Sport is peace?
"I am not against sports at all. I for him. For mass, for Amateur, for professional. And for her I suffer, in Boxing, in football, in hockey. I own, that is our dearly wants to win. But I want to say that if we are looking for peace in sports, we are not looking for it. The world isn't coming from there. The Liturgy begins with a call to pray"for the upper world and the salvation of our souls." "The highest peace" is "peace from above", peace, walking from heaven, from God. If he doesn't come from there, he won't come from anywhere else. It is only God's gift, as is wisdom or humility.
The above should not be taken as criticism of sports. On the contrary, my will, would cry: "the Orthodox youth, go to the gym! March burn excess weight and bad force, that have nowhere to do with it. March to fight laziness and win, first, yourself!"What is not an integral part of the national idea?
This should be understood as an attempt to put meanings into place. We should not expect from sports that sport, in principle, can not give. Peace, love for each other, international reconciliation, the abolition of racism, he can not give. Not in forces because it is-energy of war and proud rivalry, dressed in a sports uniform and solving the problems on specially prepared sports ground". ⠀
Excerpt from the new book of Archpriest Andrei Tkachev "Men, men..."