“He also expressed his appreciation for the devotion of the people of Bukovina.

“Metropolitan Athanasios thanked His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel and His Eminence Archbishop Calinic of Suceava and Rădăuți for allowing him to serve during the celebrations connected with Putna Monastery’s patronal feast.

“With God, there is no sacred language – neither Hebrew nor Greek, nor the Latin languages, such as Romanian or others. God listens to only one language, which is the language of the heart, the language of faith and sincerity. When we raise our prayers from our hearts, they are always heard by God.

“We are brothers in Christ. Nothing separates us. We are one Body – the Body of Christ. And this Body is the Church. Even though we speak different languages and do not understand one another, and even though great distances separate us, nothing separates us in Christ. We are one, and we remain one,