Open Letter to Patriarch Kyrill
Lvov (Ukraine), 30 September 2012
Kyrill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
Your Beatitude!
The Orthodox Church and the whole Russian nation stand on the threshold of a turning point in history. At this time, as head of the Church, You must represent an Apostle of Christ and defend the Gospel of Christ like the Apostles Peter or Andrew – even at the cost of martyrdom. One of them was crucified in Rome, the other in the Caucasus Mountains.
Peter denied his Lord three times, but he repented afterwards. You too have publicly denied Christ and His Gospel three times this year. It happened in Astana where by Your gesture You put the Gospel of Christ on an equal footing with human and demonic religions. The second denial took place in Warsaw where You established unity with the apostate hierarchy of the Catholic Church who had accepted the spirit of Assisi – the spirit of antichrist. Your joint declaration paved the way for this anti-Christian spirit in the Russian and Polish nations. You completed the denial of Christ in Tokyo where You presented the pagan spiritual path of samurai as a model for Christians. God’s Word, however, testifies: “There is no communion between light and darkness, between Christ and Belial.” (see 2Cor 6:14-15) Pagans do not serve and sacrifice to God but demons (see 1Cor 10:20). The worship of and service to God through Jesus Christ is the way of truth which leads to eternal life! The worship of and service to demons through samurai, zen and yoga is the way of lies which leads to eternal death! Jesus Christ is true God and true Man, the only Saviour of mankind. He alone is “the Way, the Truth and the Life” (Jn 14:6). “There is salvation in no one else.” (Acts 4:12) The spirit of Assisi, the spirit of Astana – the spirit of antichrist – denies or relativizes these fundamental truths. Therefore it opens the way for homosexuality and for the stealing and satanization of children through the juvenile justice system, and supports the chipping of humanity with the number of the beast 666. Behind the way of Assisi, the way of Astana and the way of samurai is the spirit of antichrist! This is not the way to eternal life in heaven, but to eternal death in hell.
Your Beatitude, in this historic moment God gives You the last chance to repent, to clearly withdraw this threefold denial of faith and to make three determined steps for the salvation of the Orthodox faith and Russian nation. As an orthodox Apostle of Christ, say a clear, unambiguous word on the basis of Scripture and Tradition on the issue of homosexuality, juvenile justice and chipping.
Your Beatitude, in this historic moment God has set before You life and death. This concerns both the life on earth and eternity. Your repentance will open the door to God’s blessing for the Orthodox Church as well as for the Russian nation. Your refusal of repentance will bring down a curse on You and on all who will remain subordinate to You and thus in unity with You. After Your threefold betrayal God has already removed the grace of the Holy Spirit from You; however, He now gives You this last chance. If You fail to use it even this time, the Orthodox Church and the Russian nation must be separated from You, or else the curse will fall on them too.
Be courageous. Repent like the Apostle Peter, even if it should cost You spiritual or physical crucifixion and death.
Praying for You, for the Orthodox Church and the Russian nation,
+ Elijah
Patriarch of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
+ Methodius OSBMr + Timothy OSBMr
Secretary Bishops
Cc:
– President of Russia V. Putin
– State Duma of the Russian Federation
– Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church
– Monasteries of the Russian Orthodox Church
– Civic organizations of Russia (“ARKS”, “Love, Family, Fatherland”, “Essence of Time”…)
– Mass media
