There are many examples worldwide that prove that these
days the Orthodox Faith is under persecution. This article focuses on the Holy
Monastery of Esphigmenou (Mount Athos, Hellas), which has been under
persecution since 1972, because its monks refuse to have ecclesiastical
communion with the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, a leading figure in the pan-heresy
of Ecumenism, which pursues the unification of Orthodoxy with every other
faith, despite the dogmatic differences, thus nullifying the Orthodox Faith. In
an effort to promote globalization, which at the religious level requires the abolition
of the Orthodox Faith and its replacement with the pan-heresy of Ecumenism, the
Hellenic State, the Courts, and the Church officials do not tolerate the true Orthodox
Faith any longer. Consequently, the fathers of Esphigmenou, who defend
Orthodoxy, “must” be thrown out of the Monastery!
The Holy Scriptures, the Holy Synods, and the Church
Fathers unanimously teach clearly that if a patriarch, bishop, or other
clergymen teach a heresy publicly, their flock must interrupt communion and
wall off themselves from the heretics, even before a Synod condemns the heresy and
defrocks the heretical clergymen (see, e.g., the 15th Canon of the A
and B Synod). For if they do not, they fall into the same crime with the heretical
clergymen and become “enemies of God.” Therefore, the Esphigmenites do
precisely what they have to do, because they want to remain Orthodox
Christians. After all, in similar circumstances, all the Saints also walled off
themselves from the heretical patriarchs of their time. In addition, note that
the Holy Scriptures, the Church Law, and the Holy Tradition are protected by
Article 3 of the Hellenic Constitution. Consequently, the persecutors of
Esphigmenou and those who side with the heretical “patriarch” violate both the
ecclesiastical and the secular law and order. They are hypocrites, since on the
one hand they preach “we must obey God rather than men” (Acts 5:29), but on the
other hand they trample on the Church and the secular Law in order to carry out
the “patriarch’s” unconstitutional and unholy orders.
The persecution against the traditional Esphigmenites was
intensified in December 2002, when Mr. Bartholomew declared them “schismatics”!
In 2005, after a series of violations of the Mount Athos Constitution, a “new
brotherhood of Esphigmenou” was established, to take the place of the
traditional one! Since then the true Esphigmenites are officially considered
"illegal occupants" of the Monastery, despite the fact that they have
been there for three, four, five, six, and some of them even seven decades! The
Devil himself would not dare to say such a huge and obvious lie! In order for
this unholy and unconstitutional goal to materialize, the pseudo-Esphigmenite
“new brotherhood” has implemented many atrocities against the true one,
including: (1) attacks on Esphigmenou’s premises in Karyai (the capital of
Mt. Athos) with sledgehammers, crowbars, and a bobcat, which resulted in injuring true Esphigmenites
(Nov. 2005, Dec. 2006,
and July 2013); (2) confiscation of Esphigmenou’s assets, e.g., a tractor, bank
accounts, mail, etc.; (3) appropriation of Esphigmenou’s rental income; (4) prohibition
of doctors to go to the Holy Monastery of Esphigmenou and provide their medical
services to the needy, which resulted in about 25 deaths due to lack of medical
treatment; and (5) the cut of food supplies, telephone, fuel, etc., to the
Monastery. These restrictions caused the deadly accident of the true
Esphigmenite Tryphon in 2003. Obviously, this is truly a sacrilege of the worse
kind done by State and Church officials! It is also a cruel violation of
human rights and of religious freedom as well as racism against true
Orthodox Christians.
The Church and State officials waste tax-payers’ money
and restrict their freedom by making new “anti-racist” laws, selling out State
assets “for a song,” travelling around the world, organizing conferences and
“synods,” giving speeches, writing articles and books on human
rights, religious freedom, etc., but side unjustly and hypocritically with
the Ecumenists against the fathers of Esphigmenou! Such a
contradictory, unconstitutional, and unholy behavior is "politically
correct" nowadays, whereas defending true Orthodoxy is considered to
be "fundamentalism" and "fanaticism"! Mr. Bartholomew
has been photographed under a large banner bearing the slogan
PEACE AND TOLERANCE, but he has no tolerance for true Orthodox Christianity! He
preaches "tolerance toward the different" as long as "the
different" is not Orthodox
Christianity! In his doctoral thesis (1970), he argues that the Holy Canons
must be modified so as to allow common prayers with heretics. In other words,
since he tramples on the Church Law, it is the Law that must be changed!
After the “extermination” of the true Esphigmenites, the
abolition of the “avaton” is to follow, and the Holy Mountain, known as “The Garden
of the Virgin Mary,” will become a place for tourism and pleasure! But where
are the faithful? Orthodoxy and the Hellenic State are being gradually sold out
by their very “leaders,” but the “faithful” close their eyes and ears to this
High Treason, thus effectively siding with these devil-worshipers and ignoring
the Shepherd’s voice: “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is
near, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise, let us
go!” (Mat. 26:45-46.)
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