Metropolitan Anthony: People want to seem rather than get better
Metropolitan Anthony (Pakanich) of Boryspil and Brovary. Photo: a screenshot of the Youtube channel "Stained Glass: About Faith in Colours"
In today's society, the tendency towards posturing is more developed than ever, said Metropolitan Anthony (Pakanich) of Boryspil and Brovary, the UOC Chancellor.
According to the metropolitan, nowadays many people are trying to seem better.
“Almost everyone wants to look richer, prettier, smarter than they really are. And here lies the main problem: people are not trying to be richer, prettier and smarter, but are only trying to seem richer, prettier and smarter,” the UOC Chancellor emphasized in the video on the Youtube channel “Stained Glass: About Faith in Colours”.
Vladyka Anthony added that not only people who are far from faith but also many Christians are subject to posturing. They try to appear more godly, moral, and kinder.
“We don’t even notice how much effort and energy is spent on creating such an unreal, illusory, and, to be completely honest, false image,” Metropolitan Anthony said, adding that at some point “we ourselves begin to believe in the reality of our improved double ”.
There is a great danger in this trend. “After all, the Lord can help His creation only when it asks for help in its weakness, and not when in incredible pride it molds something fake out of itself,” Vladyka resumed.
Earlier, Metropolitan Anthony assessed the risks of the proposed visit of the head of the Vatican to Ukraine.
Ранее митрополит Антоний оценил риски предполагаемого визита в Украину главы Ватикана.
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