Metropolitan Hariton de Kananga, at the consecration of the Seminary at the Neamț Monastery: Saints gather ustranslated

"The saints are gathering us today. We have come today to celebrate a saint, Saint John Jacob, who was also a man, but his eyes were always looking for God", emphasized Wednesday the Most Reverend Father Hariton, Metropolitan of Kananga from the Church of Alexandria and All Africa, at the patron of the Theological Seminary at the Neamț Monastery.

His Eminence officiated the Holy Liturgy, together with the Most Reverend Father Macarie, Bishop of Northern Europe.

The service was attended by seminary students, teachers and believers from all over the country and abroad.

Let us not be afraid The Metropolitan of Kanaga emphasized that the saints are the ones who gather the faithful around Christ and call them to a life lived close to God, by overcoming fear.

"Saint John James banished fear, and God drew near to him. For this reason we celebrate him today: to encourage us to become saints too."

The Most Reverend Father Hariton urged the faithful to take the saints as an example: "If we celebrate them without this moving us too, then we lose everything. Let us read the saint's life, find ourselves in it, do what...