Monday, September 1, 2025

Ecumenical Patriarchate glorifies a Non-Commemorating Elder

Concerning the new Saint Dionisie of Kolitsou

Nikolaos Mannis | September 1, 2025

 

 

Today the Patriarchate of Constantinople recognized the sainthood of the great Romanian Venerable Elder Hieromonk and Spiritual Father Dionisie [Ignat] (1909–2004) of the Romanian Skete of Saint George Kolitsou (within the boundaries of Vatopedi Monastery of Mount Athos).

The paradox is not this recognition (for the Patriarchate has recognized many true Saints), but the fact that the Saint, demonstrably until the end of his life, did not commemorate the last three successive Patriarchs Athenagoras, Demetrios, and Bartholomew!

When his disciples asked him for what reason he did not commemorate the patriarch, he answered: "Nu pot să fiu în comuniune cu ceea ce nu este Ortodoxie" ("I cannot have communion with what is not Orthodoxy").

May we have his intercessions!

 

Greek source: https://krufo-sxoleio.blogspot.com/2025/09/blog-post.html

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