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I feel the same way. Unfortunately, being a Christian and especially - an Orthodox one is not popular these days especially among those who are traditionally Orthodox nations such as my homeland Bulgaria. Western materialism is our doom and I hope more of us see it!

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>Western materialism is our doom

i doubt it. The leaders of Orthodox church, like the Russian Patriarch Kirill seem to have successfully integrated their religion with Western materialism like $40K watches, Maybach cars, etc. and enjoy close spiritual, social and economical connections to the Russian political and economical elite who have openly fully embraced the Western materialism. I think any good Orthodox follower should just follow their example.

Most of the high ranks of the Orthodox clergy are just "heritage" from the KGB era and their mission is to destroy Orthodoxy and they are very successful at that. For example, Kirill totally turned even Russophiles against Russia with his last visit in Bulgaria demonstrating by the book how a good Christian should NOT behave!

This is one of the more important books I've read on this matter recently:

The Discipline of Delusion: How Secular Ideas Became the New Idolatry

https://www.amazon.com/Discipline-Delusion-Secular-Became-Id...

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