The Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II, this week advised young people on the importance of forgiveness and repentance , on the occasion of the opening of Great Lent.
Finally, the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, His Beatitude Daniel, also referred to the concept of repentance, citing the Great Canon of Repentance, composed by St. Andrew, the Archbishop of Crete. The Romanian Patriarch spoke during the liturgy on the opening of Great Lent on Clean Monday, at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest.