Orthodox process for glorification of saints?

[Tis_Bearself]

Thanks for the information. I am not going to touch the subject of why Byzantine Catholics might venerate Alexis Toth or similar, as I don’t wish to start another possibly contentious topic with ECs when I already got a negative comment over starting a way more neutral topic.

I personally feel free to venerate any Orthodox saint who was either pre-schism or who was post-schism but clearly lived a saintly life (St. Seraphim Sarovsky for example) or was martyred in hatred of their faith (St. Alexander Men for example). I personally avoid venerating other Orthodox saints who were more directly involved with the division between Catholic and Orthodox. As to who other Catholics choose to venerate, I leave that to them.

I was just curious as to whether Orthodox saints were canonized according to a formal process that would involve all the evidence of whether the person was a saint, unless perhaps they were quite clearly a martyr for the faith.

 

[Mary888]

The myrrh aspect is required for ALL canonizations?

Yes as far as I know. Because it has to be a sign from God that He elected those people body, mind and soul. The Church only observes who are the saints.

 

[Salibi]

I am not going to touch the subject of why Byzantine Catholics might venerate Alexis Toth or similar, as I don’t wish to start another possibly contentious topic with EC

Yes, indeed. The selfsame topic has been broached several times on CAF and never reached any concrete result. The discussion almost always disintegrated into accusations of crypto-Orthodoxy from the Latins and accusations of Latinizations from the Easterners. Ultimately, I hold your position as well. It doesn’t matter to me who you venerate- that’s your business, not mine.

 

[twf]

I would be interested in knowing more about this. There must be some popular saints for which this has not been confirmed.

 

[PatrickC1982]

It isn’t a requirement