Orthodox Church And Saints

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[quote name='loveletslive' date='09 December 2009 - 03:46 PM' timestamp='1260395178' post='2016817']
my orthodox friend told me that there is no official process for someone to become a saint like in the catholic church. if the patriarch if one area deems the person worthy, they are called a saint and generally all the other patriarchs accept
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Do you mean Orthodox Church?

[Apotheoun]

[quote name='loveletslive' date='09 December 2009 - 02:46 PM' timestamp='1260395178' post='2016817']
my orthodox friend told me that there is no official process for someone to become a saint like in the catholic church. if the patriarch if one area deems the person worthy, they are called a saint and generally all the other patriarchs accept
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This is true to a point. The Orthodox do not have a legalized structure with stages for the glorification of a new saint, but the liturgical glorification of a man (or woman) as a saint is not done on a whim.

The person must have lived a life of virtue in Christ, and must be exemplary in his support of Orthodoxy, etc., so it is not like a bishop or patriarch just pulls a name out of a hat and liturgically glorifies that person.