INTERNET ADDICTION OF THE ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS. ARCHPRIEST SERGIY BARANOV

QUESTION. Nowadays, even Orthodox people actively use the Internet. They listen to sermons and everything else. How to kick the habit? ANSWER. We meant the best, but it turned out as usual. We hung out on the good sites, but it turned out to be an addiction. How to kick the habit? Very easily. I had a touch phone, but I threw it out and bought a push-button phone as I myself started to surf on the “good,” interesting Orthodox sites. At a certain moment, I came to realize it is devastating. Just a waste of time. Well, I looked through an Orthodox site, nevertheless, and it caused damage to my soul due to excessiveness of the process. You should choose the means yourself. Once, I was painting frescoes at Karoulia, Mount Athos, and the hermits there told me, “You know how many phones there are in the sea?” Good pilgrims come and say, “Father, we can come here only once a year. But we want so badly to keep our spiritual contact with you. So please, take this phone.” The father crosses it and says, “I wil