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THE SYSTEM OF HEEL LICKSPITTLES
[ Part 2.2: "Attached Text" ]
August 7 2013
Archbishop Nurhan Manoogian, Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem, in
his letter to His Holiness Karekin II, raised the issues that we,
Armenians, both secular and spiritual are worried about. The reason
perhaps is so essential: neither this archbishop nor the former
leader of France's diocese, Archbishop Norvan Zakarian, who is taken
under the protection of the Patriarch, definitely will not be ranked
among the saints, just as Catholicos of All Armenians. Principally,
Jerusalem Patriarch is right when he says that there can not be
healthy offspring in the atmosphere of fear and intimidation, the
mother church and the people will suffer, while there is more need
for advanced and puritan clergymen than the heel lickspittles.
Especially, during the period of this His Holiness a system has
been created, where the only guarantee of official progress of the
priest is to fawn the superior, when any independent, freethinking is
punishable, when the words of praise about the subordinate is perceived
as an insult addressed to the superiors. All this, of course, promoted
the grayness of spiritual atmosphere (or, if you want, tepidity) and
discrediting of our church. Apparently, some personal characteristics
of the Catholicos play a certain role here, in the presence of which,
spreading mediocrity around, and demanding unconditional obedience
and adulation is natural.
But there are "shades", the matter is not private. Otherwise,
the situation at different levels of state institutions or parties
will differ from the Holy See. And the fact that it does not differ,
its vivid manifestation is that special people are kept in both the
state systems and the parties, whose duty is to "give a strong rebuff"
to all those who have noticed an eye brow above their 'boss's' eye.
The so-called staff 'lickspittles'. There are parties and institutions,
where this "strong rebuff" is written by the first person, and then
give it to sign to his "dependents". The Soviet-style leaders simply
reflect the Soviet style society.
Of course, it would be desirable that the clergies and the religious
sector be above all. But it is not real. The priest can not be apart
from social diseases. If the culmination of the public aspirations,
let's assume, is a gorgeous car, the clergy should also dream about
it. If the most respected figure is the 'businessman', the priests
also, to the extent of possibility, should strive towards the business
sector.
That was always and everywhere. Catholic cardinals lying hugged by
courtesans were signing orders on publicly burning the wives, who
betrayed their husbands.
ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2013/08/07/155889/
[ Part 2.2: "Attached Text" ]
August 7 2013
Archbishop Nurhan Manoogian, Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem, in
his letter to His Holiness Karekin II, raised the issues that we,
Armenians, both secular and spiritual are worried about. The reason
perhaps is so essential: neither this archbishop nor the former
leader of France's diocese, Archbishop Norvan Zakarian, who is taken
under the protection of the Patriarch, definitely will not be ranked
among the saints, just as Catholicos of All Armenians. Principally,
Jerusalem Patriarch is right when he says that there can not be
healthy offspring in the atmosphere of fear and intimidation, the
mother church and the people will suffer, while there is more need
for advanced and puritan clergymen than the heel lickspittles.
Especially, during the period of this His Holiness a system has
been created, where the only guarantee of official progress of the
priest is to fawn the superior, when any independent, freethinking is
punishable, when the words of praise about the subordinate is perceived
as an insult addressed to the superiors. All this, of course, promoted
the grayness of spiritual atmosphere (or, if you want, tepidity) and
discrediting of our church. Apparently, some personal characteristics
of the Catholicos play a certain role here, in the presence of which,
spreading mediocrity around, and demanding unconditional obedience
and adulation is natural.
But there are "shades", the matter is not private. Otherwise,
the situation at different levels of state institutions or parties
will differ from the Holy See. And the fact that it does not differ,
its vivid manifestation is that special people are kept in both the
state systems and the parties, whose duty is to "give a strong rebuff"
to all those who have noticed an eye brow above their 'boss's' eye.
The so-called staff 'lickspittles'. There are parties and institutions,
where this "strong rebuff" is written by the first person, and then
give it to sign to his "dependents". The Soviet-style leaders simply
reflect the Soviet style society.
Of course, it would be desirable that the clergies and the religious
sector be above all. But it is not real. The priest can not be apart
from social diseases. If the culmination of the public aspirations,
let's assume, is a gorgeous car, the clergy should also dream about
it. If the most respected figure is the 'businessman', the priests
also, to the extent of possibility, should strive towards the business
sector.
That was always and everywhere. Catholic cardinals lying hugged by
courtesans were signing orders on publicly burning the wives, who
betrayed their husbands.
ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2013/08/07/155889/