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Holy Synod Warns: Sacraments Performed by Dismissed Clerics of Avvakoum Monastery are Invalid

Published January 14, 2026, 12:27

The Holy Synod has warned the faithful that the sacraments performed by the dismissed clerics of the Holy Monastery of Avvakoum are invalid and do not offer any sanctifying grace. The Synod announced that these clerics, having lost their priesthood, do not have the authority to perform sacraments and participation in them has no spiritual value. This warning concerns the hermitage established uncanonically by the aforementioned clerics.