Orthodox Outlet for Dogmatic Enquiries	Ec= umenism and=20 Oriental= =20 religions

Introduction

Joint = praying with=20 anyone who is not within the Body of the Church, is=20 forbidden by the Orthodox Catholic (overall) Church of=20 Christ. Attention! It is not forbidden because we = don=92t love=20 the heterodox, nor is it forbidden because we are religiously=20 intolerant. Religious intolerance is not an Orthodox = stance. =20 Quite the opposite. We love everyone and sincerely desire that = they come=20 to know Christ and Orthodoxy. We may hate the lies, but we = do=20 not hate the liar. However, in order to pray together with = someone,=20 there must be a common faith. Otherwise, which God will we be = praying=20 to, simultaneously? =93The gods of the Gentiles are = demons=94=20 we are told by the Holy Bible; and Mother Gabriele confirms this, = in her=20 own way.

But even=20 if we talk about heresies, can we truly say that the God of the = Orthodox=20 is the same as the God of =96say=96 the Latins, who is portrayed = as vengeful=20 and inclined towards a legalistic=20 justice, = according to=20 Anselm of Canterbury? Do the Orthodox give the same = description of=20 God? One might comment that =91God is One=92, and indeed He = is. But not=20 everyone knows Him. If, for example, I were to describe the prime = minister=20 of our country (Greece) as 2,15m tall, with blonde hair, blue eyes = and=20 long nose, would my description be an accurate one? Not=20 necessarily! Well, the same thing applies with heresies. = They all=20 talk about the persona of Christ, and they also talk about = =93virtue=94 or=20 even about =93love=94, but these are mere words. They don=92t have = any real=20 meaning, because their meaning has been distorted. This is why the = Church=20 has forbidden joint praying, and why any transgression thereof = incurs=20 the penalty of defrocking or excommunication. Those who = transgress=20 this rule, regardless of what position they have in the Church,=20 are=20 committing a sin.

Mother = Gabriele=20 observed the same, Orthodox stance. She loved the heretics and the = heterodox. She associated with all of them; she ministered to = them, she=20 sacrificed herself to serve the poor, the sick - even the lepers = =96 in=20 foreign and inhospitable lands, as we discovered in the book = =93The Ascetics=20 of Love=94, which describes her whole life. We are speaking of a = woman who=20 travelled all over the world, did missionary work, ministered to = lepers=20 and the disabled, even in jungles, risking her own life! She = never=20 had any personal wealth, yet she had friends from every race and = religion.=20 Even so, she=20 NEVER CONCEDED to pray together with = heterodox or=20 heretics, nor = did she=20 ever confess to another faith.

We=20 wonder, do those who promote the Ecumenist Pan-heresy have = as much=20 love in them, as Mother Gabriele had? The same volume of = love, that=20 will inspire them to dedicate their own lives like a live =91burnt = offering=92=20 to their fellow-man? We find this highly unlikely. Mother = Gabriele=20 had also lived inside monasteries of heterodox faithful = (without=20 praying or celebrating together with them!). She applied in = practice the=20 words of the late Geron Porphyrios, who used to say that = true=20 Missionary work must take place amongst people who do not = believe=20 in Christ:

(=85)=20 Fanaticism has nothing to do with Christ. Be a true Christian. = That way,=20 you will never misapprehend anyone, and =93your love will always = shelter=94=20 [Corinthians 1, 13:7]. And to the heterodox, act Christian. In = other=20 words, show=20 respect for him, regardless of his religion, in a polite=20 manner. You = can tend=20 to an Ottoman (muslim) when he is in need; you can talk to him, = and=20 associate with him. There must be respect for the other=92s = freedom of=20 choice. Just like Christ =93stands at the door and knocks=94, = without forcing=20 it to open, and instead waits=20 outside patiently for the soul to welcome Him of its own free=20 will, thus = should we=20 stand, before every soul.

The = missionary effort=20 must include a sensitive behavior, such that the souls will accept = whatever they are offered, whether words or books, without any = reaction.=20 And something more. Fewer words. Quite often, words can = reverberate in=20 one=92s ears and they will become aggravating; but prayer and acts = will=20 leave an impression. Acts will move, will revive and transform, = while=20 words will remain fruitless. The best kind of missionary work is = achieved=20 through our personal good example, our love and our = meekness.

(=85) Love=20 for Christ has no limits, nor does love towards our fellow man. It = should=20 reach everywhere, to the ends of the earth. Everywhere, to = all=20 people.

I=20 would like to go and live with the hippies at Matala*=20 without sinning of course, so that I can tell them about = Christ=92s love,=20 and how infinite it is, and how it can transform them. = Love=20 supersedes everything (=85)

Excerpts = from the=20 book: =93Geron Porphyrios Kafsokalyvitis (=3D =93Hut-Burner=94) = =96 his Life and=20 his Words=94. Published by the Holy Monastery of Chrysopege, = Chania,=20 Crete, 2003.

Chapter = :=20 =ABOn the Love towards one=92s = Neighbour=BB

According to the=20 =93Gerontikon=94 (a book with narrations of Patristic experiences) = and the=20 =93Evergetinos=94 (=3DBeneficial Reader), the ancient Fathers not = only acted as=20 Mother Gabriele did, but, as the Elder also confirmed, = they=20 even sold themselves as slaves to idolaters, so = that, by=20 working for them, they would show with their personal example, in=20 practice, what the Christian faith is all about. However, they = never=20 compromised with idolatry itself, as Ecumenists are doing! = Nor did=20 they jointly pray with idolaters, or acknowledge that they too = believed in=20 the same gods as the idolaters. Instead, they proclaimed that the = Only God=20 =96Whom the Orthodox Church preaches- is the Creator of = everyone.

The=20 =93love=94 that the Ecumenists are trying to =93sell=94 us, is = nothing more than a=20 utilitarian and sentimental form of love; a superficial = love; one=20 of =93etiquette=94 and pseudo-civility. This group of people is = merely focused=20 on organizing a =93Religious Unification=94, in order to = promote the=20 designs of globalization.

What=20 can we say? We are living in an era where unification is = more=20 important that the discerning between lies and the Truth, even = though this=20 is entirely incongruous. Because, if=20 unification relies on falsities, then it, too, is = fake!=20 Unfortunately, this is the modern-day disease called Ecumenism, = which is=20 increasingly spreading everywhere.

It is=20 our hope that the excerpts below, about a dedicated Mother who = truly loved=20 every single person, regardless of their race or Religion, will = expose the=20 fraudulent, pseudo-love of Ecumenism, as something that in no way=20 resembles Christ=92s Love. We have borrowed these excerpts = from the=20 book =93THE ASCETICS OF LOVE=94, 15^th edition, by = Talanto=20 Publications. (Taken from the Greek Prototype)

* Matala: an uninhabited, cave-riddled, = barren=20 coast of Crete, which =91hosted=92 one of the communes of the = Hippie movement,=20 where sex orgies, guru-inspired meditation, drug abuse and other=20 debauchery took place.

=C1=92 On Oriental religions: =

We=20 do not all have the same God!

1.=20 Letter to a former =93oriental=94 Seeker

Athens,=20 Sept.1986.

... I = listened=20 to your problems. I also listened to how you think and feel. I = just wanted=20 to tell you one thing, my dear M=85 Don=92t linger too long over = this=20 so-called self-exploration; it will make you forget God and your = fellow=20 man as well. It is my belief that true love towards God is to be = able to=20 visualize Him in all of His Creation and especially in our = Neighbor. And=20 when we look upon our Neighbor and tend to him, to forget even our = self,=20 eventually. Knowing that you were brought up in the = Christian faith,=20 I ask you: did you have to go to Sai Baba to hear about the = =93Pure=20 Heart=94? If you had only read the Gospel, you would have = known that=20 the Lord Himself had said: =93blessed are the pure in = heart=85.=94. And=20 somewhere in the Old Testament it says: =93I will take you, My = child, into=20 the desert, and there, I shall speak to your heart=85=94. We = don=92t speak=20 to God with our mind. It is the heart that = speaks.=20

You=20 also ask me if you should ask to be baptized, given=20 that you have already received the Chrism. But,=20 this Chrism took place a long time before your prolonged stay in = this=20 Philosophy. Did=20 you think that it hadn=92t affected your inner self? Well, = it has. And=20 very much so. Because right now, whenever you focus on our = Prayer,=20 our Worship, your mind wanders away, to the various poses = that=20 Yogis = take;=20 the upright position of the spine and a whole lot of other = exercises=20 that have nothing to do with the Spirit of God.

Somebody once=20 said: =93When the soul is kneeling down, at the feet of Christ, = what does it=20 matter if the body is lying down, standing up, kneeling or fallen=20 over?=94 This is totally irrelevant! It is only when = you stop=20 thinking about your body and your self, that you can truly become = united=20 with the Power of God.

You = frequently=20 repeat words like: What did you just say?=85.Why did you say that = other=20 thing?=85.Was that an inspiration by God?=85. Was it out of = enlightenment=85Did=20 it come from your mind?=85.. Well, if I sat down to think like = that every=20 minute of the day, I wouldn=92t be able to utter = anything=85because we are all=20 aware of our unworthiness to counsel the other. Instead, I just = feel for=20 others, and I suffer so much with those that I see around me, that = I feel=20 as though I am one of them. And from that moment on, I start = saying: =93If I=20 were you, I would do this=85.=94 You, however, seem to want = someone to=20 take you by the hand, make you their underling, tell you to do = this, do=20 that, now sit down, now get up, now go and get the money that you = worked=20 for, now don=92t take the money, now put on the red dress, now the = white=20 one=85 Whew! Now THAT is called Slavery! But you should bear = in mind=20 that God created us as Free beings! Many have said to = me: =20 =93If = only God=20 hadn=92t created us free, because we really don=92t know what His = Will=20 is.=94 But that=20 is so hypocritical! The Will of God becomes so apparent, in = our=20 fellow man, however, we persistently keep saying: =93I don=92t = know=85. I don=92t=20 know=85.=94, simply because it doesn=92t suit us to = understand!

Do=20 you have any idea how many years I have studied =96and still = study=96 the=20 Gospel? Well, I am in a position to tell you that, just as a good=20 housewife reads a recipe to prepare a dessert, then begins to = assemble all=20 the ingredients according to the recipe=92s instructions, but = finally=20 discovers that her dessert was a failure, in which case, she gives = it to=20 the dog=85well, that=92s what our life is like. We read the = instructions=20 for our life =96which is the Gospel=96 but=85we make a mess of = it! Then we=20 give it another try, and another=85 and another=85but, just like = the dessert,=20 where, in the one attempt it was too much egg, in the other = attempt there=20 was not enough sugar=85well, that=92s what it=92s like in life = too. There=20 will be a time that our selfishness is to blame, and another time = it will=20 be because we spoke of our neighbor as though he weren=92t our = brother=85and=20 all this will eventually accumulate and become like a boulder that = will=20 drag us down into the ocean and drown us, and nothing = more=85

You=20 say that our beloved G. told you to: =93Go back (she meant = go back to=20 me), and whatever she says to you, obey her, and you will then = find=20 your way, because she knows how to read one=92s mind=94=85 And = you ask=20 me: =93Can you really read one=92s mind?=94 My = dear M.,=20 imagine if I could really read minds! I really can=92t = understand=20 anything that you are saying here, because it is so = intellectual! I=20 only know how to love you. With all my heart. I also love the = Universe=20 with all my heart. Because for me, no-one is a =93stranger=94, = no-one is=20 =93mine=94; there is no such thing as red-skinned, white or = black=85 No such=20 thing=85 Don=92t forget my dear M., that the first sin was = committed with the=20 mind and some of the Angels, from being Angels of Light they = became Angels=20 of Darkness. Do=20 you know how frightening it is, when a Power =96that is not a = power that=20 comes from the Light=96 presents certain things to you with such = beauty,=20 such power, such kindness, and with all these things, which = basically=20 comprise a good person, can actually make you embrace them in = practice?=85We=20 should watch out for this kind of thing. You=20 know, for years I have been wondering, what is the meaning behind = the=20 words =93if the light inside you is darkness, then how much is = the=20 darkness?=94 Well, do you know that by believing we have = the Light=20 inside us, we sometimes actually have Darkness, which we put to = use=20 against our brother with the impression that we are helping him = and love=20 him, when in fact these things are works of Darkness, which we = have=20 perceived as Light=85 On this matter, I can tell you about = someone who=20 dearly loved his sister who was suffering from melancholy; he came = to=20 believe that his presence was so imperative, that he stopped going = to=20 work. He would say to himself: =93If I am not here for her, = what will=20 become of her?=94 =85Can you imagine this degree of = Faithlessness? In=20 other words, are we substituting even God=92s help?=85 Well, in = this kind of=20 example we can clearly distinguish the meaning of the words =93if = the light=20 inside=85=94

Elsewhere, you=20 tell me that when you do a good deed, you say: See? I did this=85. = Well, let=20 me tell you about an incident=85Once, we were reading Patristic = texts with a=20 lady acquaintance of mine. We had become acquainted with the = Reverend=20 Damianos, so, one day I said to her: =93Why don=92t we go to him = for=20 confession, and get his blessing?=94 We went, and =96amongst other = things- he=20 told her that she possessed an ego that she hadn=92t discovered = yet, and=20 that if she didn=92t reach repentance, she would not attain Joy in = Christ.=20 This revelation somehow jolted her, and she went home and started = the=20 tears and the weeping. For one whole week, she didn=92t stop = crying=85 A few=20 days after, we again went to His Eminence. And so I said to him: = =93Reverend=20 Father=85what are we going to do? She has been crying incessantly, = night and=20 day! What can be done?=94 And he replied, with a solemn smile: = =93What are you=20 saying? In my entire life, I haven=92t achieved that much weeping = and that=20 much repentance!=94 Well=85..we left, and, on the way back, = what did she=20 turn around and say? =93You=20 see? Did you see what he said? That not even he has ever achieved = that=20 much repentance!=94 = Well, my child=20 M.., I will let you draw your own conclusion...

That=92s all I had=20 to say to you today. And now, I pray that the Grace of God will be = close=20 to you; and the Light of Christ shed light on your path=85Set = yourself free,=20 in the hands of God, my dear M., and in time, He will guide = various people=20 to tell you what His Will is. Eventually, in a deep silence = and=20 prayer, you will learn what His Will is, directly. And then, you = will be=20 living permanently in the Light and the Joy of = Christ=85

[pages=20 428-431 ]

2.=20 On =93Reincarnation=94

=D4: = What do=20 you believe, about Reincarnation?

Mother=20 Gabriele:=20 I=20 don=92t believe in it. = Because for=20 us, God has given us only this lifetime to do whatever we are to = do.=20 And=20 everything that we know about this life and the afterlife, are all = found=20 in the Holy Bible. That = is our=20 Manual. We need to have it, just as every Science=20 has = one. As for=20 the rest, well, only the soul can know about them, and the soul = keeps them=20 to itself; it doesn=92t get into discussions.

[page=20 265].

3.=20 On Gurus and Derangement

=D4:=20 Sister, there is a guru that came here, to Athens, who has been = giving=20 lectures and initiating many youngsters, and one of them is a = 19-year old=20 friend of mine. This=20 youngster is now in a Psychiatric Ward. What=20 went wrong? What can be done?

Mother = Gabriele: I = have noticed=20 the following, that Hindus do not suffer this kind of=20 derangement*...but, I have=20 happened to see many Christian men and women who went to be = initiated and=20 then conceded to abandon Christ, or, to say: =93Ah, He is = just like=20 Buddha, like Confucius, or like any one of the other, post-Christ=20 =91neo-prophets=92=94=85Of these people, later on, some became = cross-eyed and=20 could not see properly; others suffered mental delusions and = returned to=20 their homeland, while others remained there permanently and who = knows what=20 became of them, or, they may have donned the cassock of a foreign = monastic=20 order etc..

I=20 have also observed that the way this teaching is promoted is not = fitting=20 for a Christian. Because that Christian, that youngster, was = trying to=20 combine Philosophy, Philology and Religion and to adapt all of = these=20 things together ( as=20 if this could ever be possible! ),to = the=20 Teaching of Christ. If he had taken the Philosophy of India as = Philosophy=20 only **, = nothing would=20 have happened to him. But, when he reached the point of wanting to = become=20 a god also, because =96as the gurus themselves claim=96 a guru is = the=20 incarnation of god, then=85 Well, this was what this child was = aiming for:=20 he was trying to become like the guru. Remember what happened to = our=20 forefather Adam, and Eve? They had desired to become gods. So, = what=20 happens to these youngsters? They too want to become gods, so it = is only=20 to be expected, that they will lose their sanity.

Now=20 do you understand what happens? Remember the time I spoke to = that=20 other child and asked him: =93Who is the one that, when you = practice=20 meditation and self-concentration, guides you internally about the = Will of=20 God, to eliminate all the evils that you have inside you? Who is = your=20 guide, for all these things?=94 And he had replied: =93The = guru. He is=20 the one I think of; he is the one I see, those are the things that = I=20 do.=94=85If, my dear T., he had put aside the human guru and had = looked upon=20 Christ and His Person instead, that child today would have been = one of=20 Christ=92s choicest servants and His worker. But now, this = has=20 happened to the child, and it is a very difficult = situation=85because he=20 will need a serious amount of praying by Christians. There needs = to be a=20 serious effort by his mother first of all, and especially by his = mother,=20 because the mother has known him from his early years; how he grew = up,=20 what he had in the past, what kind of childhood he had, what his = views=20 were, the kind of entertainment he preferred, how he preferred to=20 study=85the child=92s entire soul is best known by its mother. = Thus, if the=20 mother now puts in an effort, without resorting to any = =93schooling=94 on her=20 part, and shows him her infinite love, without letting him suspect = that he=20 is sick but instead treat him as though he is healthy, and then = take him=20 to a church and ask a priest to read over him the Exorcisms of = Saint=20 Basil *** - = these=20 are very special blessings, that are read in every Church = =96 and=20 she should have the child=92s name ready, so that, during the = blessings, she=20 too will beseech Christ, with deep faith and reverence, to forgive = that=20 child=85because there will most assuredly be faults with the = mother also, in=20 this affair=85 Because, sometimes, by saying =93I have an = appointment to go to=20 a Meeting or somewhere...=94 yet, that same moment, the child is = in need of=20 its mother=92s counsel, then something could happen to that = child=92s=20 soul. The soul is such a delicate thing=85And=20 above all, one must strive to find a Christian = doctor=85

[pages=20 209-210 ]

* For=20 more information on how the heterodox are judged, read our = relative article.

**=20 She = means that,=20 if taken merely as philosophy, then, just as the Greeks preserved = and are=20 taught Aristotle=92s philosophy, and just as Homer =96a purely = pagan text- has=20 been taught to us since the Byzantium era (and to this day), = that=20 is how they should have taken oriental Philosophy: only = gnosiologically,=20 and not as a faith. Only as a scientific pastime. It is on = this=20 rationale, that the book =93Christ, the Eternal = Tao=94 was=20 written, which was published by the brotherhood of Saint Herman of = Alaska=20 that was founded by fr. Seraphim Rose.

*** The=20 child had obviously become demon-possessed -apart from his = psychological=20 illness- on account of his preoccupation with Hinduism, hence the = need for=20 exorcism parallel to psychological treatment.

4.=20 Gurus: demon worshippers

We noted=20 in many parts of the book =93THE ASCETICS OF LOVE=94, descriptions = of just how=20 demonic the worship of Hinduism is, as well as how demons are = invoked for=20 their unusual practices. We shall see some of those excerpts=20 below:

a)=20 =ABThese=20 foreigners [OODE=20 note: they are the travelers who go to India, to the = Gurus]=20 are the lost sheep of the Gospel, who have chosen the path = to=20 India. More often than not, this attraction that they feel is = mingled with=20 haughtiness; it is a desire to become known here, whereas in their = own=20 Homeland, in their own tradition, they would not have accomplished = anything=85=BB -=20 [page 52]

b)=20 Let=92s see what=20 the book says about what could happen to those who become = Hinduists; what=20 could have happened to Alan, a boy who was about to meet the = Gurus, but=20 Mother Gabriele had deterred him. "(...)and I = had this=20 certainty, that it was not possible that we could lose him just = like that,=20 at 26, after all those exercises [Note:=20 Yoga etc ] which=20 can make one cross-eyed and bring on all sorts of other = things =20 (...)" [page 186].

c )=20 We = should also=20 take a glimpse of what the Gurus DID TO HER...to =93thank=94 her = for helping=20 so many people and offering physiotherapy to the sick, without = demanding=20 any payment:

=ABOne=20 night, when she was in her room and standing in Prayer, she opened = her=20 eyes for a moment, and what did she see? That the bed was not in = its=20 place! She closed her eyes again and continued to pray. She=20 re-opened them in a while, and looked towards the window. She = could not=20 see the moon outside. =93I was blinded=94, she told E. Virvou. = =93In my=20 distress, I continued to pray, even harder. I eventually went to=20 sleep=85when I woke up in the morning, I could see again! It = was then,=20 that I realized they had done something to me=85when I encountered = Sivananda=20 in the main hall, he asked me if I had slept well. Yes, I = said to=20 him, very well! He gave me a quizzical look, then went and spoke = to a nun=20 who was writing something on a typewriter, and came back to me, = asking me=20 the same question, and giving the monk who stood behind me a = strange=20 look=85Again I said to him: Yes, very well, thank God. He observed = me once=20 again, without saying another word=85 Months later, I learnt that = they did=20 things like that BY = INVOKING EVIL=20 SPIRITS, with = the=20 intent to intimidate foreigners who were undesirable, or to=20 =93bewitch=94 others to stay there forever. = I KNOW A=20 GERMAN WOMAN WHO BECAME CRAZED,=20 after = all the=20 things they did to her... A few days later, Sivananda himself came = and=20 suggested that I move to the upper floor, because they had put = me=85in the=20 wrong room! But I kept that room. After that, they all started to = look at=20 me curiously=85They sensed that Someone=20 More Powerful was protecting me, and = I sensed=20 that it was time for me to leave.=BB [page=20 55]

d) We=20 noted that, even though she lived there with her life at risk, = Mother=20 Gabriele was fully aware of the dangers, given the Gurus=92 = preoccupation=20 with demons=85not only that, but she also condemned the fact that = the Gurus=20 were being worshipped as=85gods:

=AB=85They=20 worship the Guru like a god=85 And he accepts their adoration=85 = he actually=20 believes he is a god. One day, I asked one of them: How can you = condone=20 this? And he replied: We can=92t break the tradition of the = people!=BB=20 [page=20 54]

=C2=92 On Ecumenism and joint = praying=20

1.=20 On=20 Orthodoxy

P.G.:=20 Mother Gabriele, you have travelled all over the world. You = have=20 become familiar with so many Monastic Orders: Roman Catholic, = Buddhist,=20 Hinduist. You have seen Organizations, Protestant Missionaries. = You=20 witnessed how their Missionary work was generously financed=85yet = you, a=20 poor, Orthodox Nun, had such limited material margins, either to=20 facilitate you, or for offering to others. Did it ever occur to = you=20 that it might have been better, if you were something else, other = than an=20 Orthodox?

Mother=20 Gabriele:=20 God=20 forbid!=20 No!=20 It=20 never crossed my mind, not for an instant, because that is=20 precisely what I can boast! I remember one time, when I was = in=20 Indira Ghandi=92s office (Note: this = was during=20 her first trip to India, when she was still in the = laity) and=20 we were discussing a project of theirs. Just then, a woman came in = and=20 said to her (in front of me): =93Is that a Catholic Nun=20 that=92s talking to you?=94 And Ghandi replied to her: =93No, = she is from the=20 Orthodox Church. You haven=92t heard of it, because it doesn=92t = exist in=20 India, but=20 it is an entirely different Church=94=85And=20 when I came to Jerusalem, in our extremely humble Monastery in = 1959, there=20 came some Catholic nuns, who said to me: =93This is=20 Christ=92s true Way of Life, because you here are deprived of = everything=85we,=20 however, have all the comforts=94=85Can you=20 understand what I am saying?

[page 291=20 ]

2.=20 On joint praying with heretics

It is=20 remarkable, how she never=20 agreed to joint praying, in=20 spite of her friendships and associations with people from other=20 dogmas. We saw = this with=20 our own eyes, when she lived in Athens; she would receive phone = calls from=20 heterodox nuns, who would say to her: =93We=92ll come over, to = pray together=94=85=20 =93I=20 never pray vocally, and I never pray with company; only alone, or = in the=20 Church=94, = she would say=20 to them, =93but=20 you=92re welcome to come over for a nice cup of tea and tell me = all your=20 news=94, = she would=20 add.

Even=20 though she lived and moved within so many heterodox and other = religions,=20 there was not a single trace of Syncretism in=20 her spiritual life and in matters of Worship. And = this was=20 doubly appreciated by her fellow travellers (=85) In fact, one day = someone=20 made a derogatory remark about our Most Holy Mother (those who = have so=20 much as mentioned Her name to Protestants, can understand=20 this).

Gabriele allowed=20 a few minutes to pass, then, taking aside the person responsible, = said to=20 him: =93My brother, I=92m sorry, but I have to tell you that from = tomorrow, I=20 will no longer be with you=94. He became very upset and = sorrowed,=20 because he had never seen that expression on her face before. She = then=20 explained to him: =93I cannot tolerate listening to such words = about the One=20 I love the most, after Christ.=94 Naturally, apologies were = expressed,=20 and this kind of incident was not repeated.

[pages=20 96-97 ]

APPENDIX: =20 PHOTOGRAPHS OF MOTHER GABRIELE WITH ORTHODOX FATHERS

= It has=20 become a frequent phenomenon, where ecumenists, like all other = misled=20 heretics, attempt to demote the worth of an enlightened person of = the=20 Church, by claiming it to be merely a personal view and not the = Church=92s;=20 or, that a mistake may have been made.

=20 For this reason, we are publishing photographs of Mother Gabriele = next to=20 important Fathers, just to prove that she expressed Orthodox = positions in=20 practice, by=20 being opposed to the = pan-heresy=20 of Ecumenism.

Mother=20 Gabriele together with the Archmandrites Fr. Elias = Mastroyannopoulos, Fr.=20 Lazarus Moore and (first from the right) Fr. Agathonikos (later=20 Metropolitan of Katerini). Taken at the Seminary of Tinos island = in=20 1969.

Mother=20 Gabriele, together with the Elder, Geron Dionysios of the Mikra = Agia Anna=20 Scete, and the Geron of father Dionysios, fr. Gerasimos of the = Mikra Agia=20 Anna Scete, hymnographer of the great Church of Christ. This = photograph=20 was taken in the island of Aegina, in the cell =93Aghia Skepi=94 = which the=20 Metropolitan of Hydra, Spetses and Aegina Islands, the Rev. = Hierotheos,=20 had allocated to her, and was under the jurisdiction of the Holy = Monastery=20 of Saint Nektarios. (pages 141-142)

Mother=20 Gabriele with the late Missionary fr. Chrysostom = Papasarantopoulos, with=20 whom she collaborated in the Mission (page 110). The Elder = had=20 entrusted her with the Secretariat, and she had also undertaken = health=20 counseling with the Mothers.

Mother = Gabriele=20 with the renowned Geron Sophronios of Essex. The Elder had = proposed=20 that she remain as Mother Superior of the Sorority. She did not = accept, as=20 she had to continue with her Missionary work.

By=20 T. F. D.

Translation by: = A.=20 N.

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