An LGBT pride parade took place this last weekend in Odessa, Ukraine. LGBT pride parades are not particularly noteworthy these days.
But what happened
after the parade this weekend is:
an Eastern Orthodox priest visited the parade site and cleansed the space with holy water. (Pictures below!)
The head of the Missionary Department of the Eastern Orthodox Diocese of Odessa Fr. Oleg Mokryak
led the cleansing, with help from a group of laypeople. Together, the dispensed holy water on people, the road, and on monuments as they walked, explaining to onlookers that they were specifically cleansing the area following the LGBT parade.
Holy water has long been a powerful sacramental used by Christians. St. Teresa of Avila
attested that “from long experience I have learned that there is nothing like holy water to put devils to flight.”
Last year, the priest who visited the room from which someone shot into a crowd in Las Vegas killing 58 people and injuring hundreds reported feeling a malevolent presence in the room and
cleansed the room spiritually with holy water.
https://churchpop.com/2018/08/22/orthodox-priest-cleanses-his-citys-downtown-with-holy-water-after-lgbt-parade-pictures-inside/I think that this is a great idea of what we should be doing the next time there is a LGBT parade in our town.
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