>>10076225>Do they have cults of personality up there in Romania too?After communism for a short while they existed. But it didn't hold.
Tbqh many of the popular talking heads here are progressive and say some interesting stuff.
Like I heard more often than not the teaching of universal salvation being explained - from the Church Fathers and all that.
Those who are corrupt and do stupid shit, get almost 0 face time on TV and media in general (tho the internet has some high ranking websites/blogs of ultra-Nationalistic, racist, ORDODONKS, but they are an angry minority), it's more of an underground thing - but nonetheless it feels to me like those atheistic black robe wearers are the majority, especially in the rural parts.
A big problem is the overall anti-intellectual position, we keep getting more and more buildings where prayers are done, but I don't see any scholar rising up from the Orthodox ranks.. I don't think right now we have even a Oxford assistant.
And we don't have a proper Bible translation either from the Patriarchate at least... sure there are good ones done by individual bishops or academicians - but the ones everyone such as in service are broken af - they even imported errors from Vulgate.
I know you guys use the Greek text as it was in LXX and the NT in Koine even at liturgy - that is based.
I know for a fact that the scholastic universe is rich in Greece, so you're really blessed with that.
I have read
>The Gurus, the Young Man, and Elder PaisiosAnd it moved me a lot.
Do you know any more books like this?
