>>16663254orthodox priests are technically allowed to marry women if i understand things correctly, monks are supposed to be celibate, but most of the ones here just go for other guys
>>16663256Matthey 16:18
And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
St. Peter was in Rome at the time, becoming the first Pope. The Orthodox schism happened centuries later.