COMMENT BY METROPOLITAN SOTIRIOS OF PISIDIA REGARDING THE CELEBRATION OF THE DIVINE LITURGY AT BELEK BY A RUSSIAN PRIEST WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE RUSSIAN CONSULATE IN ANTALYA
(WorldNews Greece)

The Orthodox Church from the outset operates on the basis of the Holy Canons, which have been established by the Holy Apostles and the God-inspired Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Councils. Obedience and observance of the Holy Canons of the Holy Orthodox Church by all Orthodox Christians, both clergy and lay men is obligatory. According to the Sacred Canons, Bishops and priests should not dare to go from their own Province to another and to officiate Church services in cities that do not belong to them. If it is proven that some priest did just that, he should be unfrocked. (35th Canon of the Holy Apostles, 3rd Canon of the Synod of Sardica that was ratified by the 2nd Canon of...