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by Fr. Ioannes Apiarius –
\nSin is nothing to be proud of. Sin is nothing to celebrate. Honoring sin is from the devil. Self-identifying with sin destroys the image of God in man and makes a mockery of the teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Orthodox Church.<\/p>\n
Brainwashing innocent children, teens, and young adults into embracing perversions and practicing sin is sinful, it is wrong. It’s an abomination before the Lord. Yet, these are precisely the themes and goals of all \u201cPride Month\u201d events and activities during June, across America, Canada, and most Western countries. <\/p>\n
A Christian, especially an Orthodox Christian, can never identify as \u201chomosexual, gay, transsexual, queer, bisexual\u201d or self-identify with any other sin, sexual distortion, delusion, or depravity included in the LGBTQIAWXYZ growing list of non-Christian and anti-human categories.<\/p>\n
If you are an Orthodox Christian you cannot celebrate, support, or promote \u201cPride Month,\u201d \u201cHomosexual Pride,\u201d \u201cGay Pride,\u201d \u201cQueer Pride,\u201d \u201cLGBTQ+ Pride,\u201d or \u201cTrans Pride.\u201d Such declarations promote a false ideology that is alien to Christianity. Such activities are contrary to the Orthodox Christian faith and moral tradition. Such proclamations are wrong.<\/p>\n
\u201cGay Pride\u201d celebrations are also blasphemous.<\/strong> They make a mockery of the Orthodox Christian teachings on sin, righteousness, and holiness as they relate to human nature and God\u2019s relationship with man. They advance a distorted, worldly, corrupt, and false perception of the human condition. \u201cLGBTQ Pride\u201d messages present sin and the passions as essential to human existence. They permanently unite sin to human nature. They define humanity by sin, in direct contradiction to the Scriptures, God\u2019s commandments, the teaching of Christ, the Saints, the Holy Fathers, and the theology and dogmas of the Holy Orthodox Church.<\/p>\n Orthodox Christian theology reaffirms the unchanging truth that sin entered creation due to man\u2019s disobedience and rebellion against God. God never intended for sin to corrupt and destroy human nature, let alone become permanently united with man. The Lord has said that sin is alien to human existence, a deadly threat that separates man from God. Those that teach differently are impostors and false teachers \u2013 dangerous wolves in sheep\u2019s clothing \u2013 who have shown themselves to be enemies of Christ and His Holy Orthodox Church.<\/p>\n Sin does not and cannot characterize men.<\/strong> Passions and sexual distortions do not define human beings. Christians cannot self-identify with any sin or passion. Orthodox Christians who believe that Jesus Christ is Lord, the Son and Word of the living God, True God of True God, the Redeemer and Saviour of all mankind, must reject and abandon the \u201cgay\u201d or \u201chomosexual\u201d or \u201cqueer\u201d or \u201ctranssexual\u201d any other LGBTQ+ label. \u201cYou are not your own; you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body\u201d (1 Corinthians 6:19-20).<\/p>\n Sin is nothing to be proud of. Sin must never be self-identified with. Sin must never be honored and celebrated.<\/p>\n \u201cFlee from sexual immorality.<\/strong> Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?” (1 Corinth. 6:18).<\/p>\n Turn away from sin. Repent of sin. Flee from sin. Struggle and fight against sin. Reject sin. Help others turn away from sin. Help them to fight against sin. Teach others to avoid sin and reject sin.<\/p>\n \u201cRepentance is the abandoning of all false paths that have been trodden by men\u2019s feet, and men\u2019s thoughts and desires, and a return to the new path: Christ\u2019s path,\u201d taught St. Nikolai Velimirovic.<\/p>\n Embrace holiness. Seek righteousness.<\/strong> Follow the real Christ and His wisdom. Pick up your cross and walk the narrow road that leads to true joy, salvation, and everlasting life in God\u2019s kingdom.<\/p>\n \u2013 Fr. Ioannes Apiarius<\/p>\n by Fr. Ioannes Apiarius – Sin is nothing to be proud of. Sin is nothing to celebrate. Honoring sin is from the devil. Self-identifying with sin destroys the image of God in man and makes a mockery of the teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Orthodox Church. 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