Photo above: Bishop MAXIM at the Assembly of Bishops meeting of November 2025.
Below, document establishing the parish in Sandpoint as Holy Apostles and assigning Fr Laurent Cleenewerck as rector / assigned priest.
Apostolic Succession was and still is a big deal: Early Christian voices
The Importance of Apostolic Succession in the Pre-Nicene Era Apostolic succession, a foundational principle of early Christian ecclesiology, ensured the continuity of apostolic authority and teaching through the orderly transmission
