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%or all #enuinely "elievin# Christians, for whom 5Christianity5 is not 6ust an empty name devoid of inner content, "ut is an active followin# of the teachin# of the Gospel, one which demands a stru##le, it is indispensa"le that they "ear in mind that the introduction of the new calendar into the Orthodo. Church was only one of a whole raft of reforms dreamed up "y Meletius I@, the !atriarch of Constantinople, of sorry memory+ Alon# with the new calendar amon# these reforms, the modernists, who "reathe the same spirit as our 0ivin# Churchmen and Renovationists,B have in mind and cherish hopes to introduce a married episcopate, second marria#e for cler#ymen, the a"olition of monasticism, the a"olition of the fasts, the shortenin# of the Divine services, permittin# the cler#y to wear secular clothes and have the appearance of lay people,BB and so on+ Is it not manifest to each and every Christian who so"erly re#ards these issues that all these reforms, includin# the new calendar which has in fact done away with one of the fasts, are only necessary so that within Christianity the commandments of Christ the aviour Himself mi#ht "e "rou#ht to nou#ht, for He said that the way is strai#ht and narrow, and He certified that the "road and wide way leads to destruction 7Matt+ <4:C;2 ,ho then is revealed as the inspirer of these reforms2
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B /he 0ivin# Church movement in !ost&Revolutionary Russia was "ac'ed "y the atheistic re#ime, "ecause it helped cause division and confusion in the Church+ %or a time it #ained some ascendancy "ut was defeated "y the piety of the people and the steadfastness of the confessin# hierarchs+ BB /his refers to cler#ymen trimmin# their "eards and hair to loo' li'e laymen, and presuma"ly, at least on occasion, hide their callin#+
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5GOD showed the holy Apostle !eter that he should not consider anyone as common or unclean 7Acts :14(D;+ ince his heart was sanctified, everyone has "een sanctified+ %or the person whose heart lies in the passions, however, no one has "een sanctified, "ut rather that person considers everyone as in accordance with the passions of his own heart+ Even if someone were to say that such and such is a #ood person, he would immediately "ecome an#ry in his heart+ /herefore, #uard yourselves a#ainst "lamin# anyone either "y word of mouth or in your heart+5 ABBA ESAIAS OF SCETIS, FIFTH CENTURY