This Romanian Priest Blesses Stuff with His Long, Extendable Rod

This Romanian Priest Blesses Stuff with His Long, Extendable Rod

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Romania loves its religion. In fact, over 80 percent of Romanians follow the Orthodox Christian church, meaning its priests have a lot of blessing to do. A few times a year, they'll go door to door in every village, town and city, walk through every room and throw holy water at whatever needs blessing with a basil branch – always for a price, of course.

However, sometimes the basil branch just won't do. The guy poking the TV screens with a paint-roller in the photo above is the resourceful leader of the Romanian church, Patriarch Daniel, who's become an internet superstar after developing a new blessing technique that involves dipping a paint roller in holy water and using it to bless hard-to-reach surfaces.

Many Romanians were quick to judge, so back in January the church issued a statement defending their "extendable blesser", instructing journalists to “read more on holy matters before misinforming the public".

You can do that if you like, or you can scroll through all these photos of Patriarch Daniel using his blessing rod instead.

http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/ten-times-the-romanian-religious-leader-used-a-paint-roller-as-a-sanctification-rod?fb_action_ids=813257365350949&fb_action_types=og.comments

Va fac cunostinta cu patriarhul TRAFALET     , sa il frec in nas de hot !!!!! orice numa sa ia banii !!!!!!!!!!