“It is wrong to imply only a Church hierarchy – bishops, priests, deacons, or those people who work in the Church.  Church  is the whole people of God…Layman  is the one who bears a special ministry in the Church.  Being a layman  is also a service…”
(Patriarch Kirill of Russia)

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