Archimandrite Ioan Iovan (1922-2008), who spent 10 years in the Romania's Communist prisons, says the prayer of Absolution in the Holy Mistery of Confession. This is the Slavonic formula of absolution, introduced by Peter Moghila, Metropolitan of Kiev and adopted by the Russian Church in the 18th Century. Video source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC27Lt2rkJQ Read more about the…


Archimandrite Ioan Iovan (1922-2008), who spent 10 years in the Romania’s Communist prisons, says the prayer of Absolution in the Holy Mistery of Confession.

This is the Slavonic formula of absolution, introduced by Peter Moghila, Metropolitan of Kiev and adopted by the Russian Church in the 18th Century.

Video source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC27Lt2rkJQ
Read more about the life and teaching of Fr. Ioan:
http://orthodox-theology.com/media/PDF/IJOT2.2015/Jan.Nicolae.pdf