Many people with esoteric beliefs are very tolerant and open to church Christianity, but in reality, they do not know church Christianity at all. If you read this article, you will be completely shocked: and yet that clergyman is not just a crazy individual!: most priests in the Catholic Church have a similar opinion on the Celtic holiday of Halloween. The inquisitorial way of thinking has not yet disappeared from the church: it reminds one a little of the remains of burning witches: "Orthodox clergyman: Halloween is the devil's holiday!" http://www.konzervativnyvyber.sk/v2/pravoslavny-duchovny-halloween-je-sviatok-diabla/12215/
This is just a confirmation of what one person said about the Russian political regime as it supports the darkness of Orthodoxy: A Russian Orthodox bishop (=metropolitan) boasts about how Orthodoxy has been doing since the fall of socialism: "Today we have 35,000 churches. This means that we have opened 29,000 churches in twenty-eight years, opening more than 1,000 churches a year or three a day…" https://www.rusyn.sk/metropolita-hilarion-poslednych-dvadsat-osem-rokov-ukazuje-najvacsi-narast-viery-v-rusku/
Orthodox priest: Halloween is the devil's holiday!
According to Orthodox clergyman Peter Soroka, on November 1st, people slowly stop thinking about those who have left this world, and the celebration of Halloween is subtly introduced to children in kindergartens.
"It's a huge tragedy! Firstly, this holiday has no tradition in our country because it came from America, which wouldn't be a big deal if it had some educational or moral meaning. However, the opposite is true. It's a holiday of ghosts, monsters, witches, darkness, evil… Harshly, but aptly put, it's the devil's holiday," Soroka stated in an interview for the Conservative Selection portal.
Soroka reminds us that Slovakia, in the preamble of its constitution, adheres to the Cyrillo-Methodian tradition. "The Holy Brothers enlightened us with the light of faith, led us out of the darkness of paganism, and thanks to the Resurrection of the Savior, when good triumphed over evil, they allowed us to enter the heavenly kingdom. Halloween, however, is a step backward. This holiday throws us back into hell, into darkness, to evil, to the devil," Soroka emphasized, according to whom, with the resurrection of Christ, death was defeated by the Savior's death. "With Halloween, on the contrary, we celebrate death, we deny the Resurrection as if it never happened. This holiday is therefore in absolute contradiction with our Christian values," the Orthodox clergyman pointed out, adding that no believing person should not only celebrate it but should flee from it, protect their children from it, and fear it just like the devil. "If innocent children in kindergarten dress up as witches and corpses, it is not just an innocent game, but a serious promotion of evil and the devil. In the past, children bought masks of princesses, knights, and various heroes who fought against evil. Now the world has turned upside down, and evil has become admired, and we dress our children as negative characters who will only teach them evil. Suddenly, today in fairy tales, good no longer triumphs over evil, and that is also thanks to that diabolical holiday called Halloween," Soroka stated.
According to the Orthodox clergyman, it is necessary to keep the memory of the deceased on November 1, regardless of whether we are believers or not. "Praying and paying respect to the deceased is always better than, God forbid, this day should change into the devilish holiday of Halloween in the future," he added.