Orthodox believers in Brno cut the chain to get to the church Company News Brněnská Drbna
Orthodox believers who came to the evening Mass in Brno yesterday found the Church of St. Wenceslas secured by a chain and guarded by two-member security. After a long discussion and a short push, they cut the chain with lever scissors and entered the temple, where the priest Jozef Fejsak served Mass. This is a continuation of the dispute between the Brno Orthodox community and the vicar bishop of the Olomouc-Brno eparchy, Isaiah, who is in charge of the administration of the eparchy in place of the long-established Archbishop Simeon.
Isaiah has long-standing reservations about the work of Fejsak, who repeatedly resigns as a clergyman in the Brno ecclesiastical community. But the faithful are behind Fejsak, which they have repeatedly declared, and I do not agree that Isaiah should take over the temple and the parish personally.
The leadership of the eparchy evaluates what is happening in Brno as disobedience and rebellion on its website. “Probably it is highest to resort to such a solution, which we can expect to ultimately lead to the renewal of the parish and to the spiritual benefit and salvation of Brno’s Orthodox believers,” appeared on the Diocese website this week. Yesterday afternoon, the parishioners found the church locked in a chain. The two-member security guard of the Czech News Agency confirmed that it was hired by the leadership of the eparchy and would guard the church for a long time.
The battle for the Orthodox Church is taking place in Brno, which is located in the park below Špilberk Castle and is the only one of its kind in the city. Dozens of mainly Ukrainian and Russian believers arrived at the site to support the clergyman Jozef Fejsak today and provide …
Dozens of believers gathered in front of the church, who eventually cut the chain. The short patrol with security ended amicably. As the believers entered the church and attended me, the police arrived at the scene. But she didn’t want to interfere too much in the church dispute. Police called on the clergy to resolve the dispute in the standard way. Cutting locks is not the answer, police said. “The solution is not even to lock the church in front of the faithful,” Fejšák again.
In the end, the police and security officials agreed to lock the temple again. The chain returned to the door when it was over. According to believers, the end of the dispute is out of sight. According to them, Isaiah is in direct conflict with the decision of the Brno clergy, which wishes Fejsak unanimously as its administrator. But according to earlier statements, Isaiah does not want to cooperate with him.
“We have never encountered a similar case of priesthood here. We have prayed and fasted that God Himself would instruct the lost and bring them to the path of correction.” stands on the site of the eparchy.