Interesting you noted as you did on the latter two, as I've been intrigued seeing the ways that there are differing levels of Communsit thought (just as it is with Capitalist thought) and seen other Orthodox note where they supported things like anarcho-communism and even felt that the Byzantine Empire itself was Communist on multiple levels ( #
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16 ) - and historically, with many in the African American community, they were hard workers/patriots and yet they either worked with Communist organizations aiding the community when others didn't (as Martin Luther King did, #
51 )...or they themselves were COmmunists (more shared here in #
46 , . The communist label often seems to generate a lot of controversy where they may be none due to the image that others have when thinking on the U.S.S.R and Stalin - even though that wasn't the representation for all forms of it just like the crazy/greedy folks who got insanely rich and ruthless with the poor during the Industrial Revolution aren't what others define as all capitalist.
For Orthodox Church memebers in Cuba who support their government/politics (if part of the revolutionary spirit that was a part of their history), they are pretty interesting to study.
I do wonder if it's always a negative to discuss politics in Church since some have felt that doing so may them feel like they didn't have to pretend to see something one way that they didn't - so long as the environment was one they could feel safe even if others disagreed (when they chose to at least listen/honestly note where they may be uncomfortable even though they weren't gonna ridicule them).