Priest calls Halloween vapid, urges Vespers over parties, allows trick-or-treating with limits
A priest describes Halloween as at best vapid and stupid, a distraction that keeps people from attending digital services for St. Jude or St. John of Kronstadt. He states that evil things can happen on Halloween, citing revelations about human sacrifice and the perversity of the wealthy and powerful, including politicians he believes are guilty of hideous evil.
While he opposes Halloween, he does not forbid parishioners from trick-or-treating. He distinguishes between children dressing as cartoon characters such as SpongeBob, which does not make a child evil, and dressing as evil figures, which children should not do. He refuses to make Halloween the hill to die on, unlike some other priests who take a stricter stance.
Key moments
- 0:00 Halloween is at best vapid and stupid, a way for people to avoid digital services for St. Jude or Cronstadt.
- 0:37 Evil things can happen on Halloween, including human sacrifice, and the richer people are, the more perverse they become as a percentage.
- 1:10 Politicians have been accused of hideous evil and the speaker believes they have done these things.
- 1:41 Trick-or-treating does not give oneself over to evil; dressing as SpongeBob does not make a child evil.
- 2:12 Children should not dress up as evil things, but the speaker will not make Halloween the hill to die on, unlike some priests.
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