The Archbishop of Tomis, Theodosie, known for his controversial statements, made a new one today, claiming that men must wear beards, saying that those “without beards are crippled”. He mentioned that every man should wear a beard, even more so the servants of the Orthodox Church.
The Archbishop of Tomis was asked on Tuesday evening, on Radio Dobrogea, why the servants of the Orthodox Church wear beards. “That’s natural. Beards are left for men. There are also exceptions, beardless people who don’t grow beards and some of them who would like to have one are sad. The man must have a beard. Beardless men are crippled. Every man should wear a beard, even more so the servants of the Orthodox Church. They must have the image of Christ, who wore a beard. The apostles and all the fathers of our Church also wore them. The beard is a natural element, which belongs to manhood, and all the more so the servants must wear this ornament left by God”, declared the Archbishop of Tomis.