Apollos Cassian

Orthodox brothers, @jaydyer

@jaydyer @AnaniasFather My brothers in Christ...

Sayidna, bless. One concern with social media Ive witnessed firsthand is that when a popular Orthodox apologist gains a large following and is credited with doing good or bringing people into the Church, there can develop a sense that certain behavior is permitted because of that influence. This is dangerous. Influence should increase accountability, not place someone beyond correction. When someone publicly presents himself as a defender of the Orthodox faith, yet spreads falsehoods or slander about fellow Orthodox Christians, it should not be excused because of popularity, past fruit, or online reach. The concern is not only that such behavior happens, but that it influences other Orthodox Christians to join in the same conduct, giving the appearance that mockery, slander, and falsehood are acceptable when done under the shadow of a popular apologist. This harms the faithful, damages the witness of the Church, and can create a kind of unofficial authority where even priests may feel pressured to remain silent or look away. We need clearer pastoral guidance reminding public Orthodox voices that defending the faith must never be separated from truth, humility, repentance, and love in Christ.

How should the Church respond to artificial intelligence, social media, rapid cultural change, and growing confusion about truth and identity? Many of the challenges we face today are new. And the responses often divide us.

@jaydyer has actual lies that he's posted about me. Im a nobody but after one 20min conversation, in which he called me worse than Muslims and OnlyFan whores, he blocked me then came at me for the next 3 days. Then his followers, brothers in Christ came at me. Have you told him to log off? Maybe you can ask him to remove his lies about another Orthodox brother.

@YariLogos You’re publicly saying nasty things about both an EO priest and EO laymen. It’s time to log off. Pray on that.

"Make Christianity Jewish again. It'll be good" Fr SDY

"Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness." James 3:1

@ShayneSwenson Indeed, it is a great challenge. I’m learning firsthand that partiality is often shown to those with popularity.

The Orthodox Church is FULL of the most spiritually diseased people on earth. It makes perfect sense however as it’s the only place in the universe where the cure for our terminal prognosis can be found.

I'm a nobody in this arena. Jay, the apologist of the faith, couldn't let a 20min call go. He had to spread false information about me. He persisted and spreaded more false information on Sunday. If you brothers called him to account and he removed his slander, I would not be here. Im not the one with the platform that persisted in lying about another brother in Christ. Have you expressed concern about what Jay has done to him?

@HHS3239 @T4Peace brother, this is what counter-signaling does. You’re just empowering the Protestants against the orthodox

I wish many realized they were tied up in the cult of personality. Don't be so happy to be a part of something that you can't see what you're a part of.

Brothers, I will never ask you for money. I will never sell you anything. This is not a brand, a career, or an attempt to profit from controversy. I am engaging this for a season, and Lord willing, it will not be long. Seek out priests, monks, and faithful Orthodox voices who defend the faith while striving to speak and act like men formed by Christ. There is no room under the banner of Orthodoxy for slandering a brother in Christ. Christ is our King!

@_captainswish For several years I served the homeless in Seattle as a case manager. Good work you're doing brother with the prayer booklet.

@T4Peace Your approach to Jay had no integrity, dignity, and sound speech - you are absolutely condemned you hypocrite

Titus 2:6-9 "Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled. Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us."

My brother in Christ Jim, who defends my other brother who spreads lies about me. I'm grateful Jay has brought me out of retirement. Long before Jay was doing this I was debating with atheists on YouTube. He's slander does not phase me, but it grieves me that the one doing this is my brother in Christ. Rest assured, I am not going anywhere until I see the tables in the temple turned over.

@T4Peace @JayDyer Log off. Go to Liturgy. Stay offline. You don’t belong here.

Orthodox brothers, take your anonymous online persona and show your priest what you’re doing. Tell him an Orthodox brother named Apollos Cassian talked with @JayDyer for about 20 minutes. Tell him Apollos said some things awkwardly and could have framed his concerns better. Then tell him what happened afterward. Jay said Apollos was Catholic, even though Apollos clearly stated he was Orthodox. Jay then spread more false information, calling Apollos an ecumenist. The next day, Jay claimed Apollos is "actually insane.” None of that is true. So if you believe mocking, misrepresenting, and spreading false claims about an Orthodox brother is righteous, bring it into the light. Show your priest your posts, your replies, and your accusations. Ask yourself, is this of Christ? Not online Orthodoxy. Not influencer apologetics. Not tribal loyalty. Christ. If he has questions, you have my name. I’m reachable on Facebook.

Since Jay has blocked me but I haven't blocked him and he likes to drop a comment, tell him I said, thanks for bringing me out of retirement. Also let him know, SSRI's are for depression not narcolepsy. Lastly, let him know I will not be spreading lies about him, like he has about me. Christ calls us to love one another!

@T4Peace @JayDyer dude seriously, stop trying to be the hero

Orthodox brothers, @jaydyer

@patristic_faith someone spreading lies about another brother in Christ and you remain in silence? Does Christ and His Church have a lower standard for apologists of the faith because they bring in converts?

@HonkeyHero18 @JayDyer Call me on Facebook Messenger, we can have a conversation about what you consider these substantive arguments to be. Name calling is not an argument.

@T4Peace @JayDyer You refuse to engage with any substantive arguments that head your way. I have seen the screenshots of the things you say in your local group chat you are in. All you want to do is gossip and lie, and cry and whine and you REFUSE to see your blatant aggressive hypocrisy. Pathetic

@illustriousone5 @JayDyer Show your priest your social media and ask him for guidance. Ask him, if spreading lies about a brother in Christ gets a free pass if the person doing it is famous?

@T4Peace @JayDyer Honest question, how can I become as pious as you? You are truly a paragon of virtue that we should all strive to become.

@HonkeyHero18 @JayDyer Name calling isn't an argument nor is it engagement with what's been said.

@T4Peace @JayDyer I wish you would just stop appearing on my timeline your whiny ass effeminate posts are so annoying

@HeinrichVStahl @ScottieD0ESknow @JayDyer Be sure to visit, come to Liturgy and let us tell each other, Christ is in our midst!

@T4Peace @ScottieD0ESknow @JayDyer The only person giving up information would be me. I already know the name of your parish.

@JayDyer, this is beneath any Orthodox Christian public witness. You are now using a video of me during a period of suffering and implying I am “mentally ill” in order to discredit me. I have type 1 narcolepsy, a neurological disorder that affects wakefulness, speech, cognition, and functioning. I have spoken openly about suffering because I believe Christ meets us there — not so it could be turned into mockery by an Orthodox public figure. You can disagree with my questions. You can say I framed them poorly. I have already acknowledged that. But publicly misidentifying my faith, calling me unstable, insinuating things about my character, and now exploiting visible symptoms of illness is not correction. It is not discernment. It is not Orthodox. This is exactly the concern I raised: when Orthodox apologetics becomes indistinguishable from influencer culture, the weak are mocked, the facts become secondary, and the audience is trained to confuse cruelty with zeal. I am Orthodox. I am your brother in Christ. And this kind of public behavior needs to be rebuked plainly. Truth does not require mockery. Correction does not require humiliation. And defending the faith does not give anyone license to bear false witness against a brother.

@ScottieD0ESknow @JayDyer Does Jay posting more false information about me yesterday evoke that same call to righteousness in you?

@T4Peace @JayDyer I didn't see your apology anywhere, just 3 days of sperg posting. All of this is a response to your public behavior, fake piety, virtue signaling, and blatant hypocrisy that Jay pointed out live for thousands to see. WHERE IS YOUR APOLOGY TO JAY?