Brewer Matsola deceived the Athonite elders?
Hundreds of so-called believers The “Kyiv Patriarchate” these days come to the Kiev Vydubychi Monastery seized from the canonical church (turned by the Philaretists into a complex serving an expensive but third-rate “monastery” restaurant) to gaze at the icon of Mary Magdalene, supposedly arrived from Athos itself.
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Как reports on his blog parishioner of the self-proclaimed “patriarchy” Vlad Zolotar, “the monks of Athos presented this icon to the founder of the First Private Brewery (PPB) Andrei Matsola, and he delivered it to the Vydubitsky Monastery, which is being restored and revived with the help of the PPB.”
Apparently, the PR man for the brewery and the unrecognized “Kyiv Patriarchate” in the Orthodox world is not aware that on Mount Athos, which especially honors the canons of the Church, by definition there cannot be a single monastery, and not even a single monk who would bless any shrine for a parishioner the said anti-church structure. It’s not for nothing that its official website is “UOC-KP” never opened it, in which particular monastery of Mount Athos (and there are twenty of them) and which “elders” painted the icon. But Filaret, expressing gratitude to the brewer for delivering the image, could at least remember those who wrote it. However, the leader of the UOC-KP continued to praise only Andrei Matsola as “a true patriot of our state who helps our army.”
From here only one thing can follow: the author of the slogan “For himself - as for the people” is either fooling these very people, claiming that he, a supporter of the anathematized Philaret, was blessed by the Athonite elders with the shrine, or he deceived the elders by presenting himself as faithful to the Church.
But if he really were like that, he would know that according to Tradition, Athos is the Destiny of the Mother of God on Earth. And local monks are Her direct servants. Whoever deceives them is trying to “deceive” the Mother of the Lord. And the Lord, as you know, cannot be scolded...
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