6/19/2025
Archbishop Justinian of Elista and Kalmykia
Based on my experience, I wish that every clergyman—priest or a bishop—never hesitate to communicate with his flock, regardless of whether they belong to just one parish or a whole diocese. We should stop using a patronizing tone while proclaiming “unyielding truth” from the ambo.
According to His Holiness Patriarch Alexei, the end of the 1980s signified the advent of the era of church revival, or “the second Baptism of Russia.” This period of time has already become a part of the recent history of Orthodox Russia.
