DEAR SOPHIA,

THE MIDDLE YEARS PROGRAMME RELIGIOUS COURSE AT YOUR SCHOOL IS A CATHOLIC-DRIVEN RELIGIOUS INDOCTRINATION PROGRAM. YOU ARE NOT CATHOLIC. THE DIVISION BETWEEN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE ORTHODOX CHURCH IS A GREAT DIVIDE. IT IS A DIVISION THAT LASTS WELL OVER 1,000 YEARS AND IS STILL ACTIVE TODAY. I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE YOU ARE AT A CATHOLIC PRIVATE SCHOOL THAT YOU ARE EXPOSED TO SUCH PROGRAMS BUT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE THEM. PERHAPS YOU ARE NOT REFUSING THEM SO YOU DO NOT STAND OUT AT THE SCHOOL. THAT IS UNDERSTANDABLE. BUT NEVER FORGET YOU ARE A DAUGHTER OF THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH, AND EVEN THOUGH THE CATHOLICS ARE IGNORANT OF THIS, THE PATRIARCH OF THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH IS THE FIRST AMONG EQUALS AND THE CATHOLIC POPE IS SUBSERVIENT TO THE FIRST AMONG EQUALS.

HERE IS A VIDEO THAT INDICATES THE STATUS OF THE PATRIARCH. I DON’T CARE WHAT YOU DO VISIBLY WHILE YOU ARE AT A CATHOLIC SCHOOL. (i actually went to a catholic school for three years myself). what matters is what is in your heart. your heart remains orthodox at all times.

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love,

dad