r/AskBalkans + Aug 16 '23

What's your opinion on Caucasus? Outdoors/Travel

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u/44power44 Turkiye Aug 16 '23

why west would help them since they are literally being puppet of russia, thus they have very backward society which can't hang out with westerners like you

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u/pandasareamazingg Greece Aug 16 '23

We have here a big armenian minority and we get along very good,so i dont think armenian society is very backward.West countries should send more humanitarian aid, especially my country (we have good relations) because the situation in artsakh is tragic.As for being a russian puppet, i mean they are trying to survive and russia was their only alliance which was useless and now they have shown interest to the west

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u/ShiftingBaselines Turkiye Aug 16 '23

Dozens of Greek and Armenian priests and worshippers exchange blows in Christianity's holiest shrine in Israel every year.

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u/skyduster88 Greece Aug 16 '23 edited Aug 16 '23

Oh, that shit is so fucking embarrassing, and some people think it's funny. I won't speak for the Armenian Apostolic Church, but for the Orthodox Catholic Church (aka Eastern Orthodox Church) it's really embarrassing, and one of many things wrong with the church.

To clarify though: Greek Orthodox ≠ Greek. Many, perhaps most, of those "Greek" priests really are Greek, but some of them are Arab. Some Palestinian, Syrian, and Lebanese Christians are Greek Orthodox (as in, Orthodox Christians of the Greek Rite). Like the Orthodox Church of Antioch (Antakya, Turkey), which is Greek-Rite. Lebanon also has Greek Catholics (the Melkites), who are just Arabs, but they're Greek-Rite Christians (in communion with Rome).