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I have a question, if anyone can help me with a reference: i've read some time ago in the Life of Saints about the case of an heretic bishop who seemed gentle and was sent to be a bishop in a city, but the orthodox people from that city had chased him because of his heresy, disregarding all his appa...

Good evening to all orthodox brothers and sisters!
I have a question. If anyone knows the answer, i'll be very thankful!

Can the Synodikon (with anathemas) be read by a community of laymen or is this a service that can be read only by priests or hierarchs?

Unfortunately, this hieromonk "Veniamin Ilie" has a very strange life curse. I do not know his actual actions, but he considered himself to be at 19-20 years a schimonk. He is well-known in romanian traditionalist and pseudo-traditionalist sphere, like a rebeluos boy. Here is a dialog abou...