MP priest converts to Islam because MP is slave to gov't and

尼古拉前执事 · Wed 23 August 2006 6:48 pm

Russian Priest Converted to Islam

This month, Vladislav Sokhin, a graduate of the Kursk Orthodox Seminary, the St. Petersburg Spiritual Academy, and Kursk State University and a priest in that region since 2001, announced that he was leaving the Church because he had accepted Islam.

In articles placed in Russian on the Islam.ru website, Sokhin laid out the reasons that had led him to convert. On the one hand, he said he could no longer tolerate the paganistic, almost polytheistic worship of saints so widespread in popular Orthodoxy.

And on the other hand, he continued, he did not want to be constrained by the Moscow Patriarchate's slavish obedience to the policies of the Russian state. A religious leader should be free to express himself about all issues involving moral questions, something he said the Orthodox Church does not permit.

Publication time: 21 August 2006, 22:59
http://www.kavkazcenter.com/eng/content ... 5360.shtml

jckstraw72 · Post by **jckstraw72** » Thu 24 August 2006 12:15 am

while i understand that the situation isnt perfect, thats obviously no reason to become a Muslim. Church history has many such situations, with Iconoclastic emperors and bishops and what not, etc. How many Saints were exiled and persecuted by the Church? People need to tough it out and fix what they see as wrong, like St. Athanasius and St. Mark of Ephesus, rather than leaving.

Aristokles · Post by **Aristokles** » Fri 25 August 2006 10:41 pm

An apostate is an an apostate, period.

jacqueline · Post by **jacqueline** » Sat 26 August 2006 2:31 am

How sad. Maybe it's just best to pray for his soul.

Sean · Post by **Sean** » Fri 15 September 2006 9:13 am

Islam is now the fastest growing religion in the world. The world population of Muslims now outnumbers that of the Christians. The ethical void in our decadent western culture, whose citizens aren't even interested in reproducing, is no match for an ethos of such zealous resolve. With the influx of Muslim immigration and conversions, Islam could very well culturally assimilate the West at some point in the future, and if that happens, all the dross encrusting the faith in Christ and His Church will be burned away in the fires of persecution and martyrdom.

Ebor · Post by **Ebor** » Fri 15 September 2006 10:06 am

Sean wrote:
IThe world population of Muslims now outnumbers that of the Christians.

May one ask what your source is for that? According to places like ReligiousTolerance.org and Adherants.com there are about 2 Billion Christians and a bit over 1 Billion Muslims.

http://www.religioustolerance.org/worldrel.htm

Ebor

jacqueline · Post by **jacqueline** » Fri 15 September 2006 11:04 pm

There are many people just itching for muslims and christians to destroy each other in war... the media plays right into their hands with these kinds of stories. Why don't they also report about the muslims that convert to christianity? I am sure there are a few...

It is impossible to accept islam once your eyes opened by the truth. Vladislav Sokhin is just a blind man. Pray for him.