for themselves the name of Christians.  There will also be a minority that holds to the faithas it was handed down by the holy apostles and preserved in the Orthodox Church; however, many of these will be right-believing in name only, while their hearts will not have the foundation required by faith, for they will love this age more than Christ.  This is how great will be the general apostasy.  Though the name of Christians will be heard everywhere, and everywhere we will see churches and worship, all this will be merely an appearance, while inside there will be genuine apostasy.  In this world the Antichrist will be born, and he will grow in the same apparent godliness, but actual inner apostasy.  Then having given himself to Satan, he will openly lead away all those who do not hold to Christianity truly, and they will reject the Lord Christ.  Eventually, the Antichrist will force everyone to worship him a god.
     The chosen will not be led away, but he will seek to delude them as well, if he can.  To prevent this from happening, the evil days will be cut off by God.  The Lord will appear and will destroy the Antichrist and all his works by the revelation of His coming.  This is what the apostle means by the "falling away."






Website Review: New Martyr Press

Black list
 
New Martyr Press
    https://www.newmartyrpress.com/about-nmp (link deliberately not activated)
here is what they say about themselves:
 
New Martyr Press is a publishing company, Riso lab, printhouse, and bindery that specializes in the circulation of Orthodox Christian publications, art, and prints.
Our company is dedicated to both the new and future Orthodox martyrs, and our company’s Saint is St. Alexander Schmorell of The White Rose.
 
 These folks strive to take attention away from the true defenders of Orthodoxy. If there is to be another glorification by the true Church, it should at the least first be St. Philaret long (LONG) before the martyr Alexander. We do not doubt that the new martyr Alexander is in heaven— what we question is why is he put ahead of the greater/greatest of saints of the true Church? This is a world-orthodox tactic that will work to distract those of the Protestant mentality and to help them justify themselves. Protestants say "we all are saints, and so we do not need the sacraments -- all we need is the Bible and to confess the Bible."
 
It could be true for some non-orthodox (God will judge) that is all they might need. God reveals His sacraments only to those who can believe. But for we who know better, we need to participate in the Sacraments for real (not just acting out).  
 
"I will not speak of Thy Mystery to Thine enemy..."
 
For a better understand study the newly translated commentaries on the New Testament by Apb. Aberky. Sold by Jordanville Book Store. Available today, 2024, and hopefully for many years to come, but don't count on it. Add these books to your home Orthodox library now. Don't count on these books being available later on...  
 
 
 
 
 
 

Abbess Rufina

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Abbess Rufina "The Gospel Pearl"
out-of print-book uploaded to Joanna's Shared Library
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see folder Lives of Saints and Elders



A Creation of a false reality

this is my little Fiction Stage mini
Despite the specific names used in this story, the story itself is totally made up. ~jh

Setting:
     SJKP building,  2nd story, Fr. G's office
     circa 1979–2016

cast:
     Fr. G,
a great archpriest
     Anastasia,
the matushka
     Errand Boy,
a promising catechumen, new to the community

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Act I     Scene I  
Sunny day.  Bright sunshine in the window.

Fr. G is busy working with some papers on his desk.  Errand Boy is busy dusting shelves and/or cleaning windows.   Anastasia is seated in a chair near the door, apparently she is content just to keep company with her husband and has no particular task in the office.

Fr. G: Errand Boy, would you please run upstairs to the library and get me the Psalter of the Seventy.

Errand Boy exits the stage and returns with the Psalter.  He places it on Fr. G's desk with care to make it accessible, but also not to cover anything Father is focused on at the moment.  Fr. G glances up at the book that was placed in his range of sight.

Fr. G Errand Boy, I told you to get the Bible.  This is the Psalter.

Errand Boy hesitates in momentary confusion, but then without saying anything he gently picks up the Psalter and exits the stage.  He returns promptly with the Bible.  In the same manner as before he places the Bible on Fr. G's desk so that it is accessible but without going on top of anything Fr. G might be needing to see at the moment.

Fr. G:  thank you.  that's what I need...  (Fr. G appears satisfied, but annoyed, and mumbles disapproval about helpers in general who do not pay attention to details.)

At this point Anastasia moves her chair closer to Fr. G's desk along with her knitting basket. She cocks her ear to show she wants to hear what Fr. G. is mumbling.  Then she brings her knitting project up to her lap and and starts to work on her knitting.

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Act I     Scene II
 
Sun has gone down, electric lights are turned on.  Fr. G is slowly packing up his work for the night, compiling orderly stacks of papers on his desk.  Errand Boy is also packing up his cleaning supplies.  Anastasia is still sitting knitting.  While Fr. G. is packing he leans over to Anastasia and starts talking to her in a lowered voice.  Fr. G. is losing confidence in Errand Boy's competency, and Anastasia is asking Fr. G. to be patient and give him another chance.  Errand Boy overhears them talking.  He catches a few key words and realizes that he is the subject of their conversation.  Errand Boy approaches Fr. G's desk: 
 
Errand Boy:  Father, I don't want you to think I'm an idiot.  All due respect, Father, at first you asked for the Psalter.

Fr. G (sternly lowers his eyebrows): I asked for the Bible.
 
Errand Boy:  I know, I remember you said the Psalter.

Fr. G (more sternly lowers his eyebrows): I asked for the Bible.
 
Errand Boy, looking over to Anastasia:  
 
Errand Boy:  Father, please forgive me, but you first asked for the Psalter.  I don't want you to think I am incompetent or disobedient.  You asked for the Psalter.

Fr. G   (emphatically)  No! I said the Bible.

Errand boy, turns to Anastasia for support.  She avoids eye contact with him at first, but she knows he is looking to her.  Fr. Gregory also looks at Anastasia, and Anastasia is aware that her husband is looking at her also, but she does not glance back at him.  Then, she lifts her head from her knitting, straight up to look at Errand Boy straight in the eye:

Anastasia:  Errand Boy, Father asked for the Bible.

Anastasia stuck to this assertion to the end of her life. even after Fr. G died. 
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Bye Bye American Pie

Epoch Times article about Harris Immigration Reform

https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/harris-calls-for-immigration-reform-at-arizona-rally-5701254

What amazes me is how did Harris even get considered for the USA Presidency?  This is s living joke, and I can hear the echo of the hideous laughter coming from deep in hell.  Seeing this Epoch Times article., I found myself remembering a song from my youth.  It is a satanic prophecy.

 
Bye Bye Miss American Pie

A long, long time ago
I can still remember how that music
Used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make those people dance
And maybe they'd be happy for a while

But February made me shiver
With every paper I'd deliver
Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn't take one more step

I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died

So, bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
And them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin', "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"

Did you write the book of love?
And do you have faith in God above
If the Bible tells you so?
Now, do you believe in rock 'n' roll?
Can music save your mortal soul?
And can you teach me how to dance real slow?

Well, I know that you're in love with him
'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym
You both kicked off your shoes
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues

I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
But I knew I was out of luck
The day the music died

I started singin', bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
Them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
And singin', "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"

Now, for ten years we've been on our own
And moss grows fat on a rollin' stone
But that's not how it used to be
When the jester sang for the king and queen
In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
And a voice that came from you and me

Oh, and while the king was looking down
The jester stole his thorny crown
The courtroom was adjourned
No verdict was returned

And while Lenin read a book on Marx
The quartet practiced in the park
And we sang dirges in the dark
The day the music died

We were singin', bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
Them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
And singin', "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"

Helter skelter in a summer swelter
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter
Eight miles high and fallin' fast
It landed foul on the grass
The players tried for a forward pass
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast

Now, the halftime air was sweet perfume
While sergeants played a marching tune
We all got up to dance
Oh, but we never got the chance

'Cause the players tried to take the field
The marching band refused to yield
Do you recall what was revealed
The day the music died?

We started singin', bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
Them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
And singin', "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"


Oh, and there we were all in one place
A generation lost in space
With no time left to start again
So, come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jack Flash sat on a candlestick
'Cause fire is the Devil's only friend

Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
No angel born in Hell
Could break that Satan spell

And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite
I saw Satan laughing with delight
The day the music died

He was singin', bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
Them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
And singin', "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"

I met a girl who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy news
But she just smiled and turned away
I went down to the sacred store
Where I'd heard the music years before
But the man there said the music wouldn't play

And in the streets, the children screamed
The lovers cried and the poets dreamed
But not a word was spoken
The church bells all were broken

And the three men I admire most
The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died

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And there I stood alone and afraid
I dropped to my knees and there I prayed
And I promised Him everything I could give
If only He would make the music live
And He promised it would live once more
But this time one would equal four
And in five years four had come to mourn
And the music was reborn

And they were singin', bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
And them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin', "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"

They were singin', bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
Them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin', "This'll be the day that I die"

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  Our Church prophesy (do not confuse true Church prophets with the neo-false prophets like Sophrony and Ephraim Moraitis) says that America will teeter-totter, wobble back and forth, but finally fall.  Russia will be the last hold out.  America may or may not be the next to last nation to submit to the One World Government — we do not know.  What we do know for now is that America's demise will be economic, rather than a physical combat war.
  To prepare for these times which certainly are coming, there is only one measure we can take: we need to strengthen our faith.  There is no other defense.  God will care for His people, even if we die, we have every hope to go to heaven.  Personally I pray for minimum suffering, since I am such a woose (wuss) — or for strength to endure the suffering.  It is not going to be fun...

Christ tells His apostles that they will watch it without being affected by it or feeling the effects of it...  Let us stand with them!  ~jh



Recovered Post: Vladyka Agafangel, "Perhaps it's later than we think"

This was a post on the RRb 2021 December that is not saved in my archives folder and not saved in the WayBack Machine.  The original Russian should still be in archives of Internet Sobor.

Metropolitan Agathangel: Perhaps much later than we all think


I recently accidentally learned that animals that need to be identified (pedigree dogs, for example, for participation in exhibitions and those that need to be transported abroad), starting back in 2002, are chipped. Previously, they put a brand, but now chipping is used, which consists of giving an injection that contains a chip, after which the animal is taken to a specialist who checks the chipping with a scanner and assigns an individual number, which is entered into a special register.

Today, this is a common and widespread practice. After this procedure, the animal can be identified anywhere in the world and its location determined (of course, where there is access to a computer database). This injection is well known to all "dog lovers", it has long been used for farm and other animals, even birds and fish. Currently, all countries of the European Union and the CIS have introduced mandatory chipping of domestic, breeding and exhibition animals. Ornithologists use chips to determine the flight routes of birds, and also study the migration of wild animals in nature, the movement of fish, etc. In general, science has long and firmly mastered this and introduced it into everyday life.

Here is how the advantage of the chip is described on one of the veterinary sites: A transponder installed under the skin of your pet: identifies the "personality" of the animal; gives the "green light" for international trips and exhibitions; facilitates the search for lost animals or, conversely, their owners; allows you to quickly resolve disputes about the ownership of a particular pet.

In general, a whole category of animals has been living with chips for decades. Moreover, not only animals, but such “animal” chips can already be implanted into themselves by those who want to have them instead of bank and discount cards, electronic keys for locks, etc. They write that they can be implanted into military personnel (instead of “soldier’s medallions”) and other categories of people. But it is clear that today these are long-outdated versions of chips, twenty years old, intended, in fact, for animals.

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Irrespective of the coronavirus epidemic, we have the right to ask the question - since 2002, when the mass microchipping of animals was first proposed in the European Union, and since then science has advanced incredibly, what is stopping people from being implanted with such chips today, which make all other identification documents unnecessary? And it becomes possible to determine a person's location?

I was told about a case at the airport, when one of our compatriots, having bought fake vaccination documents, was unable to make his flight, because the scanner showed that he was not vaccinated. How does a coronavirus vaccine make a person connected to a computer database? This simply cannot happen if a chip is not implanted along with the vaccine.

It is clear that due to lack of time, people have not yet managed to create an effective vaccine against coronavirus. But it is clearer than clear that the chips have already been well tested and tried on animals for decades, and there are probably no questions about them. Moreover, not only tested, but practically implemented in the animal world in the required volume.

It is obvious that chipping is not just progress, it is a breakthrough and a revolution in the issue of identification and control over the population. It is also quite acceptable that mass chipping can be done secretly, so as not to cause additional excitement, which is already difficult to control.

The current coronavirus epidemic justifies mass vaccination around the world, which is carried out, as we see, virtually by force, with the violation of human rights and freedoms. The opportunity provided by the pandemic to chip almost all of humanity can partly answer the question of what is the reason for such persistent vaccination. It may also partly explain the EU's rejection of the Russian vaccine (different global centers and computer bases).

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I do not question the existence of coronavirus and the need to find a vaccine and medicine to combat it. The question is different - is it possible to allow under the guise of vaccination, or rather, "in parallel" with it, also chipping? That is, vaccination - separately, chipping under the guise of vaccination - separately. Connecting all of humanity to a "computer" also implies in the future an impact on human behavior and health. That is, complete control over all of humanity. By the way, I recently read that scientists have discovered an area in the brain responsible for "religiosity", which can be influenced and the degree of "religiosity" in people can be regulated from the outside.

In this case, I am not asserting anything, since I am not an expert in this matter and I do not know of any documented facts of hidden chipping. I am only speculating and assuming.

But, if we add a little fantasy to what has been said, then we can expect in the near future (when the number of chipped people approaches 100 percent) the replacement of the current humanity by a community of intelligent biorobots, which a computer operator, with the help of some 5G, can configure in one way or another, depending on the needs of the "decision-making center". Science, after all, does not stand still and continues to develop...

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“And he causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads: and that no one might buy or sell except he who had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name” (Rev. 13:16-17).

+ Митрополит Агафангел

Митрополит Агафангел: Возможно, уже гораздо позже, чем все мы думаем
     Недавно случайно узнал, что животных, которых надо идентифицировать (породистых собак, например, для участия в выставках и тех, кого надо переправить за границу), начиная ещё с далёкого 2002 года, чипируют. Раньше ставили клеймо, а сейчас применяется чипирование, которое заключается в делании укола, который содержит чип, после чего животное отводят к специалисту, который сканером проверяет чипирование и присваивает индивидуальный номер, который заносится в специальный реестр.
     Сегодня это уже обычная и широко распространённая практика. После этой процедуры, животное может быть идентифицировано в любой точке мира и определено место его пребывания (конечно, где есть доступ к компьютерной базе). Этот укол хорошо известен всем «собачникам», он давно применяется также к сельскохозяйственным и другим животным, даже птицам и рыбам. В настоящее время во всех странах Евросоюза и СНГ введено обязательное чипирование домашних, племенных и выставочных животных. Орнитологи благодаря чипам определяют маршруты перелётов птиц, также изучается миграция диких животных в природе, перемещения рыб и т.д. В общем, наука давно и прочно это освоила и ввела в повседневную жизнь.
     Вот как описывается преимущество чипа на одном из ветеринарных сайтов: Установленный вашему питомцу под кожу транспондер: идентифицирует «личность» животного; даёт «зелёный свет» на международные поездки и выставки; облегчает поиск потерянных животных или, наоборот, их владельцев; позволяет быстро решать споры о владении тем или иным питомцем.
     В общем, целая категория животных уже десятилетия живёт с чипами. Причём, не только животных, но такие «животные» чипы уже сейчас могут вживить в себя желающие иметь их вместо банковских и скидочных карточек, электронных ключей для замков и т.д. Пишут, что их могут вживлять военнослужащим (вместо «солдатских медальонов») и другим категориям людей. Но ясно, что сегодня это давно устаревшие варианты чипов, двадцатилетней давности, предназначенные, собственно, для животных.

     Безотносительно к эпидемии короновируса, мы вправе задать вопрос — поскольку в 2002 году, когда в Евросоюзе было впервые предложено массовое чипирование животных, а с этого времени наука продвинулась невероятно, что сегодня мешает вводить людям подобные чипы, которые делают ненужными все прочие документы по идентификации личности? И появляется возможность определять местоположение человека?
     Мне рассказали о случае в аэропорту, когда один из наших соотечественников, купив фальшивые документы о вакцинации, не смог совершить свой полёт, поскольку сканер показал, что он не вакцинирован. Каким образом вакцина от короновируса делает человека подключённым к компьютерной базе данных? Этого просто не может быть, если вместе с вакциной не вводится чип.
     Ясно то, что за недостатком времени люди ещё не успели создать эффективную вакцину против коронавируса. Но яснее ясного то, что чипы уже прекрасно испытаны и опробованы на животных в течении десятилетий, и с ними, наверное, уже нет никаких вопросов. Причём, не только испытаны, но в мире животных практически внедрены в нужном объёме.

Очевидно, что чипизация — это не просто прогресс, это прорыв и революция в вопросе идентификации и контроля над населением. Вполне допустимо и то, что массовая чипизация может делаться негласно, чтобы не вызывать дополнительный ажиотаж, который и без того с трудом удаётся контролировать.
     Имеющая сегодня место эпидемия коронавируса оправдывает массовую вакцинацию по всему миру, которая проводится, как мы видим, фактически насильно, с нарушением прав и свобод людей. Предоставленная пандемией возможность чипизации, практически, всего человечества, может отчасти дать ответ на вопрос, в чём причина столь настойчиво проводимой вакцинации. Также может отчасти объяснять неприятие Евросоюзом российской вакцины (разные глобальные центры и компьютерные базы).

     Я не ставлю под сомнение наличие коронавируса и необходимости поиска вакцины и лекарства для борьбы с ним. Вопрос в другом — возможно ли допустить под видом вакцинации, вернее, «параллельно» с ней, также и чипизацию? То есть, вакцинация — отдельно, чипизация под видом вакцинации — отдельно. Подключение всего человечества к «компьютеру» предполагает в будущем также влияние на поведение и здоровье человека. То есть, полный контроль над всем человечеством. Кстати, прочёл недавно, что учёные обнаружили в мозгу область, отвечающую за «религиозность», на которую можно воздействовать и регулировать извне степень «религиозности» в людях.
     В данном случае я ничего не утверждаю, поскольку не специалист в этом вопросе и мне неизвестны задокументированные факты скрытой чипизации. Я только рассуждаю и предполагаю.
     Но, если немного прибавить к сказанному фантазии, то можно ожидать уже в недалёком будущем (когда количество чипированных приблизится к 100 процентам), замену нынешнего человечества сообществом разумных биороботов, которое оператор компьютера, с помощью какого-нибудь 5G, может настраивать тем или иным способом, в зависимости от потребностей «центра принятия решений». Наука, ведь, не стоит на месте и продолжает развиваться…

     «И он сделает то, что всем, малым и великим, богатым и нищим, свободным и рабам, положено будет начертание на правую руку их или на чело их, и что никому нельзя будет ни покупать, ни продавать, кроме того, кто имеет это начертание, или имя зверя, или число имени его» (Откр 13.16-17).
     + Митрополит Агафангел

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