Apostasy. Predestination
Based on the works of the Metropolitan of Moscow
Philaret (Drozdov)
Catechism of Philaret (Drozdov)
of Moscow
The Catechism says:
“125. In the exposition of the faith of the Eastern Patriarchs it is said about this:
Since He
[God]
foresaw that some would use their free will well, and others poorly, He predestined some to glory, and condemned others.”
That is, the Metropolitan invites the Russian people to believe
(since “The Orthodox Catechism is instruction in the Orthodox Christian faith, taught to every Christian for the sake of pleasing God and the salvation of the soul”)
that God “predestined some to glory and
condemned others.”
1. What is an Orthodox catechism?
The Orthodox catechism is an instruction in the Orthodox Christian faith, given to every Christian for the sake of pleasing God and the salvation of the soul.
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121. What do we call God's predestination?
God's predestination
is God's will to destine man for eternal bliss.
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124. The Word of God speaks of this this way:
“Whom He foreknew, He also predestined”
(Rom. 8:29).
125. The Eastern Patriarchs' exposition of faith states this:
Since He foresaw that some would use their free will well, and others poorly, He predestined some to glory, while
condemning others.
(Second Article).
But the fact is that the Epistle of the Eastern Patriarchs is addressed to “the glorious and beloved Archbishops and Bishops in Christ who are in Great Britain,” and by that time the
Church of England
was the state Christian church in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide
Anglican Communion.
In the Reformation,
the Orthodox
are considered
schismatics,
i.e.
predestined by God to perdition and damnation.
His Holiness the New Rome of Constantinople and the Ecumenical Patriarch Jeremiah, His Beatitude Athanasius, Patriarch of the City of God of Antioch, His Beatitude Chrysanthus, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem, and the Most Reverend Bishops who are with Us, that is, the Metropolitans, Archbishops and Bishops, and all the Christian Eastern Orthodox clergy,
To the glorious and beloved in Christ Archbishops and Bishops who are in Great Britain and to all their most venerable clergy, we wish every blessing and salvation from God.
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This is what we believe and how we think – Eastern Orthodox Christians.
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We believe that the all-good God has predestined to glory those whom He chose from eternity;
but those whom He rejected,
He has delivered over to condemnation,
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The Catechism of the Orthodox Church was “approved by the Holy Synod and published for teaching in schools” in 1913, and in 1917 the Lord began the greatest persecution of the Russian Orthodox Church. Let us recall Lenin’s “All worship of a divinity is a necrophilia”, i.e. “Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped” (2 Thess 2:4).
“The Extensive Christian Catechism of the Orthodox Catholic Eastern Church, examined and approved by the Holy Synod and published for teaching in schools and for the use of all Orthodox Christians,” Moscow, Synodal Printing House, 1913.
In 1994, the Metropolitan was
canonized
by the Russian Orthodox Church, whereby the Church once again confirmed its
predestination to perdition and damnation.
What does the idiom
“the English witch befouls”
have to do with this?
“The English witch” is simply fulfilling what the Russian Orthodox Church
itself voluntarily signed up for.
No people has ever reached such a level of
self-denial
as we Russians. Russians were almost ashamed of being Russian. This is a phenomenon completely impossible in the West, where
nationalism
has flourished.
Published:
October 24, 2025
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