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• RSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH LEAR BLAM INVASN ON UKRAE'S 'GAY PRI'
• ABP. ELPIDOPHOROS PRAISED FOR SERVG “FIRST OPENLY GAY BAPTISM”
• METROPOLAN OF GLYFADA CLAIMS HE WAS UNAWARE OF GAY BAPTISM

RSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH LEAR BLAM INVASN ON UKRAE'S 'GAY PRI'

For example, the Greek Orthodox Archdce lists homosexualy bi fornitn, adultery, abortn and abive sexual behavr as “immoral and appropriate forms of behavr and of themselv, and also bee they attack the stutn of marriage and the fay. ” It adds that, “the Orthodox Church believ that homosexual behavr is a s.

” Siarly, the Assembly of Canonil Orthodox Bishops of the Uned Stat, clar, “Like adultery and fornitn, homosexual acts are nmned by Scripture. Whereas marriage between a man and a woman is a sacred stutn ordaed by God, homosexual unn is not. Orthodox and Gay, a webse and onle platform for LGBTQ Orthodox Christians seekg support and refuge.

Orthodox Church and Homosexualy. The first tentn is for this webse to be a place of support and refuge for Orthodox Christians who are gay – for to tell our stori about beg Orthodox and gay. The send aim is to offer an opportuny for nstctive cricism and ments on the official and not so official stanc of the Orthodox Church and Orthodox Christians on homosexualy.

ABP. ELPIDOPHOROS PRAISED FOR SERVG “FIRST OPENLY GAY BAPTISM”

There are two ma guidg prcipl of this webse:One: The Orthodox Church is the Bri of Beg gay is a gift of God, the Creator. Orthodox Christians who are gay have been serly maligned and hurt by antiquated terpretatns of Scripture and non law. Numero bishops and prits, “pastors” of the Church, have done ser spirual damage to a great number of gay Orthodox Christians cludg members of the clergy.

By exprsg our stori, Orthodox Christians who are gay have the opportuny to hopefully one day change the official posn of the Church on issu such as sexual orientatn and gay marriage. A major relig lear Rsia has e out support of the vasn of Ukrae and laid the blame on the support of gay rights. In particular, he lled attentn to Ukrae's support of gay rights and the prence of gay pri paras, The Mosw Tim reported.

"That's why orr to jo the club of those untri, you have to have a gay pri para. Patriarch Kirill, the lear of the Rsian Orthodox Church, on Sunday said that Ukrae's embrace of gay pri events was to blame for the recent vasn.

METROPOLAN OF GLYFADA CLAIMS HE WAS UNAWARE OF GAY BAPTISM

In the midst of the ongog sndal volvg the Archbishop’s plans to nsecrate a ocked former prit as a bishop for the Greek Orthodox Archdce of Ameri, which other hierarchs have characterized as a ser threat to Orthodox uny Ameri, the GOARCH head has ma headl by baptizg the children of a gay celebry uple. The parents and relativ are praisg the Archbishop for servg the “first openly gay baptism” the Greek Church.

Photo: Bois praised the Archbishop for his progrsive stance of “love wh no judgment” and for servg what he says is the “first openly gay baptism” the Greek Church: Instagram Bois’ brother Gee hailed the event as somethg signifint for the entire Greek Orthodox Church.