Tomorrow is the first official feast of St Sophrony the hesychast and theologian of Essex. I don't know why but I really feel a subtle, strong joy.
— Aurelian Iftimiu (@AurelianNicolae) July 10, 2020
St Sophrony, pray for us! pic.twitter.com/5ycsZxbQvE
Holy monks should be venerated. But I have to ask, given certain developments within Greek Orthodoxy in the US -- do the Greeks have a crisis of holiness among the laity? Has activism replaced holiness? Who was the last lay person recognized as being worth of veneration by the Greeks? Are the monastics all they have? (And not even their "secular" clery, including their bishops who were once monastic, qualify?)
Hagia Sophia Declared a Mosque Hours After Court Ruling https://t.co/NUpqM63oht @NCRegister
— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) July 10, 2020
