Vladyka Anfim: MEMORY ETERNAL!

SHARING: In Mourning and Loving Memory of A GOOD MAN, Recently Suddenly Departed, beloved Vladyka Anfim: MEMORY ETERNAL!    Inbox

Dan Everiss <oregdan@hotmail.com> Sun, Dec 27, 2020 at 5:29 PM Reply | Reply to all | Forward | Print | Delete | Show original (Note: I hope that his photo comes across). Rd. Daniel)   My personal comment:  Greatly respected and beloved by all, our big-hearted and devoted ROCOR Bishop Anfim (Anthimus) of Bessarabia, Moldova,  was recently unexpectedly taken from us by the Covid pandemic, and his quick passage from our midst is a great loss for his local flock in Moldova and for our entire world-wide  Russian Orthodox Church Abroad,  and as he was only 48 years of age. He greatly loved God and His saints, he greatly loved the Orthodox Church, and people, and he never ceased to build and beautify the houses of God, and to be a constant missionary for saving souls....even to far away Congo, Africa.. His very face radiated God's love, and his own. He was the Gospel's image of what the leaders of our faith should be, a true humble follower and imitator of Our Lord Jesus Christ, He "Who gave himself for the life of the world". Vladyka Anfim truly gave himself for his flock. This very intelligent and learned scholar  was fluent in many languages, and  steeped in his knowledge and practice of the Orthodox Christian Way of Life. He was, in short, The Good Bishop, The Good Shepherd of his flock....a true reflection of His Father in Heaven. He was "a man for all seasons". He even in person reached out to some of the leaders of our  ROCOR's "Andronik-Mt. View" lamentable and totally unjustified schism here in North America, to appeal to them, in love, to return to our fold, but...they closed their ears and would not heed his loving appeal, as they also have not heeded this same appeal which our entire ROCOR Synod has repeatedly beseeched them so to do, for some years now. They are thus in the end, the big losers, likely to be soon openly & proudly aligned with Moscow's KGB founded and still totally controlled Moscow Patriarchy and its true 'patriarch', Vladimir Putin.. Now, Heaven is the gainer  by his passage from us, but we still who are struggling in this transient life, are the losers, of one, next to our beloved Vladyka Metropolitan Agafangel, of our brightest and most out-going missionary bishops. Dear newly departed to the Lord, beloved by all, Vladyka Anfim,     May God forgive all of your sins of your life on earth, and may you indeed Rest with the Saints, and Memory Eternal, and we will not forget your short but blessed life nor your devotion to Christ's Holy Church. Your loving smiling face, we will not forget. You were the candle which could not be hid under the bushel. Clearly, you were too good, for God to allow you to continue in this sinful world, and so He has taken you to be with Him, as you were perfected in a short time, at your youthful age of only 48 years. With a sense of mournful sadness and loss, yet with hope in the Resurrection, -which was the dedication of your monastery, and in which hope you daily lived,  Retired Reader Daniel Everiss in Oregon, U.S.A.   Author: Metropolitan Agafangel. Date of publication:24 october 2020... Category: ROCOR . Today, on October 24 at 4 pm, after a serious illness, at the age of 48, he passed away to the Lord Right Reverend ANFIM, bishop of Bessarabia Kingdom of heaven! Eternal peace! Bishop Anfim (Tudos Adrian Vasilievich), was born on June 14, 1973 in the Odessa region, Ukraine into a family of Orthodox Christians, was baptized in childhood. Higher education. 1991-1993 studied and graduated from the theological seminary in Romania in the city of Caransebes. 1993-1998 studied and graduated from the State University "Alexandru Ioann Cuza", in Romania in the city of Iasi, specializing in pastoral theology. In 1994, while studying at the theological faculty, on September 14, he took monastic vows with the name Anfim in honor of the schema martyr  monk  Anfima, at the Chatatsuya Monastery, Romanian Church. A year later, 1995, in May, on the feast day of St. Nicholas was ordained a deacon by Archbishop Vladimir (Kontoryanu), Chisinau and All Moldova, ROC MP, and on Pascha 1996 he was ordained a hieromonk by the same bishop. On July 19, 1997 he was elevated to the rank of hegumen. 1994-2000 he fulfilled the obedience of the  rector  of St. Trinity men's. monastery in the village of Rud, Dundushan region, Moldova. Also, he performed the duties of the Dean of the Rezinsky District. In 2000, having learned the truth of the Church, he stopped communicating with the MP. Then he was spiritually nourished in the Romanian Old Calendar Orthodox Church. In 2010 he was admitted to communion with the ROCOR, a cleric of the Bolgrad diocese and received the blessing of the ruling bishop to create a men's  monastic community and the beginning of the construction of the Resurrection men's monastery in the village of New Sagaidak, Chimislia region, Moldova. From 09.11.2011 By the Synod of the ROCOR, the monastery's founder was appointed abbot-rector  of the Resurrection. Monastery. On May 23, 2012, with the blessing of the ROCOR Synod, he was elevated to the rank of archimandrite. On the election of the pastoral conference of the Chisinau diocese and by decree of the extraordinary Council of Bishops (November 25-27, 2014), On November 30, 2014 at the Resurrection Monastery, Moldova, he was ordained Bishop of Chimislia, vicar of the Chisinau diocese. From 04/05/2017 - Bishop of Bessarabsky. Tags: rptsz , bishop anfim , eternal memory   From the Wisdom of Solomon, (Old Testament Book in the Orthodox Bible): and thinking of departed & greatly beloved Vladika Bishop  Anfim, of Bessarabia, Moldova: "1. But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them.  2. In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure is taken for misery, 3. And their going from us to be utter destruction: but they are in peace. 4. For though they be punished in the sight of men, yet is their hope full of immortality. 5. And having been a little chastised, they shall be greatly rewarded: for God proved them, and found them worthy for himself. 6. As gold in the furnace hath He tried them, and received them as a burnt offering. 7. And in the time of their visitation they shall shine, and run to and fro like sparks among the stubble. 8. They shall judge the nations, and have dominion over the people, and their Lord shall reign for ever. 9. They that put their trust in Him shall understand the truth: and such as be faithful in love shall abide with Him: for grace and mercy is to His saints, and He hath care for his elect." "Blessed are they whom Thou has chosen and taken O Lord! Their memorial is from age to age". Memory Eternal: To His Grace Bishop ANFIM Author: Metropolitan Agafangel. Date of publication:24 october 2020... Category: ROCOR . Today, on October 24 at 4 pm, after a serious illness, at the age of 48, he passed away to the Lord Right Reverend ANFIM, bishop of Bessarabia The Kingdom of heaven! Eternal peace!  Back to Forward  Discuss this article Sign in to comment Comments    # RE: Eternal memory: His Grace Bishop ANFIM - Metropolitan Agafangel 10/25/2020 10:11 The condolences on the death of Vladyka Anfim from the Greek Synod of the GOC of Greece are shared.. # RE: Eternal memory: His Grace Bishop ANFIM - Protodeacon Herman 10/24/2020 19:29 God rest the soul of your good servant, His Grace Anthim. 48 years old. So much had already been done by him, and so much remained ahead. But - we all walk under God ... Eternal memory, dear Master! Protodeacon  Herman, in LyonRomanian, Italian and French - communication with our brothers in Romania, Italy and Congo is now difficult for us. Kingdom of Heaven to dear Lord Anfima!

GOC Special Prayer for Present Sorrows and Trials

A General Sharing: Official GOC Of Greece Synod's: PRAYER UPON THE PRESENT SORROW AND TRIAL    Inbox

Dan Everiss <oregdan@hotmail.com> Tue, Dec 22, 2020 at 8:22 PM Reply | Reply to all | Forward | Print | Delete | Show original ​SWEETIST JESUS, SAVE US!   PRAYER UPON THE PRESENT SORROW AND TRIAL   O Lord our God, the Life, the Helper, and the Hope of the Hopeless; Who providest healing to those who from their soul flee unto Thee; Who makest steadfast the weak, and consolest the fainthearted; Who supportest those in affliction, and healest those lying in illness, hearken unto the supplications and intercessions of Thy servants, and deliver them and us from the pernicious attack of the fatal virus called coronavirus. Yeah, O Almighty Master, look down from Thy holy dwelling place, and behold, and visit Thy flock delivering it from all assault of visible and invisible enemies, and plagues. Receive the repentance of us who in humility and weeping cast ourselves into the immaculate sea of Thy goodness, and forgive us every sin, voluntary and involuntary, every passion and temptation. Preserve us inviolate in the Orthodox Faith, and in the way of Thy divine commandments. Blot out this virus which hath appeared on account of our sins, and grant to those in illness from it complete healing and remission. Those in danger for praising Thy dominion in Thy sacred and holy temples, and houses of prayer, do Thou guard from all malice; from every affront of the enemy, and from destructive men and circumstances. Thy faithful people, being in affliction and necessity, do Thou empower, guard, and protect from every suffering of soul and body. Root out from their souls fear, and implant in them bravery. Make Thy Church steadfast, guard it from every evil circumstance and oppression. Uphold the pious, grant peace to our country, but the impious and their unrighteous councils do Thou scatter, that they not harm Thy world, and Thy creation. And grant us, O Master and Lord of all, enlightenment of soul and correction of life, so that, being freed from the deadly virus, and all its woeful and severe symptoms, we may all glorify with one mouth and one heart Thine all-honoured and majestic name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen. [This prayer was compiled and approved by our Holy Synod of the Church of the G.O.C. of Greece (November 2020) and the Priests are asked to read it at the Divine Services prior to “Through the prayers…” Additionally, it may be used by the faithful laity in their daily personal prayers.]

St. Nicholas Feast Day Greetings

Sharing: Festal Greetings with St. Nicholas Feast Day Today: St. Nicholas with scenes from his life & his miracles    Inbox

Dan Everiss <oregdan@hotmail.com> Sat, Dec 19, 2020 at 12:57 PM To: Dan Everiss <oregdan@hotmail.com> Reply | Reply to all | Forward | Print | Delete | Show original Subject: For St. Nicholas Feast Day Today: St. Nicholas with scenes from his life & his miracles   ​"The Truth of things revealed thee to thy flock as a rule of faith, a model of meekness, and a teacher of temperance. Therefore thou hast won the heights by humility, riches by poverty, O our Holy Father Nicholas, intercede with Christ our God that He may save our souls!" O our Holy Father Nicholas, pray to God for us! Subject: St. Nicholas with scenes from his life & his miracles

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Dan Everiss <oregdan@hotmail.com>	Sun, Dec 6, 2020 at 1:53 PM
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12/6/2020: PROGRESS PHOTO REPORT: My Gift from God, my royal palace:  Our Saviour's Place, Oregon USA, building interior renovation work is underway AND new computer being installed-soon a new website also.  A WORK IN PROGRESS! -- GLORY TO GOD FOR ALL THINGS ~ Retired Reader Daniel Everiss

-For 2020: American Thanksgiving Day

X6--For 2020: American Thanksgiving Day: Orthodox Christian Services blessed by Holy Confessor Patriarch of Moscow, Tikhon (Belavin) of Thrice Blessed Memory, who loved America and its people.

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Dan Everiss <oregdan@hotmail.com> Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 1:10 AM Reply | Reply to all | Forward | Print | Delete | Show original ​Added note: And I give my solemn testimony and witness, that Blessed & Martyric Patriarch Tikhon (when he was THE canonical Orthodox Archbishop of all of North America & of all Orthodox people here), specially blessed these prayers and added his dispensation/suspension of that one day's fasting requirements, -"if it fell on a fast or Lenten day", in favor of the great importance of the national American feast of general thanksgiving to God for all of her blessings, saying: "We Orthodox in America should adopt as our own & encourage this soleAmerican national  religious  celebration, and I order that in all  Orthodox churches in America, on this day there be  served, IN ENGLISH, these Thanksgiving Prayers." (This I read personally, in San Francisco, many years ago in an English language early  falling apart tattered hard- printed first-edition & a now unavailable book, with Archbishop Tikhon's blessing). Retired Tonsured Psalm-Reader, Daniel Everiss in Oregon, USA.      Orthodox Service (and an appendaged added  general Akathist of Thanksgiving for all occasions) for American  Thanksgiving  Day: THANKSGIVING DAY Published in 1901 with the blessing of St. Tikhon of Moscow Fourth Thursday in November

http://rocorrefugeesreadmore.blogspot.com/2015/12/akathist-of-thanksgiving.html

to Orthodox friends in San Francisco

Dan Everiss <oregdan@hotmail.com>	Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 6:11 PM
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UPDATE: Nov. 23, 2020:   Dear beloved fellow Orthodox friends in San Francisco, GLORY TO JESUS CHRIST!  GLORY TO HIM FOREVER! Because of this current daily on-going unfolding of our national calamity, this  chaotic political situation, I am among the many millions in our nation, who are in shock and dismay -- and frankly, very pessimistic for our country's future.  And I know that you must also feel the same -- betrayed. As of today's best and most comprehensive ACCURATE information, it seems (but may events turn around, yet!) that Pres. Trump cannot be re-elected.  The corrupt political system will not allow him to be reelected, though  MOST of us Americans voted for him. AND, that the Left is about to take over the reins of our national government... which to me, indicates the end of our liberties and freedoms... and indeed, of our rapid decline economically too. Why is this happening? Of course there are many root causes which can be identified. First, we have before our eyes, as our central FIRST & MAIN PROOF of this fraud election, are these  past disgusting 4 years worth of DAILY outrageous and totally untrue slanders and personal malicious attacks on our president by the now very leftist and anti-American, corrupt Democrat political machine & by its slavish puppet leftist-captive propaganda news media -- which many DUMB! and totally ignorant & uninformed Americans BLINDLY & UNCRITICALLY/MORONICALLY depend on as their SOLE source for 'news' of what is going on -- of course their biggest first mistake.  They make their decisions upon lies, not upon the true facts.  It seems to be their life-long habit. The world-wide Left will: stop at nothing!... to remove our main defender of our American Constitutional  freedoms: Donald John Trump! And now, we have more than enough 'evidence' for those who seek the truth, of this falsified fake massively rigged election campaign. Clearly, Pres. Trump won this re-election by many millions of legitimate votes! We now cannot depend on 'the courts' or politically biased corrupt judges to give us our true electoral Trump victory, as they too are mostly controlled by leftists and/or are beholden to/captives of the anti-Trump leftist corrupt forces:    (Barack Hussein Obama:-as evidence  is coming out now, being a top and central long-term organizer/puppeteer of the many faceted long orchestrated general BEHIND THE SCENES,  smear campaign against President Trump, and also against our country),... so therefore, even our American justice system is largely corrupt and is rendered unable to give us the truth or to condemn the criminals.  Now we need our justice system to save us, even our Supreme Court, and where are they? In this national crisis, our American justice system is largely on the side of the criminal traitors to our country.  Such a massive stolen  national election as this is proving to be, in third world countries, would normally trigger bloody civil war, with the deaths of thousands. Will we follow that same path? Regardless, I daily add to my other prayers, that God stop these godless and pro-Marxist evil men from taking over our country and pushing us to the left... in favor of our international enemies, (basically, The International Communist Conspiracy), and that Almighty God will stop brain damaged and criminal Biden and his Leftist cohort, from taking power. The Left wants, in the end, the total destruction of our America. President Trump has been stopping them.  But.... as always, all is in God's hands: "Man proposes but God disposes!" Will many or ANY angry patriotic Americans now take up arms, (which weapons many  already possess), and actually physically attack this new leftist Marxist tyrannical regime? - I DO NOT KNOW, but I fear so...…. But regardless of developing DAILY ever-changing current events, you and I need to keep our personal balance and not lose our Christian principals... or go insane... as many others will for sure NOW do. EVERYONE who voted for Pres. Trump & thus for America, has to now be very very angry.... and that means many millions.  We have had our election and our country! ...stolen from us!  I am personally deeply hurt and very angry, and in daily depressed mourning for what seems as the death-throws of my native land and country -- which country was moving forward in these last 4 years, in so many positive directions under Pres. Trump's guidance. The evil leaders  of the new leftist regime, (about which we have evidence are being LONG TERM bribed and paid by American's international Communist and Moslem enemies) promise to undo EVERYTHING which wise and patriotic Pres. Trump initiated! But at this moment, I can say no more...…… as I am full to overflowing with emotion and anger. Retired Reader Daniel, in Oregon USA,  now in daily deep mourning for our country……... it truly seems that The Swamp in Washington D.C and over the whole nation, has won..... and now marks the start of the ending of what has been the best of our American culture and freedoms. May God turn this around, yet!

GOC Metropolitan's warnings in Greece

#2-Sharing: An Orthodox Metropolitan's warnings in Greece, on this pandemic and & government persecution of our Orthodox faithful    Inbox  Daniel Everiss

Dan Everiss <oregdan@hotmail.com> Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 11:32 AM Reply | Reply to all | Forward | Print | Delete | Show original The Gadarenes of our Days An Article by His Eminence, Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Attica and Boeotia (GOC) Monday November 9, 2020 It is obvious that we are living in unprecedented situations with rapidly changing developments worldwide, with the occasion given by the deadly pandemic – as they call it – of coronavirus. From the moment they imposed measures for the protection of the citizens, many things have been said, particularly by internet channels, creating in the minds of ordinary citizens only confusion because of the opposing views of the people of the so-called scientific community. I will not analyze any of the diametrically opposed views among scientists on the subject of the virus. Anyone interested can refer to the internet for a variety of information and be properly informed. With this absolute fear-mongering, which the media conveys to him who struggles just to earn a living, without leaving him a margin of thought, they direct him to roads where the objectives are fulfilled of people who have not tasted of LIFE Itself (that is, Christ). It goes without saying that we have understood that the coronavirus, especially in Greece, is completely allergic. Allergic to Pascha, allergic to August 15, allergic to December in anticipation of Christ’s Nativity. In the last few days, relative government Ministries have announced to the Greek territory that common prayer of the faithful inside the Holy Temples is not allowed. Specifically, only four people are allowed at the Divine Liturgy, in which the Liturgist and the Chanter are included. And in fact, if there are more inside the Temple, the responsible Liturgist will pay a fine of 1,500 euros. Not only that, but the Christian is not allowed to enter the Temple to pray even outside the Liturgy. These are measures which neither the Ottoman-Turks who had enslaved us for over four hundred years nor the Germans during their Occupation (1941-1944) imposed on us. These unfortunate ones do not know that whenever there were deadly pandemics, everyone united, clergy and laity, they made common vigils and prayers with processions that the evil might flee, which evil always fled if they had faith of heart. Where is that faith today? It has been replaced by the so-called rationalism of the Gadarenes, who, although they knew of Christ’s power to heal their souls and bodies, did not keep Him in their lives; they did not submit to Him the problems of their society to solve them as the only Able One. But rather… they expelled Him! I want to clarify and make it clear that we definitely want to have our health and in no case do we want the coronavirus in our life, nor to become a cause of its transmission. It is very funny, if not provocative when they come out and speak in the media with such passion, malice, and anger against Christians who want to be in common prayer inside the Holy Temples. We assure them that we are committed to the service of the spiritual and physical health of our fellow man because we believe in the love that is called Jesus Christ. By no means do we allow all these who have not tasted LIFE to teach lessons of humanity to true people of love; to conscientious Christians; to those people who are consumed with struggling sacrificially to alleviate the pain and suffering of our fellow man. Have all the problems in our pillaged Greece have been solved? The cannibalistic predators who have reduced it to being handicapped and bloodied? The 350,000 annual abortions of defenseless children? The poisonous fruits and vegetables we buy for our dinner tables, the polluted air we breathe in Western Attica from the refineries, which causes misery in several area hospitals full of patients who have suffered strokes lying on cots, the absence of police against the thieves who loot the hard-earned acquisitions of those who struggle just to earn a living, and so many, so many more? On the other hand, those in charge of our health ensure our protection by consuming the law enforcement agencies in the “policing of the country” with fines and penalties on ordinary citizens who struggle just to earn a living, who were suddenly banned from simple movement. We thank them for the protection they provide, but I have to say that we are now suffocating from such protection. Honestly, we can do without it. And I say this because I feel imprisoned and trapped as a Christian and a Liturgist. On the one hand to tell us “no crowds in the Church, no pilgrimage to the Temples”, and on the other hand popular places, supermarkets, and the means of public transportation are crowded with people. Two measures and two weights. This is not democracy; it is a mockery of democracy, it is also prejudice and discrimination against Christians in a 2,000 year-old Orthodox country which has spread Christianity around the world. Is this why the heroes fought whom next year, in 2021, we will honor as champions of the struggle for freedom during the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Revolution? Of course not. They fought for the Holy Faith of Christ, and for the Freedom of the Homeland. If these heroes lived and saw how they treat the Mother of the Nation: the Orthodox Church today, I believe they would be expelled from the country.  And let no one say that we do not respect the laws. On the contrary, so far we are law-abiding as we should be. But those who treat the Orthodox Christians so disparagingly, with so much irony and unjust behavior, should know that they will eventually write their own unfavorable history in the conscience of the Greek people and the Christians, just like every Nightmare and Judas who for some silver betrayed their Nation and their God. Translated from the Greek

Why I'm Sticking with Trump

Fw: Why I voted for Trump in 2016 and will vote for him again: Goodwin    Inbox

Peter Koltypin <pnkolt@yahoo.com> Sat, Oct 31, 2020 at 5:05 PM To: Jenna Meacham <jenna@trimaxlocks.com>, Joanna Higginbotham <joannahigginbotham@gmail.com>, "joanne@justleaback.com" <joanne@justleaback.com>, "joanne@justleanback.com" <joanne@justleanback.com> Reply | Reply to all | Forward | Print | Delete | Show original ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Peter Koltypin <pnkolt@yahoo.com> To: Peter Koltypin <pnkolt@yahoo.com> Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2020, 5:30:34 PM EDT Subject: Why I voted for Trump in 2016 and will vote for him again: Goodwin Why I voted for Trump in 2016 and will vote for him again: Goodwin Quick Reply

WHY I'M STICKING WITH TRUMP
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Published Oct. 24, 2020

Updated Oct. 25, 2020, 10:28 a.m. ET

During the past four years, President Trump has supported working-class Americans of all races over the deep state Democrats. Getty Images

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In March of 2016, I wrote that I would likely support Donald Trump because he was the only presidential candidate speaking for working-class Americans. I also viewed the contempt for Trump by the media and elite of both parties as contempt for his supporters as well.

As the campaign wore on, that contempt became an acceptable form of bigotry, as reflected in Hillary Clinton’s “basket of deplorables” smear at a fundraiser.

On Election Day, I put aside concerns about whether Trump was ready and voted for him. My hope was that enough people agreed the nation desperately needed a course correction on policies and leadership, and that Trump, despite his background and lack of experience, could rise to the occasion.

Four years later, everything has changed, not all of it for the better. Trump shook Washington to its core and remade the Republican Party, but the nation’s fault lines make the divisions of four years ago seem almost quaint.

One thing that won’t change is my vote. In fact, the 2020 choice is much easier. There are two main reasons why I’m sticking with Trump.

One is because of what he has done, and the other is because of what his opponents have done to sabotage and overthrow him.

First, the primary yardstick of a president is whether he produces peace and prosperity. Trump achieved both until the pandemic sent the economy into recession. Thankfully, the recovery is happening and a vaccine should give it rocket fuel.

Trump’s most admirable trait is that he has kept his key promises. That is remarkable only because voters have too long tolerated politicians who sell one thing and deliver another. For all his flaws, the president has largely delivered what he promised.

From the start, he was a jobs president and his polices benefited workers of every race and income level. His ironclad commitment to job creation was illustrated at last week’s debate, where sharp contrasts with Joe Biden centered on the Democrat’s pledge to raise taxes and “transition away” from oil and gas. Trump correctly called both job killers.

Cutting taxes and regulations, controlling immigration, supporting school choice and nominating qualified, conservative judges and Supreme Court justices are other big things Trump said he would do, and he did. Biden would do the opposite.

On foreign policy, he was true to his word to wind down the longest wars and keep America out of new ones while strengthening the military. He is making historic peace between Israel and Arab states while making clear to Iran it must give up its nuclear and terrorist ambitions or be brought to its knees.

Unlike Barack Obama’s failures to stabilize Middle Eastern relations, Trump has already orchestrated monumental peace agreements as recently with Sudan and Israel.Getty Images

True, some European allies feel neglected, but it’s also true they looked down their noses at Trump’s America First agenda. Though they preferred the apology tours and soft internationalism of Barack Obama, they agreed to Trump’s demand to pay more for NATO.

The most important and difficult Trump initiative is his confrontation with China over lopsided trade deals and its regional aggression. No other president even attempted it. While real progress is being made, a long struggle will be needed to reverse the three decades where China used subterfuge and theft to build its economy, often at the expense of American jobs.

Many voters believe the president wasn’t focused enough on the coronavirus, a belief cemented for some when he and the first lady got infected.

Those voters have a point — up to a point. The virus was a once-in-a-century phenomenon and despite erratic presentations and odd comments, Trump commanded an enormous mobilization of government and industry resources and distributed them with dispatch to the states. The rapid progress on vaccine development is unprecedented.

Any honest score card must also include the disparities in the states’ performances, with governors in New York, New Jersey and elsewhere issuing fatally flawed orders that led to thousands of unnecessary deaths in nursing homes.

In addition, blue states that remain under stringent lockdowns have unemployment rates nearly twice as high as states where GOP governors moved faster to reopen schools and businesses.

Despite Trump’s successes, or because of them, the many forces arrayed against him in 2016 refused to accept his presidency. They did everything they could to end it, and that beyond-the-pale defiance is the second reason why I will vote for him.

The other side must not be rewarded for its efforts to sabotage and remove a duly-elected president.

Russia, Russia, Russia was a scam that ruined lives and put a cloud over the White House for nearly three years. The sequel was partisan impeachment, a clumsy coup attempt orchestrated by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Trump haters in Congress, the deep state, and the media.

There’s a reason why police unions across the country support Trump — because he does not tolerate the destruction left behind from Antifa and Black Lives Matter radicals.AFP via Getty Images

The press corps’ bias of 2016 has morphed into full-blown partisanship on a daily basis at print, digital and broadcast outlets. Facebook, Twitter and other platforms openly use their power to censor pro-Trump news and opinion while promoting anything that makes the president look bad.

It’s not the algorithms; it’s the people behind them.

Their decision to block The Post’s groundbreaking reports on Hunter Biden’s business deals and Joe Biden’s involvement should scare anyone who treasures the First Amendment. To censors, Orwell’s nightmare is their dream.

All fairness has been abandoned in a frenzy to destroy Trump and everything he represents. This culture war extends backward, too.

The destruction of artworks celebrating Christopher Columbus, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and black and white abolitionists reveals a determination to erase America’s founding ideals and replace individual liberty with socialism and identity politics.

The New York Times’ error-ridden 1619 Project, despite repudiation by historians, is nonetheless being adopted by many schools. Biden, in public life for nearly 50 years, falls in line with his party’s radical wing by insisting that “systemic racism” stains the nation, especially law enforcement.

Meanwhile, the spread of political violence and the refusal of many on the left to condemn Antifa and those who burn and loot emboldens a new criminal class of anarchists.

Shamefully, Democrats, the Times, The Washington Post, CNN and broadcast networks defend the unwarranted 2016 spying operation against Trump led by Jim Comey at the FBI, and approved by the Obama-Biden White House. Although the top leaders of the storied agency were removed in disgrace, just one agent has been charged with a crime related to the dirtiest political trick in history.

The outrageous endorsement by the media of the corruption of law enforcement and intelligence for partisan purposes is reason enough to vote for Trump.

I believe much of the nation’s discord can be traced to the Times’ decision to become an activist propaganda sheet to defeat Trump. The most powerful influencer in the country, it has a trickle-down effect on nearly all media institutions.

If The Gray Lady were to return to being a trusted source of news, others would follow and the country could return to more civil debates about our differences.

Thus, the election is not just Trump vs. Biden. It’s also America vs. The New York Times.

Vote for America.