The service should be accompanied by a change of heart: PS Benedict served in his native land with his father after the bodytranslated

His Holiness Father Benedict, the Bishop of Sălaj, served last Saturday at the "Resurrection of the Lord" Church in Brăzești, a branch of the Orthodox Parish in Sartăș, Alba county, the native land of the hierarch. The priest Ioan Vesa, the parish priest from Sartăș and the hierarch's father, was part of the council.

The Bishop of Sălaj was greeted by the community in the sound of tulnic, specific to the area of ​​the Apuseni Mountains, and the Mass was attended by citizens in traditional attire specific to the Country of Moți. The liturgical responses were given by the vocal group "Synavlia" from Cluj-Napoca.

In the teaching speech, the hierarch explained that Christ is not looking for people without mistakes, but hearts that hear His call and have the courage to radically change their lives: "The Lord goes directly to such a character, and does not give him explanations, does not tell him special things, but only this: Come after Me. And he goes".

"Every time I hear this text, I think what power the word of God must have had for that man, to determine him so simply, without argument, to change his life radically, to stop doing injustices, to stop stealing, to stop living his life in the same conditions", a...