Romanian Orthodox metropolitan urges faithful to sign petition against redefining marriage
English: Cathedral of Christ the Saviour over Moscow River. Moscow (Russia). Français : La Cathédrale du Christ-Sauveur de Moscou, en Russie. Polski: Cerkiew Chrystusa Zbawiciela nad rzeką Moskwą. Moskwa (Rosja). (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The spiritual leader of Romania has called for Christians to change the country's constitution to explicitly support marriage properly understood. Patriarch Daniel issued an encyclical urging, "Orthodox believers must support the Church's effort to protect the natural, traditional, and universal family." The Orthodox leader added that Christians must "resist some new family models that consider the natural man-woman union only one model among others." Every year at this time, Orthodox Christians celebrate Epiphany, the baptism of Christ, and bless holy water for use throughout the year. Parish priests go from house to house, blessing the homes of the faithful. This year, clergy used the occasion to ask folks