Theodor Paleologu, on the BOR messages: “There is a marginal stream of bells within the BOR for which the mask is the sign of the Antichrist”

“I think the hierarchy is making a big mistake by being so shy, because they should use the spiritual authority they have and stop these aberrations. Because it is a cancer that gnaws at the entrails of the Orthodox Church. You should not forgive some insane people and therefore have an ambiguous position, as has unfortunately happened lately, ”said Theodor Palelogu in an interview for Free Europe.

When asked how he explains that within the Church, even from above sometimes, all kinds of contradictory messages were coming through, including the pilgrimage to St. Parascheava, Theodor Paleologu said that “The problem is that within the Orthodox Church there is what I would call in English a “fringe lunatic”. I don’t want to call it an extremist or ultra-orthodox, because it would mean giving it doctrinal content. It is a fringe stream of bells for which the mask, for example, is the sign of Antichrist. It is an extraordinary comic. in his vision he is masked. They elaborated all kinds of absurdities on this issue: that the mask distorts the image of Christ, that it is blasphemy, all kinds of absurdities, “according to the cited source.

Stating that the way the government administered the two pilgrimages was made to reconcile both camps, the formula applied to the pilgrimage of Saint Parascheva from Iaşi, in terms of limiting the access of those who do not have the Iasi bulletin. the pilgrimage of Saint Demetrius the New in Bucharest, “a monumental stupidity”. He explained that for a better handling of the situation he should have limited the access of the parishioners present according to the “Covid test”, and accused that “it is very clear that the government tried to reconcile both the goat and the cabbage. They are probably also electoral concerns With the December elections, there is fear of possible reactions from some clergy and believers, “said Paleologu, according to an interview published by Free Europe.

The Patriarchate had announced that the Feast of Saint Pious Dimitrie the New Protector of Bucharest, organized by the Romanian Patriarchate and the Archdiocese of Bucharest between October 25 and 27, will take place in conditions of maximum precaution, order and protection, under the strict compliance with hygienic-san standards. imposed by the state of alert in which the city of Bucharest is now.

And Prime Minister Ludovic Orban later stated, when asked about the rules announced by the Romanian Patriarchate regarding the Saint Dumitru pilgrimage, that he appreciates the fact that there is a desire to abide by the rules.