In a sermon delivered on January 1, Father Stoica from the Sădinca Monastery, in Sibiu county, made several statements, which, after they reached the public space, led the Metropolitanate of Transylvania to stop him from serving for a period of time, inform Council Tower.
Father David Stoica spoke about the price of utilities and warned the parishioners to pay the bills, otherwise he would no longer agree to mention the name further. He also confused the pope with the patriarch for a few seconds.
“Be careful what you vote for and who you vote for. Because yesterday, if we didn’t go to pay, the electricity was cut off. It puts 36 million lei on your electricity bill, no, pay. Who? How much was raised today? Did someone give me one? Not. Who gave me the crown of the year, yes. And I want to say that whoever doesn’t pay the crown of the year, get out, I don’t mention him anymore, goodbye”, Father Stoica said during the service.
The Metropolitanate of Transylvania claims that Father Stoica is under treatment, being sick with cancer, which could be one of the reasons why his speech was incoherent.
“Those affirmed by Hierom. David Stoica were made in his personal name; they do not represent the point of view of the Romanian Orthodox Church, being contrary to the liturgical practice of the Church;
The statements of hierom. David Stoica were made against the background of his suffering, the medical oncological treatment he is undergoing”, announces the Press Office of the Archdiocese of Sibiu, subordinate to the Transylvanian Metropolis.
