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Iata o marturie despre Sf. Ioan Maximovici si felul in care se raporta la schimbarea textului troparului la ziua Inaltarii Sfintei Cruci.

Vladika was not only a convinced monarchist, but he considered it necessary to support the authority of Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich [Romanov]. At the daily liturgies he would commemorate the Russian Royal House, and at feast day liturgies he commemorated the Grand Duke by name. On special days, as for example the Sunday of Orthodoxy, he commemorated individually all the Orthodox monarchs: Greek, Bulgarian, Serbian and Rumanian. Vladika was firmly opposed to substituting the prayer for right-believing kings with the words “Orthodox Christians”. Specifically, in the troparion, “Save, O Lord, Thy people,” he insisted on the words, “victory to right-believing king..”

Restul textului Remembering Vladika John, scris de episcopul Peter Loukianoff (Lukianov), se poate gasi aici sau aici.