Bishop Irinej's "Peace": 7 Police Cars AGAIN at St. Sava Cathedral, Parma, OH

Sunday, December 7, 2025 | St. Sava Cathedral, Parma, Ohio

Today, 120+ parishioners stood in freezing snow outside St. Sava Cathedral. Not because they wanted to. Because Bishop Irinej's appointed "priest" and "trustees" have locked them out of their own church.

This is Bishop Irinej's "peace and calm."

The New "Priest" Lectures the Faithful

Before entering the Cathedral, the newly imposed "priest" - Dragan Vuković - stood on the steps and lectured the 120+ parishioners gathered in the cold.

His message? "You are thieves."

His accusations:

• Stole the " prosphora" (blessed bread offering)

• Stole wine from the altar

The reality: We took nothing. We have not been in the Cathedral since October 29th.

But who can verify what's missing when the same people making accusations are the ones who:

• Destroyed our security cameras (video evidence, criminal complaint filed)

• Stole the antimins and other sacred items (video evidence, criminal complaint filed)

• Buried "mysterious boxes" that camera-destroyer Dragan Knežević removed from the church

• When questioned about those boxes? Rada Andrić declared it was just for "insurance/information purposes" and blocked any real investigation

Who are the real thieves here?

The prosphora? The wine? Maybe it's in those boxes Dragan buried. We'll never know - Rada made sure of that.

But Bishop Irinej's newly appointed "priest" doesn't lecture them. He lectures the 120+ faithful standing in freezing snow, locked out of the Cathedral their families built.

Seven Police Cars. Twelve Officers. Zero Threat.

As soon as the appointed individuals arrived, they called police.

Why? Nobody knows.

The 120+ parishioners standing peacefully in the snow? Not blocking doors. Not threatening anyone. Not committing any crime. Just standing. Witnessing. Praying.

Seven police cars arrived. Twelve officers.

For what? To protect criminals from witnesses?

We didn’t block the door. We never threatened anyone. We stood in the cold and the snow because this is our Cathedral, and we will not abandon it to those who stole it.

But somehow, 120+ peaceful Orthodox Christians require seven police cars.

This is "Peace and All Good at St. Sava"

Let's review Bishop Irinej's "peace":

December 5: Priest's home invaded through basement. Wife collapses unconscious from stress. Hospitalized. Children watch paramedics carry mother out. Lock change continues anyway.

December 7: 120+ parishioners stand in freezing snow. New "priest" calls them thieves. Seven police cars arrive to protect the individuals with actual criminal complaints against them.

This is "peace and calm." 

This is "everything functioning normally." 

This is what Bishop Irinej will report to the Holy Synod in Belgrade.

The Real Theft

Wine from the altar? Maybe. Maybe not. Hard to know when the security cameras were destroyed and the people making accusations are the same ones caught on video stealing sacred items.

But we know what IS being stolen:

Our Cathedral. Built by our grandparents. Maintained by our donations. Owned by our parish corporation.

Our spiritual home. Where we were baptized, married, buried our parents. Now locked to us while criminals hold the keys.

Our dignity. Standing in freezing snow while a Bishop's appointee lectures us about theft - the same Bishop whose Diocese cannot account for donor funds, cannot pay IRS debts, cannot explain where money goes.

120+ of us in the Snow

They thought the cold would break us. They thought the insults would shame us. They thought seven police cars would intimidate us.

They were wrong.

120+ parishioners. Families. Grandparents. Children. Standing together in freezing snow because some things are worth standing for.

Our Cathedral is worth standing for. Our faith is worth standing for. Truth is worth standing for.

Even in the snow. Even when called thieves. Even with seven police cars watching.

To Bishop Irinej

You can lock our doors. You can call us thieves. You can send seven police cars.

But you cannot break us.

120+ stood today. In freezing snow. More will come next Sunday.

We are not leaving. We are not surrendering. We are not abandoning the Cathedral our ancestors built.

Call us what you want. We know who the real thieves are.

And soon, so will everyone else.

To the Holy Synod in Belgrade

Your Holiness, this is the "peace" Bishop Irinej will report to you.

120+ of your faithful children standing in freezing snow, locked out of their Cathedral, called thieves by a Bishop's appointee, while seven police cars arrive to protect the individuals with criminal complaints against them.

This is not peace. This is persecution.

This is not church administration. This is theft.

This is not pastoral care. This is spiritual abuse.

How many must stand in the snow before you act?

How many families must be locked out before you intervene?

How many will be called thieves for defending what Bishop Irinej is trying to steal?

We await your justice.

Today: 120+ parishioners stood in freezing snow outside St. Sava Cathedral, Parma, Ohio, locked out of the church their grandparents built while those who destroyed cameras and stole sacred items hold the keys and call US thieves.

Next Sunday: More will join us.

We will stand until justice is done. Even in the snow. Even called thieves. Even with police cars watching.

Because truth does not surrender to cold, or lies, or seven police cars.

Sunday, December 7, 2025 St. Sava Cathedral, Parma, Ohio

NEDOSTOJAN. Unworthy. Bishop Irinej has proven himself unworthy of the office he holds.

120+ of us  in the snow have proven themselves worthy of the faith they defend.