Greg Szymanski appears to be competing with Eric Jon Phelps to become the leading anti-Catholic activist in the United States. Szymanski seems to be willing to make any claim against the Catholic Church, as long as it fits his warped bigotry. In an article entitled “Jesuits and Stalin: Like Father Like Son,” Szymanski claims that Stalin was trained by the Jesuits to be a tyrannically bloody communist dictator. Szymanski provides little or no evidence to prove his arguments as we demonstrate here.
Szymanski claims that Stalin “was born to influential Catholic parents Vissarion “Beso” Dzhugashvili and Ekaterina “Keke” Geladze,” but provides no evidence to support his claim. Szymanski writes that Stalin’s father was not a poor, violent alcoholic as most biographies describe him, but was in fact “a successful and relatively wealthy local businessman.” Yet in the very quote that Szymanski uses to support his arguments, Stalin admits:
“My parents were uneducated.”
Now, can anyone in their right mind believe Stalin’s father an illiterate cobbler, and his wife (born a serf), living in Georgia in the 1870s were “successful and relatively wealthy” Catholics?
He claims that Stalin studied at the “Catholic Cappuchin run school at Gori.” The truth, something Szymanski avoids as much as possible, is that the Stalin’s school at Gori was in fact an Orthodox one.
In An interview with Archbishop Andrei (Gvazava) of Samtavisi and Gori (Georgian Orthodox Church), we learn the truth about Stalin’s school:
– Tell us, Vladyka, about the diocese which you now govern.
– Now I am the ruling bishop of Samtavisi and Gori. This diocese was created at the Council of 1995, and it consists of two ancient cathedras. The Samtavissi cathedra is one of the twelve most ancient cathedras, which had been founded during the reign of the holy King Vakhtang Gorgasali in the sixth century. The Gori cathedra also has a long history. There are very deep Christian roots in the Gori region, just as in all of Georgia. The most ancient church in this territory dates from the sixth century. Patriarch Kyrion, Patriarch Leonid, Holy Hierarch Alexander, and Patriarch Ephraim were born in this diocese. One of the oldest educational institutions in Georgia, the theological school, was located in Gori. Now it is restored and functions as a theological school for children.
Szymanski claims that Stalin “was born to influential Catholic parents Vissarion “Beso” Dzhugashvili and Ekaterina “Keke” Geladze,” but provides no evidence to support his claim. Szymanski writes that Stalin’s father was not a poor, violent alcoholic as most biographies describe him, but was in fact “a successful and relatively wealthy local businessman.” Yet in the very quote that Szymanski uses to support his arguments, Stalin admits:
“My parents were uneducated.”
Now, can anyone in their right mind believe Stalin’s father an illiterate cobbler, and his wife (born a serf), living in Georgia in the 1870s were “successful and relatively wealthy” Catholics?
He claims that Stalin studied at the “Catholic Cappuchin run school at Gori.” The truth, something Szymanski avoids as much as possible, is that the Stalin’s school at Gori was in fact an Orthodox one.
In An interview with Archbishop Andrei (Gvazava) of Samtavisi and Gori (Georgian Orthodox Church), we learn the truth about Stalin’s school:
– Tell us, Vladyka, about the diocese which you now govern.
– Now I am the ruling bishop of Samtavisi and Gori. This diocese was created at the Council of 1995, and it consists of two ancient cathedras. The Samtavissi cathedra is one of the twelve most ancient cathedras, which had been founded during the reign of the holy King Vakhtang Gorgasali in the sixth century. The Gori cathedra also has a long history. There are very deep Christian roots in the Gori region, just as in all of Georgia. The most ancient church in this territory dates from the sixth century. Patriarch Kyrion, Patriarch Leonid, Holy Hierarch Alexander, and Patriarch Ephraim were born in this diocese. One of the oldest educational institutions in Georgia, the theological school, was located in Gori. Now it is restored and functions as a theological school for children.
– Is that the educational institution where Stalin studied?
– Yes. Many other societal figures and outstanding Georgians studied there: Jacob Gogebashvili, Niko Lomouri, Niko Ketskhoveli, Lado Ketskhoveli.
So, we have an area like Gori with an ancient tradition of orthodox schools, cathedrals, and churches but somehow Szymanski has transformed Gori into a hotbed of Catholic indoctrination and intrigue.
Without any evidence whatsoever, Szymanski claims that the Orthodox Seminary of Tiflis was a Jesuit institution and that Stalin was to be trained as a Jesuit priest. His only source to back his claim is a quote from the devil himself, Stalin. Szymanski quotes from an interview that Stalin conducted with author Emil Ludwig. Szymanski makes it a point to reveal that Ludwig is Jewish and that his real name was Cohen. Not to imply that Szymanski is one but, this is a typical habit of anti-Semites and Jewish conspiracy theorists. Here is the quote that he cites:
Ludwig) What impelled you to become an oppositionist? Was it, perhaps, bad treatment by your parents?
Stalin) No. My parents were uneducated, but they did not treat me badly by any means. But it was a different matter at the Orthodox theological seminary, which I was then attending. In protest against the outrageous regime and the Jesuitical methods prevalent at the seminary, I was ready to become, and actually did become, a revolutionary, a believer in Marxism as a really revolutionary teaching.
Now, lets examine what Stalin actually says here:
“But it was a different matter at the Orthodox theological seminary which I was then attending.”
Didn’t he say the Orthodox theological seminary that he was attending? He did not say the Roman Catholic, Russian Catholic or the Byzantine Catholic seminary. He said the Orthodox theological seminary. Now, lets go on to the next line, which we assume is that great revelation that is supposed to convince us of Stalin’s Catholicism:
“In protest against the outrageous regime and the Jesuitical methods prevalent at the seminary”
So, let’s examine what Stalin is really saying here. Stalin is saying that an Orthodox seminary used methods that are Jesuitical. Thus we have an Orthodox school of theology using methods that Stalin did not like, and he uses the pejorative term Jesuitical to describe them. Does this mean he is implying that the seminary was Catholic? Remember what he said:
“But it was a different matter at the Orthodox theological seminary, which I was then attending.”
We should also remember that Stalin was extremely anti-Catholic and a persecutor of the Catholic Church and much of the Orthodox Christian community. Any reference to Catholicism and Church practices were never flattering.
In fact here is a page dedicated to Catholics martyred by the brutal Stalinist regime: http://en.catholicmartyrs.org/index.php
Szymanski goes on to claim that Stalin’s closest friend at Tiflis was a classmate Krikor Bedros Aghajanian and that this classmate became a “ruthless Catholic cardinal who went on to control the death camps in Siberia under Stalin’s rule.”
Yet we find that Krikor Bedros Aghajanian or Grégoire-Pierre XV Agagianian was born in 1895. This fact is also documented on official biographical websites.
Stalin on the other hand was born in 1878 and was expelled from an Orthodox seminary in 1899. How would it have been possible in 1895 for the 16-year-old Stalin to be best friends with the infant Krikor Bedros Aghajanian?
Further, there is no evidence anywhere that Aghajanian, a Cardinal and leader of the Armenian Catholic Church, was anywhere involved with the Soviet regime and any of it’s crimes. Aghajanian died on May 16, 1971, of cancer, in Rome. He was buried in the Armenian church of S. Nicola da Tolentino, Rome.
Szymanski then claims (without any evidence of course) that Stalin was not expelled from a Georgian Orthodox seminary, in 1899 for revolutionary activities, but graduated as a Jesuit priest. When did that happen?
Szymanski wonders out loud “how a seminary student of seven years suddenly appeared influential and active in coordinating the Georgian Social-Democratic movement less than 12 months later – an achievement that could not possibly have happened without substantial support.”
Really? Why is this so hard for Szymanski to believe? A young, intelligent, fearless, crafty sociopathic individual like Stalin should have had no trouble rising to the helm of an underground movement in no time. The void caused by the oppressive Czarist regime would have been enough to allow a strong willed person to take charge quickly and effectively.
– Yes. Many other societal figures and outstanding Georgians studied there: Jacob Gogebashvili, Niko Lomouri, Niko Ketskhoveli, Lado Ketskhoveli.
So, we have an area like Gori with an ancient tradition of orthodox schools, cathedrals, and churches but somehow Szymanski has transformed Gori into a hotbed of Catholic indoctrination and intrigue.
Without any evidence whatsoever, Szymanski claims that the Orthodox Seminary of Tiflis was a Jesuit institution and that Stalin was to be trained as a Jesuit priest. His only source to back his claim is a quote from the devil himself, Stalin. Szymanski quotes from an interview that Stalin conducted with author Emil Ludwig. Szymanski makes it a point to reveal that Ludwig is Jewish and that his real name was Cohen. Not to imply that Szymanski is one but, this is a typical habit of anti-Semites and Jewish conspiracy theorists. Here is the quote that he cites:
Ludwig) What impelled you to become an oppositionist? Was it, perhaps, bad treatment by your parents?
Stalin) No. My parents were uneducated, but they did not treat me badly by any means. But it was a different matter at the Orthodox theological seminary, which I was then attending. In protest against the outrageous regime and the Jesuitical methods prevalent at the seminary, I was ready to become, and actually did become, a revolutionary, a believer in Marxism as a really revolutionary teaching.
Now, lets examine what Stalin actually says here:
“But it was a different matter at the Orthodox theological seminary which I was then attending.”
Didn’t he say the Orthodox theological seminary that he was attending? He did not say the Roman Catholic, Russian Catholic or the Byzantine Catholic seminary. He said the Orthodox theological seminary. Now, lets go on to the next line, which we assume is that great revelation that is supposed to convince us of Stalin’s Catholicism:
“In protest against the outrageous regime and the Jesuitical methods prevalent at the seminary”
So, let’s examine what Stalin is really saying here. Stalin is saying that an Orthodox seminary used methods that are Jesuitical. Thus we have an Orthodox school of theology using methods that Stalin did not like, and he uses the pejorative term Jesuitical to describe them. Does this mean he is implying that the seminary was Catholic? Remember what he said:
“But it was a different matter at the Orthodox theological seminary, which I was then attending.”
We should also remember that Stalin was extremely anti-Catholic and a persecutor of the Catholic Church and much of the Orthodox Christian community. Any reference to Catholicism and Church practices were never flattering.
In fact here is a page dedicated to Catholics martyred by the brutal Stalinist regime: http://en.catholicmartyrs.org/index.php
Szymanski goes on to claim that Stalin’s closest friend at Tiflis was a classmate Krikor Bedros Aghajanian and that this classmate became a “ruthless Catholic cardinal who went on to control the death camps in Siberia under Stalin’s rule.”
Yet we find that Krikor Bedros Aghajanian or Grégoire-Pierre XV Agagianian was born in 1895. This fact is also documented on official biographical websites.
Stalin on the other hand was born in 1878 and was expelled from an Orthodox seminary in 1899. How would it have been possible in 1895 for the 16-year-old Stalin to be best friends with the infant Krikor Bedros Aghajanian?
Further, there is no evidence anywhere that Aghajanian, a Cardinal and leader of the Armenian Catholic Church, was anywhere involved with the Soviet regime and any of it’s crimes. Aghajanian died on May 16, 1971, of cancer, in Rome. He was buried in the Armenian church of S. Nicola da Tolentino, Rome.
Szymanski then claims (without any evidence of course) that Stalin was not expelled from a Georgian Orthodox seminary, in 1899 for revolutionary activities, but graduated as a Jesuit priest. When did that happen?
Szymanski wonders out loud “how a seminary student of seven years suddenly appeared influential and active in coordinating the Georgian Social-Democratic movement less than 12 months later – an achievement that could not possibly have happened without substantial support.”
Really? Why is this so hard for Szymanski to believe? A young, intelligent, fearless, crafty sociopathic individual like Stalin should have had no trouble rising to the helm of an underground movement in no time. The void caused by the oppressive Czarist regime would have been enough to allow a strong willed person to take charge quickly and effectively.
In order to read the rest of Szymanski’s article on Stalin, the wafer eating Romanist Papist, we would have to lay out some cash to have that “privilege.” We decided to pass. We couldn’t imagine that there would be anything more convincing no matter how many pages Szymanski devotes to this subject.
What motivates Szymanski? We're not sure. It’s obvious to everyone that a general break down of the world financial system dominated by Wall Street and the City of London is well underway. In order to preserve this system in some mangled and degenerate form the Anglo-American oligarchs will do anything in their power to divert attention from themselves and their complicity in the catastrophic collapse of civilization. It is an old British trick to use religion and religious warfare as a means of dividing the vast majority against each other. This takes the heat off them.
Szymanski could be one in a long line of individuals and groups that functions on behalf of the oligarchy, against multiethnic, multi-denominational, multiracial unity. The establishment power brokers know, if the working people stop scapegoating each other and instead target the financial elite and their henchmen, their
days are numbered. Whether Szymanski is on a particular payroll to produce his provocative material or he is just a demented hate monger we still don’t know.
All we do know is that Greg Szymanski serves the interests of the Anglo-American establishment well.
What motivates Szymanski? We're not sure. It’s obvious to everyone that a general break down of the world financial system dominated by Wall Street and the City of London is well underway. In order to preserve this system in some mangled and degenerate form the Anglo-American oligarchs will do anything in their power to divert attention from themselves and their complicity in the catastrophic collapse of civilization. It is an old British trick to use religion and religious warfare as a means of dividing the vast majority against each other. This takes the heat off them.
Szymanski could be one in a long line of individuals and groups that functions on behalf of the oligarchy, against multiethnic, multi-denominational, multiracial unity. The establishment power brokers know, if the working people stop scapegoating each other and instead target the financial elite and their henchmen, their
days are numbered. Whether Szymanski is on a particular payroll to produce his provocative material or he is just a demented hate monger we still don’t know.
All we do know is that Greg Szymanski serves the interests of the Anglo-American establishment well.
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