COURAGE TO BE DIFFERENT
Instead of considering and/or seeking the change of our Orthodox Faith and Church, we better pay heed to Fr. Seraphim Rose’s passionate plea:
Orthodox Christians! Hold fast to the grace which you have; never let it become a matter of habit; never measure it by merely human standards or expect it to be logical or comprehensible to those who understand nothing higher than what is human or who think to obtain the grace of the Holy Spirit in some other way than which the One Church of Christ has handed down to us. There is no need for us Orthodox Christians to adapt ourselves to any other religions. All we have to do is what St. Gregory of Sinai requested us to do, and that is:
Become what you already are;
Find Him who is already yours;
Listen to Him who never ceases speaking to you;
Own Him who already owns you.
From Orthodoxy: Courage to be Different
– Strength to remain the same
by V. Rev. Dr. Mateja Matejić
Orthodox Christians! Hold fast to the grace which you have; never let it become a matter of habit; never measure it by merely human standards or expect it to be logical or comprehensible to those who understand nothing higher than what is human or who think to obtain the grace of the Holy Spirit in some other way than which the One Church of Christ has handed down to us. There is no need for us Orthodox Christians to adapt ourselves to any other religions. All we have to do is what St. Gregory of Sinai requested us to do, and that is:
Become what you already are;
Find Him who is already yours;
Listen to Him who never ceases speaking to you;
Own Him who already owns you.
From Orthodoxy: Courage to be Different
– Strength to remain the same
by V. Rev. Dr. Mateja Matejić