“Vedetism, graveism, verbal fakirism with a reasonable appearance, any violence, secular and theological inculturation, established in a clerical/monastic environment under the guise of xenophobic and philetistic undigested “conservatism”, represent as many failures of the meeting with pastoral care. vocation, but especially with Christianity itself,” Vasile Benescu, spokesman for the Romanian Patriarchate, said on Friday.

I am persistently and rightly asked for my point of view on the violent and scandalous gesture committed by a cleric monk two days ago, but also because at the same time this case is the subject of an investigation that only the diocese to which it belongs, and only it, can report its results , I can only convey a valid general point of view regarding the behavior of the cleric, Benescu explained.

In an interview with Buna Ziua, Iași, Father Kalistrat spoke at length about the incident, insisting that the women involved created problems for both the parishioners and the priests and monks who persecuted them.

“I read St. Basil’s poems and it was clear that they were set on hysteria. And I explained to them the 4 points of the law that they violate. That they are not allowed to film, that they are not allowed to be rude, insult people, molest. “You trash, do you know the law?!” And they got the phone out to take me down, and as I was about to take it, the other one got in my way and I went down on my knee on the sidewalk. I stood up, pushed her off the shoulder, took the phone from her, slammed it and told the guard to let them out,” he explained.

“I am not aggressive, I am the most peaceful person, but if you violate your duties, you will knock me out (…). The limit was exceeded last night. If my sister hadn’t stopped me, maybe I wouldn’t have exceeded the limit.(…) More people had tangents with them. They are slightly deviated, otherwise I have nothing to do with them, they are two souls. Maybe some say you need to be patient. Slave to the limit. But when you do far-fetched, naughty things, you want to desecrate the image of the monastery. “What are you, an unmarried hysterical bitch, coming to perform in the theater in front of 500 people?” said Father Calistratus.