“The church cannot belong to any party ... It must be the voice of conscience, enlightened by God's light. … The Church should be able to say to any party, to any direction: this is worthy of man and God, and this is not worthy of man and God. … The church should never speak from a position of strength. It should not be one of the forces operating in this or that state, it should be ... as powerless as God, Who ... only calls and reveals ... the truth ... It seems to me that the Church should be just like that; if the Church occupies the position of one of the organizations that has power, which has the ability to force or direct events, then there is always a risk that she will want to rule, and as soon as the Church begins to rule, she loses the deepest being - the love of God, the understanding of those, whom it should save, and not break and rebuild. ' Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh
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