Defrocked Orthodox priest - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 18 May 2023 20:44:30 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Defrocked Orthodox priest - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Priest who replaced ‘victory' with ‘peace' in prayer is defrocked https://cathnews.co.nz/2023/05/18/moscow-ecclesiastical-court-defrocks-priest-who-replaced-victory-with-peace-in-prayer/ Thu, 18 May 2023 05:55:07 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=159018 The ecclesiastical court of Moscow has defrocked the clergyman of St Andrew's Church, priest John Koval, who had previously replaced the word "victory" with "peace" in a prayer, media outlet Pravmir reports. According to the outlet, the court hearing took place on 11 May. The members of the court voted unanimously. At the beginning of Read more

Priest who replaced ‘victory' with ‘peace' in prayer is defrocked... Read more]]> The ecclesiastical court of Moscow has defrocked the clergyman of St Andrew's Church, priest John Koval, who had previously replaced the word "victory" with "peace" in a prayer, media outlet Pravmir reports.

According to the outlet, the court hearing took place on 11 May.

The members of the court voted unanimously.

At the beginning of February, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow personally banned the priest from performing services.

The reason for the decision was a denunciation from the parishioners, who did not like that the priest had replaced the word "victory" with the word "peace" in the Holy Rus prayer, which the patriarch had previously given his blessing to read in all Orthodox churches.

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