Religions, Christianity, and the Orthodox Church in the Face of the New Heresy

Eleftherios N. Kosmidis | July 18, 2025

 

On July 11, 2025, a text was published, composed by Metropolitan Anthimos of Alexandroupolis, accepting the invitation of the newspaper "Ark of Orthodoxy."

A problematic text that raises questions and causes scandal once again.

We attempted to comment on the obvious and to pose questions about the rest.

Happy reading!

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"Religions have not had and continue not to have moderation."

Once again, a Bishop of the Church of Greece expresses his opinion. A baseless position that does not educate us, does not make us better Orthodox Christians because it is not connected with Holy Scripture, the Sacred Tradition of the Church, and the Holy Fathers.

"Christianity never admitted its historical mistakes and for this reason never dared to correct them."

Historical mistakes? Against God or against men?

"The Orthodox Church, now with evident symptoms of schism, indeed retains its pleroma, yet without internal cohesion, with criteria solely national or cultural [read: folkloric], nevertheless on the margins of real life."

What does he mean by "real life"? Why doesn’t he elaborate further, why does he speak in riddles/prophecies?

What are the evident symptoms of Schism that he invokes?

Also, how is the retention of the pleroma ascertained? How is the absence of cohesion ascertained?

He seems to be constructing a series of conditions (convenient for his subsequent reasoning, yet lacking substantial details).

"So then, while the prophesied 'clash of civilizations' has begun, the so-called promising ‘century of Orthodoxy’ will probably not be the 21st!"

How is the clash of civilizations ascertained? Who proclaims the "century of Orthodoxy"? To whom is he addressing this?

"The developing Orthodox religious fundamentalism, since it has egotistical beginnings, will certainly bring tragic results. It will soon flirt with every form of nationalism, and thus will stifle whatever good intention it had."

As for the fundamentalism of religions (some of which at times target the Orthodox), naturally no mention has been made thus far. The developing Orthodox religious fundamentalism is the problem!

And in the case of the Orthodox fundamentalism that he observes, he demonstrates selective perception, because he does not mean (and does not emphasize) the brutal beatings, acts of violence, and imprisonments of the Orthodox in Ukraine by the government forces and the ecclesiastical formation of the unordained and self-ordained of Sergei (Epiphanios) Dumenko (which he himself accepts…).

"And when the Orthodox Church loses its solid unity and is fragmented into fundamentalist little groups (monastic, missionary, elder-based), then these, jostling one another, will align themselves with whatever (political or journalistic) power 'winks' at them, in order to enjoy, even opportunistically, its favor."

Doesn’t the "little group" of Synodal Bishops closely cooperate with the antichrist governments of the past 25 years? But apparently that is not fundamentalist!!!

"Examples: Today, Islam is internationally expressed through the Left, because they are united by a common enemy: the West."

It may be an example, but it is not proof. Why does the government not stop the influx of Islamists into the country? But the more troubling question is: why would a Bishop take this position?

"Once, Protestantism also experienced this tragic plundering and reached its present state of fragmentation."

Yet we (the Orthodox delegations, with very few exceptions) servilely run after the WCC and the Protestant offshoots.

"But the political forces that abused it know the way and will repeat it.

"This time, however, against the 'unruly, unpredictable, and tough' Orthodoxy (which they have already divided into Greek-speaking, Slavonic-speaking, Russian-speaking, etc., and more is to follow…). Might they have already begun?

"On May 1, 2025, the President of the United States, Mr. Trump, signed in the White House garden the executive order for a new 'Commission on Religious Freedom' and has already appointed its 37 members. The role of the Commission (beyond being interfaith) is to achieve a Christian 'ecclesiastical policy' which: will not bring the state closer to the Church, but will bring the Church into the service of the political agenda of American nationalism and, more specifically, of a 'white, heterosexual, traditional America.' This new form of 'religion' will distance itself from the traditional Churches and will work to reinforce political power. It will use the symbols and rhetoric of faith to promote nationalist visions. The Church will not 'enter' politics, but politics will be disguised as Church.

"The phenomenon of the 'OrthoBros' (Orthodox Brothers) in the USA is flourishing mainly among young men who seek an anti-liberal interpretation of the Christian faith. It is particularly popular on platforms (YouTube, Telegram, Twitter), where it promotes a return to a 'pure' form of Orthodoxy (meaning purely ideological, without relation to the rational Worship and the Mysteries of our faith).

"The 'OrthoBros' contrast contemporary, liberal views in order to promote primarily hegemonic masculinity within Orthodox spirituality (in order to ideologically support the U.S. national crusade against homosexuals, immigrants, etc.)."

Could it be that the phenomenon described by His Eminence in distant America and pointed out as a danger is actually a reaction? Which President of America, which shadow government of globalists promoted the woke agenda, provoking Orthodox anthropology? What was the reaction of the Bishops then?

"These things, and others like them, will 'tomorrow' knock at our door, and many Greek Orthodox will be flattered to hasten toward their delusions."

These are foreseen and prophesied by the Hierarch. But the acts of violence in Ukraine, the new persecution of Orthodoxy even in our own country, the exoneration of same-sex marriage in our Orthodox homeland—why does he not point them out as sinful deviations that separate us from God and lead to eternal damnation?

"Perhaps they won’t even need to knock on our door, if they find it already open…! By some monks, by clergy, by 'pious' laypeople and journalists, who are already tearing, 'from top to bottom,' the seamless robe of Christ (which even His crucifiers respected), thereby contributing to making our faith an excellent tool in the hands of any political power that will wield an Orthodox ideology!"

The accomplices of the Pseudo-Council of Kolymbari and of the tragic Ukrainian schism point to others as dangerous?

"Fragmented, the Orthodox—at times within and at times outside the walls of the Church—without a unified and strong voice, will carry with their little bucket and pour the sweat of Gethsemane and the blood of Golgotha onto the blades of the mill of these new heresies and religions."

When the situation being described has been carefully disconnected from Holy Scripture, our Sacred Tradition, and the Holy Fathers of the Church, this void will inevitably be filled with literary acrobatics. What a disgrace!

"The phenomena of increasing fundamentalism, which we are experiencing in our Church, may indeed wear the cloak of (supposed) genuineness, of (alleged) purity, or of (hypocritical) exactness, but in reality, they become unsuspecting battering rams of a broader plan that seeks to dissolve the unity of our Orthodox Church."

Before reaching the point of denouncing those struggling Orthodox Christians who speak of the genuineness, purity, and exactness of the Faith, some self-criticism on the part of the ecumenist Bishops would not hurt.

When the “unity” envisioned jointly by the Pope (equal to the devil, according to the venerable Elder Agathon of Konstamonitou) and the Patriarch of Constantinople is demonic (a pan-heresy), its dissolution is not a problem.

The problem lies in which Bishops, and why, defend in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ such a deviation—the worst heresy to date—the pan-heresy of Ecumenism.

For what reason do Bishops arbitrarily promote unorthodox and anti-Gospel ideas as a supposedly modern Orthodoxy?

In the end, it seems that arbitrariness among the higher clergy is what tears the Seamless Robe of the Lord.

"In order to create a multitude of factions / groups which (though they will hate each other) will serve (with their little votes) political and ideological objectives. We already see this in the Parties of our Parliament…

"Politics will always 'embrace' us very tightly. In our country, it initially spoke of a 'separation' from the Church. During the SYRIZA [a left-wing political coalition in Greece] years, it spoke of a 'deal' with the Church. Now it speaks by 'flanking' the Church. Ah! I forgot! It also speaks of… 'Orthodoxy'!"

Could it be that politics embraces first and foremost the ecclesiastical administration and the modern church leaders?

"However, Orthodoxy outside the Church does not exist, and must not exist."

Out of control in his epilogue, His Eminence declares, yet proves himself historically ignorant, since in Church History Orthodoxy was preserved in Saint Maximus the Confessor, in the Atlas of Orthodoxy Saint Mark of Ephesus—both of whom were "placed" outside the "Church" by the heretical Bishops.

"Orthodoxy is now dangerous for the Orthodox Church."

Orthodoxy is dangerous for Ecumenism and the ecumenists, for heresies and heretics of all ages.

Once again, a Bishop writes an article and exposes himself irreparably.

And if we even look back at his personal ecumenistic, anti-Gospel, and unorthodox exploits, we will observe the common characteristic that consistently marks the deluded, those inclined toward heresy, and heretics throughout time: impenitence.

Inevitably, the close cooperation with academics / deconstructors of Orthodox Theology—and the joint establishment of observatories on fundamentalism, constitutes yet another act in the tragedy of Despotism within our Orthodox ecclesiastical administration.

Good Repentance!

 

Greek source: https://katanixi.gr/mitropolitis-alexandroypoleos-anthimos-mprostaris-stin-nea-airesi/