Piatra Tăieturii Monastery, called by PS Macarie the "Carmel of Bucovina": the holy settlement honored its patrontranslated
St. Ilie was honored on Monday at the Piatra Tăieturii Monastery, one of the Romanian monastic settlements located at the highest altitude. On this occasion, His Holiness Father Macarie, the Bishop of Northern Europe, named the monastery the "Carmel of Bucovina".
"I should thank the All-Merciful God for bringing me here, on the Carmel of the Cutting Stone, to be together with the Prophet Elijah and all of you who have gathered at the Holy Sacrifice. Just as the Prophet Elijah once asked the Lord to send fire from heaven, so we asked now and he sent the fire of God's grace on us all, purifying and illuminating us," said the Father Bishop Macarie.
"It is appropriate to thank the Most Reverend Father Archbishop Kalinic for blessing me to be with you today. It is appropriate to thank Father Abbot Macarie, the monastic community and all the pilgrims and all those who with zeal and love climbed here Carmel like the ancient Israelites, confessing the living God and saying with one voice and one heart: Great you are, Lord, and wonderful are your works, and no words are enough to praise your wonders!
In the end, the hierarch gave…
