His Beatitude Metropolitan Sawa, primate of the Orthodox Church in Poland, read the canonization decree before the Divine Liturgy, which was celebrated by numerous hierarchs of the Polish Church, and presented the icon of the new martyrs.
Upon reaching the locked church gates, the godless “bishop” showed his disdain for holy sites, ordering a group of men to break through the fence.
Hierarchical and clerical representatives from at least nine Orthodox Churches attended Pope Leo’s ecumenist service dedicated to the Commemoration of Martyrs and Witnesses of the Faith in the 21st Century, held at the papal Basilica of St. Paul Outside-the-Walls on Sunday, September 14.
Greek Orthodox media outlets are raising alarms about what they describe as the Patriarchate of Constantinople’s latest attempt to create division within the Orthodox Church, this time in Latvia, following similar patterns seen in Ukraine, Lithuania, and elsewhere.
“God permits such miraculous signs to strengthen the faith of His people,” Bp. Kliment explained to the congregation, addressing the significance of myrrh-streaming icons in Orthodox tradition.