Metropolitan Vitaly's Declaration concerning the unlawful hierotonia of the Lazarite group

TEXT OF THE ABOVE: "I, Metropolitan Vitaly, consider the hierotonias of hieromonks Dionisii, Germogen, Tikhon and Iriney performed by Archbishop Lazar' and Bishop Veniamin to be unlawful and declare that I have no communion with them, either liturgically or in prayer."

Metropolitan Vitaly (6/19 November 2004)

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