When starting to work on the Internet, one should remember that in the virtual space, no one has canceled the principles of Christian brotherly love, humility and respect for the interlocutor, which are often over-looked, especially in the heat of irreconcilable worldview discussions on the World Wide Web. 

Report at the Diocesan Assembly of Moscow, December 22, 2010 

Our Orthodox com-munity is very active in its multitude. There is a civic position, and a willingness to change the social environment for the better, as well as a disagreement with injustice, which is so prevalent in our life. It is enough to follow the discussions on the blogs led by believers - both laymen and clergy. Often a common phrase emerges in one’s head after reading: “This energy should be used for good purposes!”. I would like to ask many of the participants of these Inter-net contests a simple question: “You speak very convincingly, but what is your real work? What are your practical actions?” 

Everyone has learned to speak. I am pleased to note the increase of the quality of writing due to the Internet. At one time, when telephones appeared, letter writing, so popular in the 19th – 20th centuries, began to disappear. With the advent of the Internet, it has received a second or third wind. This genre however, does not always work for the good. So, the question of how much you have done personally to make our Church, our parishes, and our community life better, worthier, and more attractive is a serious question that should be addressed to the Internet community first of all.

I am in no way belittling the importance and necessity of deep, serious discussions in the Orthodox environment. I want to remind each of the participants though that the words of the Savior refer to him personally: by their fruits you will recognize them (Matt. 7, 16). By fruits, not by conversations, and even less by mockery, anecdotes, or chatter, not by the will to seem strong, intelligent, convincing, or biting. 

If our Orthodox Internet community accepts this great commandment of God: by their fruits you will recognize them, then our Internet space will be cleansed of  the husk that is tearing apart the moral sense of many people today. It is also important to think about what these fruits will be. Will it only be dozens of thousands of passionate words in blogs or will it be works for the good of the Church and the Fatherland,  the results of which one will not be ashamed?

Speech at the third meeting of the Coordination Committee for the Promotion of Social, Educational, Informa-tion, Cultural and Other Initiatives under the auspices of the Russian Orthodox Church, Moscow, March 23, 2012 

The dissent, natural for the Church, about which the Apostle Paul spoke (1 Cor. 11:19), and reflected in the information environment, sometimes takes absurd forms... In the virtual space, groups of churchgoing liberals and conservatives are being formed who are looking not for the truth, not for the truth of God, but for a way to prick more painfully, to hurt each other more sharply. This is a very sad trend. Internal divisions in the Church, strife, and enmity are evidence of an infancy in faith, and a childishness, which sometimes takes on a hooligan-like form. If such phenomena are quite natural for the media format of communication, since they correspond to mod-ern ideas about free thought, then for our centuries-old Church tradition, all this is deeply alien;  alien and contrary to the very spirit of the Gospel teaching. 

Report at the Diocesan Assembly of Moscow, December 28, 2012

The witness of the Church is impossible without the unity of the Church. Now, when everyone has the opportunity to speak in public, this necessary condition of the mission becomes more relevant than ever. The diversity of opinions in the Church is a welcome sign of the openness of priests and laity to dialogue. If we enter a discussion only to show the intellectual inconsistency of our adversary, what is the benefit to the Church and to ourselves?... 

Report at the Bishops’ Council 2013, Moscow, February 2, 2013

I have already said several times that, on the one hand, the modern information society provides a person with many opportunities that only yesterday were considered fantastic. These opportunities can and should be used in the preaching of the Word of Christ; in the Church’s mission. On the other hand, the information society is fraught with a lot of dangers. I closely follow the exchange of opinions in the press, discussions on blogs and social networks as closely as the rather tense patriarchal schedule allows. Yes, there are many examples of deep and Church-wide discussions. Sometimes however, we have to note with grief, exam-ples of adopting stereotypes of behavior that are alien to the believer. There are times when the Orthodox media compete with each other, and secular colleagues in prov-ocation, and priests and laity sometimes literally practice backbiting.

This is, of course, unacceptable. Discussions between clergy on church and socio-political topics, including in the public arena, should be of a Christian nature and take place with an emphasis on respect for the interlocutor. 

Report at the Diocesan Assembly of Moscow December 20, 2013