PS Varlaam Ploieșteanul urges us to have the confessional courage of St. M. Mc. Dimitrie in today's societytranslated

The Most Reverend Father Varlaam Ploieșteanul, Patriarchal Vicar Bishop, urged the faithful on Monday to show the confessing courage of St. M. Mc. Dimitrie in today's society.

"Let us always have before our souls and spiritual eyes his icon full of light and follow his faith and show the same manliness in confessing it in our family, in the collective in which we find ourselves, in our current society", said the hierarch in the teaching word delivered during the Liturgy celebrated at the exterior altar in the vicinity of the Patriarchal Cathedral.

"According to the exhortation of the Holy Apostle Paul, we have the duty to remember our elders, who spoke the Word of God to us, to be mindful of the way they ended their lives and to follow their faith", explained His Eminence.

A holy confessor The patriarchal vicar bishop recounted the life of the saint, evoked the moments in history that marked the formation of his cult and the journey of his relics through the Christian world.

"If young Dimitrie's parents were secretly Christians, without challenging the authorities with their faith, young Dimitrie showed his faith on his face...