Serbian and Armenians-People affected by the Genocide

I woke up seeing posts about the genocide committee against the poor Serbs. I noticed the posts were containing the Armenian genocide by the filthy Ottoman/Turkish authorities. There is still the denial but not much in the world cares. Here's my insight though:

The reason world media never cared about the Serbs and only the Armenians are mentioned is that the Turkish are of course Muslims. Not all Muslims these days are anti-Christians but how about the genocide in satelite Croatia? Where Serbian Orthodox Christians were killed in an epic four year pillage done by  Ustaše, mostly composed of Roman Catholic priests and it would spark protests against the Roman church that is already plagued by scandals and the Canon law killing Vatican two or Second Vatican council.

Turkey denies the genocide. Croatia doesn't but most of its people are still hypnotized as being anti-Serb. Even the minority rights of Serbs that returned or remained even after Oluja are being threatened by some fascist thugs or by local Croats.

I just don't expose what's true or not. I expose some inside stories that people think is misleading but otherwise, true.

Turkey is a Muslim Nation. Croatia is a Roman Catholic nation. Catholic what? Yes!! Croatia is a Catholic nation. Of course, people see the Turkish assault on the Armenians who are Oriental Orthodox Christians but Roman Catholic friars killing Serbs for blood and the Poglavnik Ante Pavelić. I wasn't able to mention Archbishop Alojzije Stepinac who is a candidate for canonization by the Vatican. By the way, Stepinac himself allowed the murder of the Serbian Orthodox population in Croatia and even have a special relationship with both Pope Pius XII and Adolf Hitler.

Both Serbs and Armenians were killed on their own home soil, so thus their adopted homelands. They suffered under communist dictatorships and the breakup of communism, which either divided their population or the frozen conflicts to the regions they originally possess through historical line(Kosovo and Nagorno Karabakh respectively).

They are brothers because of diplomatic missions to each other, their rich history and their Orthodox faith. Their survival and the genocide recognition depended on us, not just me or you but to everyone to whom the truth never hides.

Molitva posredovanje sveta je važno

I am always praying, regardless of any given situation every night. When i live alone or with my family, i may pray every morning even a simple prayer facing my own alter i made with the icons of Isus Hristos, the Bogorodice, Sveta Familija and Sveti Knez Lazar. I will also light my incensce and would ask to God for forgiveness, thanksgiving, enlightenment and the power to give my very potential for my family.

An old friend of mine would tell me often to pray for St. Xenia's intercession for my job hunting and everyday work, which i did. I may have prayed that when i was a Catholic during my younger yeas but i never realized those prayers to the saints because it is not yet clear to me what i am praying for and what is my role as a true Christian. 

Ever since i found out about Orthodoxy, my prayers may have a meaning now, even in my future baptismal, now i know why i am praying the Isusa Molitva or the Oče Naš or the Bogorodice Djevo or even the Molitva za Sveti Knez Lazar. And my prayers are right now for my future and my future family. I am continually grasping my future since i know, these prayers came from my heart and what my spiritual fathers told me.

That is why, a prayer to a saint's intercession is like the saint is helping us to pray for God's miracles and forgiveness and not praying to the saints themselves.

Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Unity is much better to realize

Ya, it doesn't make sense to me why the Roman Catholic church is asking for unity. Would those who believe in the Orthodox church want that kind of scenario if that is on the basis of theology? If for everyone, it could. But for theological purposes, it will not.

I would raise the question now. Would it make sense if the Eastern and Oriental churches reunite and that they set aside their theological differences, territorial disputes and minor problems?

For me, I thought on that subject even years before. No political pun intended. What is that matter that makes this two seperated Orthodox groups to unite in the future? 

Belief-they have almost the same doctrines.

Religious identity-intact for almost a two thousand years without breaking what the apostles had taught them.

Social identity-Secularly, they are a much better citizen because what good we hoped is what most of them envisioned for the future generations.

Of course, this is just my idealism. But when these two Orthodox groups put an end to its division and truly unite as one, a beacon of hope would be felt on the other major Christian groups that all Christians would come back to the church of Peter, Paul and the rest of the apostles.

Healing the scars or another useless dialogue?

       Patrijarh Vartolomej i Papa Franjo

Historical meeting and Christian unity between the patriarchs of the ancient Christian churches. If not counting my biased views, this would be a great healing of the two sides as far as i am concerned. Of course, Patriarch Bartholomew is a smart and eco-friendly church leader while Pope Francis is the humble and socially able successor of Saint Peter.

Well, if one would think it on both sides, the historical meeting would have an implications as well, especially to the monk of the sacred mountain Mount Athos which rejects any kinds if ecumenisn or interfaith activities. In my opinion, let the church leaders attend only Christian related ecumenism and not interfaith ones. I am not saying Patriarch Bartholomew did good or bad but his decisions are for the better of this contemporary period and renouncing extremism of Old calendarists or alternative synods. On the flip side, if the Vatican wants to talk to the Serbian patriarch Irinej, they should somehow apologize for what happened in Nezavisna Država Hrvatska and the Jasenovac concentration camp, the reason that the Vatican is an evil group to the Serbian people. Not to mention the false pretense of the Brest-Litovsk union in present day Belarus were Eastern Catholics are trying to invade Russian territory via religion and destroy Orthodoxy.

On the Catholic side, of course a few people knew the Pope Pius X Society(SPPX) and other traditionalist Catholic views but they are a threat to Catholicism from the inside because of Vatican II reforms, removing the tridentine mass and the somehow Protestantist preaching of the Roman Catholic church.

If Orthodoxy promotes itself silently, Catholicsm is promoting itself almost everyday. Problems still rise if both sects don't discuss things more openly. For example, Pope Francis wants to open the Vatican archives and let the public knew. Would this make him not just a spiritual hero but a champion of the people? Or the people will knew more about what happened in Jasenovac?

But unlike Pope Benedict XVI known for his extravagant lifestyle, Pope Francis is simple and down to earth guy. Maybe a much bettet scenario would make him much popular to the world like how Pope John Paul II used his charisma for the people.

Patriarch Bartholomew on the other hand is a well respected theologian, environmentalist and the speaker of the whole Orthodox Christian sect. I admire him as well because of his openess and resiliency. He has more problems than the whole Catholic popes whom he got into with. Like the Halki seminary being closed and the line of succession is limited by the Turkish republic to Greeks who were born in Turkish soil. The persecution of Serbian Orthodox Christians in Kosovo and in Macedonia. Old calendarists and alternative synods and growing anti religious movements in Europe. 

With these challenges ahead, we pray that the two leaders would empower there lay people more as the threat of anti-religious norms grow and the ever changing world.

My faith

As many of you know, i am still Roman catholic. But i desire to be an Eastern Orthodox Christian. What brings me to that faith is something unsual. It doesn't even concern my current views, making myself a proponent of Christian unity only through the Eastern Orthodox Patriarchs.

When i was around grade school, i am reading some almanacs around the letter B. And then some pages were torn or couldn't be recognized by my young eyes. Yet, i came to the page were the Byzantine Empire section was located. It enchanted me when i saw icons of Christ, religious relics, icons and of course, the downfall of Constantinople. It made me become curious more about Christianity. During a holy week, i asked dad what is Eastern orthodox church and he anwsered: ''just another false church''. Yet, i was hungry for the truth. These time, in High School, i am reading something about the byzantine Empire and Greek history. I stumbled upon that faith that made me curious and search for what is the origin of Christianity. Since that day, i wanted to know it till i saw that church was just 30 minutes away from home via a jeep and another 5 minutes for a motorcycle ride. As i went there, i saw that church i longed for, went inside and asked questions amongst the two priests(one returned to Greece) and i felt my faith got revived. When i returned home, i told my older sisters i want to be an Orthodox. It met strong criticism from my family clan(Garcia's of Paranaque descending from Spanish-Filipino through my paternal grandfather and Japanese through my paternal grandmother) especially from my parents when they were able to talk to me via yahoo messenger. Since that day, dad cannot forgive me because he is a strong Roman Catholic and most Filipino Roman catholics think that any Christian sect outside of RC and Mainstream Protestantism is like a cult or nonsense. Since i am optimistic those days, i had many icons blessed, a priest gave me prayer books and he taught me good things and told me to be careful of other things that is why i am aware even on my own family. Yet, when i went to Japan and left my icons and other church paraphernalia there, i thought my faith would get stagnated and if my parents would have a vacation, the will dispose my holy icons of Lazar, Isus Hristos, Bogorodice(Bogorodica Ljeviška) and some incense which they did. Since that day, i am secretive if my plans to pursue what God wants for me to discover.

Currently, i am attending divine liturgies, vespers, matins, complines or simply going there and praying to God for forgiveness and help for my future challenges. I know it will not be a secret one day but when i get that freedom, i will practice my faith to the fullest. I assure everyone.