St. Joseph the Hesychast, one of the greatest saints of the 20th century, was canonized by the Patriarchate of Constantinople in March 2020.
Hierodeacon Gabriel
Prayer for the dead is not a requirement of church discipline, but a need of the heart.
In Soviet times, the cemetery where St. Thaddeus was buried was abandoned and fell into complete desolation. The relics of St. Thaddeus were founded in 1993 thanks to the efforts of Archimandrite Damaskin (Orlovsky).
The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church added a new saint to its liturgical calendar yesterday, and blessed the process for the canonization of another venerated elder.
Summoned for questioning, the bishop insisted on writing his statements by hand. He held the word in high regard, especially the word of a bishop, and did not want any changes to be made to his testimony by the atheistic investigator.