“The problem is yours,” the official said. “You are the ones who are divided. Your people are making the complaints.”
The recent legalization of gay civil unions by the Montenegrin government is a rejection of the truth of human nature and a new persecution of Christ, His Eminence Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro said during the Divine Liturgy yesterday at the church in Bijela, Montenegro.
Fr. Lawrence Farley
Prideful presumption is what is involved in all such acts, whether the act involves trusting that God will nullify the power of germs in church, or that He will grant immunity to snake venom, or that He will overcome the force of gravity.
The faithful at a Greek Orthodox parish under the Patriarchate of Constantinople in Canada loudly and fervently rejected the directive from their ruling hierarch Metropolitan Sotirios that multiple spoons are to be used to serve Holy Communion to the people.
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, encompassing the site of Christ’s Crucifixion and holy Resurrection, was closed to parishioners and pilgrims again on Friday due to continuing coronavirus pandemic.