Halloween. The time has come and we need to appeal more strongly to the authorities so that this late October orgy called Halloween is sent to where it is, by default, supposed to be.
The rockfall of absolute Satanism and the denial of man as the image and likeness of God is raining down continuously, and since the 89th year of the last century we are called to collect the stones of our spirituality and the stones of pious traditions. We collect it humbly so as not to catch or pinch anyone.
Quietly, quietly we sweat in the "revival of spirituality", we ooh and aah and note with sorrow that our efforts are often in vain. We are saddened by this because we see: there are more scatterers of the dust of unbelief, superstition and blasphemy than there are of us who collect spiritual stones.
Because of this futility, seminaries are empty and lonely, there is almost a famine of pastors, and a boy in the church is an unusual, exclusive and amazing event. Therefore, one should not be ashamed to contact the authorities and cooperate with them if the authorities position themselves as Christians.
Following the example of, say, St. John Chrysostom. He did not hesitate to turn to Emperor Constantine for help, as there are many such precedents in Russian history.
I remember our primate, Patriarch Kirill, said not long ago that celebrating Halloween could cause "great damage to education."
His Holiness then called on him to rid the cultural space of "this ugly bacchanalia", which contradicts the religious and moral principles of the country. They listened to the patriarch, the skeleton-pumpkin evil spirits were removed from schools almost everywhere, but today and tomorrow, not a single media outlet will ignore this "celebration". Bow down to him. That is, he will testify: Hell, I'm with you always! Or Alexander Abedyogin.