The change of feasts - the denial ( apostasy ) of faith
cannot serve with self-denial for the Christ ’ s flock . Oh , do not get sick with greed when you come to serve at the altar , but rather do your duty towards God and to the flock .
Oh , church of the Romanian people , do not sell your glory ! Be worthy of Christ ! Do not bow to those who want to bereave you of My grace , but stand on your feet according to the guide from the holy fathers from the beginning , oh , and stay with the book on the table so that you may not trample it under your foot and thus to incur destruction and disunion upon you ; on the contrary , take care of your mystery so that you may bring it in eternity , My love , oh , for many have come out from the holy mysteries and made separate churches after their will , and some others have come and settled down in the holy order , and even kings have bowed with all their houses and become Orthodox for an Orthodox country , and you should not forget your history , My country .
Oh , and do not forget that about one hundred years ago , there came great pain up in heaven , after the shepherd of the Romanian flock let himself be deceived and betrayed his flock , ( The Separation of the Orthodox Church in the Old and New Style took place in 1923 , when in Constantinople was decided the passing from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar , r . n .), oh , and the history of that time has been only sufferance , and many sons of the church have been sacrificed , tortured and forced to abandon the old customs from their ancestors and the churchly order was shaken and two Sundays were taken out from the calendar , ( Referring to the calendar , the expression “ new style ” makes reference to the
Gregorian calendar , prevalent at this moment in the world . The “ new style ” denomination has been given in opposition to the old style that corresponds to the
Julian calendar , - see also about
Old Style ( O . S .) and New Style ( N . S .) 37 (
http :// en . wikipedia . org / wiki / Old _ Style _ and _ New _ Style _ dates , r . n .), and since then this damage has not been repaired yet . After that the shepherds that have followed have not watched either , and those that were changed have not been repaired , oh , and because of this disobedience to the holy fathers , the wrath has come so many times over the earth , and the sons of the church have to be taught so that the wrath , which waits at the border to be given its way , to flee away .
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Oh , you , too , were deceived , church of the Romanian people ; you were even by the rulers over you , as in My time , when Anna and Caiaphas crucified Me . And the shepherds that were over you in the years of the great trial crucified you . Oh , because they let themselves bought to make you shake from the foundation , ( The year of 1924 , when they removed some of the feasts , including the Feast of the Lord ’ s Birth , from the order of the Julian Calendar and of the Eastern Church , in the Gregorian Style , Catholic , r . n .), and since then you have been staying in mistake , you have been changing the feasts of the saints and you has no longer kept them at their due time , and therefore , it has not been going well with you , and only your enemies boast that it is going well with them , oh , because they do not care of the flock , those who
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Saint Calinic of Cernica ( b . October 7 , 1787 - d . April 11 , 1868 ) was a monk , church founder , theologian , prior of the Cernica Monastery and bishop .
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