in church. The wave of crimes in churches have some clergy giving new meaning to the words "piece be with you..." After the recent Midwest Parish Life Conference where armed guards were present to protect our Bishop Mark from a threat by a parishioner at a Michigan church, this story is not an abstraction. Who knows what disgruntled soul with a gun could step into any church?
The point, though, is moot for Orthodox clergy. We, unlike Protestant clergy, cannot carry weapons. Although a holster would fit nicely under the epigonation (For those who aren't Orthodox an epigonation is a diamond shaped vestment worn on the right hip).
Just kidding folks.
Monday, October 5, 2009
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Neo shows what can be hidden under a riassa. :)
ReplyDeleteIt is unfortunate that many people now have no respect for priests, and some would carry a gun to church and fire it at a priest.
ReplyDeleteOur society has lost its spirituality and its values. Thirty or forty years ago, such behavior was unthinkable.