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Walking through the fields of Reinmar, Patriarch Alfred reads the now older flyer which he obtained from a friend. Stopping in the middle of the field, he glances up for a brief moment, a wearly smile on his face. "Very interesting .. I'm just interested in how long this store will remain opened.", with a chuckle he says, making a paper boat out of the flyer as he approaches the water, letting it flow.

Prelate Alfred smiles upon seeing the thesis from Acolyte Agustin, putting a stamp on the document before going to get up from his bed, ready to fulfill his duties after a long time.

Third Patriarchal Address To the clergy of Jorenus and all faithful of Haense By Alfred Patriarch Jorenus Capital City of Karosgrad, Kingdom of Hanseti-Ruska Dear beloved believers, brothers and sisters, God help. The good news greeted me today, by my doctors, God help them. It turned out that in a few days I would be released from this torment that we all call a bed, but in any case, very positive news for me. This address will be short and clear, because I do not want to prolong the nonsense, but my goal is to address the faithful people, as well as you, my brothers in God. I felt relieved when we took off one big burden from our backs coming from the north, a burden that I thought could be relieved in some way, but still, it’s better that we prevented it than that we’re struggling now. However, despite, say, losing, we gained even more, believe me. What I am even more pleased about is that Holy Walks have been introduced, and one will be organized shortly after the first liturgy after I return to my house, my dear Basilica of St.Henrikev. Of course, I hereby encourage faithful people to come to the Holy Liturgy this Tov and Yermey, so we all can pray together for our salvation and God’s love and blessing. In order not to go any further, for the end, I have to mention that a meeting of the entire clergy of Jorenus will be held shortly after my arrival, where we will discuss what and how to proceed, because we see that we have received some changes around our patriarchy, yet we are standing strong, maybe stronger than ever as we are followed by God. GODANI JEST WIELKI ☦ Cardinal St. Tylos, Patriarch of the Kingdom of Haense & Norland, Prelate of the Clergy

Patriarch Alfred nods a few times from his room, reading his Archbishop Yaromir's leaflet contentedly after finally seeing a long awaited work of the archbishop.

Patriarch Alfred gets up from his bed, going to congratulate his cousin, Cardinal Adelric of Freising.

Issued by the Patriarch of Jorenus Holy Walk - A path of God Capital City of Karosgrad, 363 ES Content: I. Enlightenment II. What is the Holy Walk III. Purpose of the Holy Walk IV. Prayer during the Holy Walk SECTION I Virtue 7:1,8: ‘1 Lo and attend, for I am the Lord GOD, and I am in the foremost part of heaven. 2 Though the spring flower withers and the fruit of the tree falls to the ground, My Word lasts into the eve of the world, and the fruit of virtue cannot rot. ‘8 So I am the Most High, and in pursuit of My Virtue, I bid my faithful this: You shall not judge your own virtue, be it great or small, for all fall short of Me. SECTION II Dear brothers and sisters and all canonist believers, God help you all. Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Many of my acquaintances, friends and family have noticed that I have been battling a disease that has almost taken my life for a long time. God was with me all the time, encouraging me at every moment not to fall into the hands of an evil force, for which I am very grateful to him. My dear ones, through this address I want to contribute to our Holy Mother Church, as well as to the faithful people, who deserve the love of God and His gifts. In my previous Minor Bull of Jorenus, I began a sacred work, for which I am grateful to His Holiness High Pontiff Jude II, receiving the blessing to continue with the said work. It’s beautiful to see people contribute to the faith by praying and following God’s path, but above all, I need to clarify what I actually started. So, what is Holy Walk? A depiction of the Holy Walk during the time of St. Joren, after which a new way of conducting the Holy Walk was presented Holy Walk is a solemn, conciliar procession of believers, led by the clergy with crosses, blessed banners and icons of various important church figures, including Saints. As a liturgical act, it is a type of prayer rite, which is performed outside the temple on major holidays or some other occasion, such as the consecration of the earth, a call to peace or the celebration of God. These walks are accompanied by the patriarch and priests standing at the beginning of the line, carrying holy icons, crosses and banners, followed by members of the royal family, especially the King and Queen if present, and finally all God's people representing the union of believers, as the most numerous and the holiest gathering. During the Holy Walk, priests may or may not stand by the various shrines, saying a prayer for a particular Saint, at the same time expressing love and devotion to God. SECTION III In many situations, be they difficult, happy and even the opposite of both, one feels the need to turn to God, seeking help through prayer. Man, as an individual, turns to God alone, whether he repents or praises him, while in the Holy Walking, people as a collective go the way of God, the way predestined for them. In the Holy Walk, where icons and banners are carried, a prayer, respectively prayer chanting, is performed. Here, believers unite with God in prayer, and that prayer sanctifies the country, the cities and villages. And if parishioners from other dioceses and churches also participate in these liturgies, that common prayer unites them, and their streets and squares become a common temple under the open sky. The dome of the church symbolizes the spiritual Heavenly Kingdom of God, which we feel in our prayer in the temple. In the Holy Walk, the icon of the spiritual sky becomes our heavenly vault - the material sky. And here, the feeling of communion with God can be very deep and strong. Such Holy Walks have a beneficial effect on the souls of those who pray. Many people on the other side will experience such a procession as a theatrical performance, but some of them will surely remember God, pray, so that the prayer of faithful canonists, who perform their prayer procession with great seriousness and zeal, becomes a sermon on faith, Exalted Prophets God. But, my dear faithful, all that is possible only if the procession is well organized, where there are no political and national slogans or any non-church symbolism. The organizers of the liturgy, the priests and their assistants are responsible for that, making the Holy Walk be purely out of love which we give to our God. SECTION IV In order to bring this addressing and this holy work to an end, I will present the prayers I composed during my sick leave, which will be present during the Holy Walks. ┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ A prayer for the salvation of Haense: Save, O Lord, thy people, our land, and save me. If you do not save your people and mine, and you save me, I will feel like a stranger in the Seven Skies. Hear, O Lord, the prayer of Thy righteous Horen, Owyn, Godwyn and Sigismund, and save Your sinful people, even though they are sinful. Save Haense from the unbelievers, to read salvation from You, not from people. Your people are weary from waiting, do not test their patience to the end, Lord. O Lord, thy people are weary of waiting. The whole realm is covered with the corpses of Your faithful, we cannot dig without the hoe sounding on the bones of our relatives and echoing painfully in our souls. There is no field that is not a cemetery, nor a tree that is not a tombstone. All Haeseni land is a cemetery. Have mercy, O Lord, and save your people, with me or without me. Amin. A prayer for the Holy Cross: Glory to you, O lord and Your Holy Cross! May God be resurrected, and let His enemies be scattered, and let those who hate Him flee from His face. Let them disappear as smoke disappears, as wax melts at the home of fire; so let the devils perish before the face of those who love God and are overshadowed by the sign of Holy Cross and who joyfully say: Rejoice, venerable and life-giving Cross of the Lord, who persecute the devils by force Exalted Horen, Owyn, Godwyn and Sigismund, who give heavenly power from the Sixth Sky and spread your word to our people. O Reverend and life-giving Cross of the Lord, help me always with the Holy Creator, Exalted Prophets, and with all the Saints forever. Amin. A prayer for the peace during the Holy Walk: O Lord, the Creator of everyone and everything, deliver us from the fog of sins, so give us Your peace and preserve your people in unanimity. Eradicate hatred and envy from us, and all other passions that violate brotherly love - we earnestly ask You, have mercy. Amin. ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛ GODANI JEST WIELKI ☦ Cardinal St. Tylos, Patriarch of the Kingdom of Haense & Norland, Prelate of the Clergy

Arriving late at the gates of Reinmar keep with his cane, Alfred couldn't see nothing but a woman figure leaving, knowing in his heart that it is Marcella. Having not spent any special moments with young lady, with his cousin after all, it makes an old man grieve even more, dropping his cane to the ground before taking a seat on the nearby log, taking a hold of his cross. "May you find luck and happiness wherever you are heading, my cousin..",he says, wearly signing a cross over himself, "Barclay in heart, Barclay forever." With that he stands up, taking his cane with a struggle, a single tear going down his cheek before entering the keep once again.

Alfred gets a letter about Antonio's death, deciding to take a walk while holding the letter. "You bastard. You have defiled the face of your family, and of your people, you sinner.", he says with a wearly smirk, throwing the letter into the fire. "Now, He will judge you, up there, you traitor. You were never a protector of Hyspian people, delusions are enormous, I know."

"Justice has been brought.", Alfred says, staring at one point of his room as he contemplates the death of his close friend, his brother Francisco. "As quickly as justice is brought, their cheeks, honor, and dignity are tainted, and they will remain as long as there are people like the damned Antonio. I curse both him and his family!", he says in rage, trying to calm himself before a prayer for the dead.

"Where have you been all this time, my dear Maer?", Patriarch Alfred muses in his room, "Nevertheless, good edict."

[!] Letter should arrive in one Saint's day, stating your position in the Holy Mother Church.

"Strong alliance, very good..", Alfred exclaims with a wearly nod, approaching the icons of various saints in his room, "But remember this, Heinrik..", he says, placing his finger on the icon of Saint Henrik, "Remember God."

THE SECOND MINOR BULL OF JORENUS SECUNDUS MINOR EDICTUM DE JORENUS 7th of Tov and Yermey, 362 ES Through many centuries of church existence, the presence of faith and unique culture has been great in the Kingdom of Haense. Ever since the time of the Duchy of Haense, the people of the far north have been given a name that has persisted to this day - Jorenus. Because of Saint Joren, the progenitor of the Highlanders, the religious tradition of the glorious kingdom persisted which, together with the rest of the church through the time, made the church larger, better and more numerous. With the blessing of High Pontiff Jude II, it is the duty and obligation of the Patriarch of Jorenus to officially direct the Second Minor Bull of Jorenus. THE BLESSED SYNOD OF JORENUS BENEDICTUS SYNODI DE JORENUS The clergy of the Patriarchate of Jorenus changed many times, the number of clergymen rose and fell, but no church was ever empty. The current situation in the patriarchate is such that liturgies are held regularly, the education of the current acolytes runs smoothly according to God's will, as well as that solemn ceremonies are often held, which is more than satisfactory. The patriarchate would not be like this if it were not for the bishops who together, with constant work, contribute to the church. As noted, the Synod of the Patriarchate of Jorenus consists of: ARCHBISHOP YAROMIR HENRIKEV, Encompassing the entirety of the Capital City of Karosgrad. @Pureimp10 BISHOP ADELRIC REINMAR, Encompassing the land to direct south of the Capital City of Karosgrad. @MadOne BISHOP KARL VALWYCK, Encompassing the lands to the north, west and east of the Capital City of Karosgrad. @Drew2_dude BISHOP METHAS LEUMONT, Encompassing the city of Leumont, being under the Kingdom of Norland. @Crows SONTICUS INTERNUM MUTATIONES IMPORTANT INTERNAL CHANGES What we, as the Jorenus clergy, want within the boundaries of our patriarchy is that the idea and culture we hold for many years to survive, live and prosper. Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures, which is why Jorenus stands where it is today, and I hope every single human being in the Kingdom of Haense is proud of it. Our culture, language, history, and values are vital to uniting us as a nation, which means we, as a collective, must ensure that our beloved gift from God which we love with all our heart strives forward, and remains with us. In order for faith to remain in us, and to expand it even further, and to reach new people who want to learn more about our Holy Mother Church, it is my duty to do what will satisfy the faithful citizens of our Kingdom. Of course, so far we have had a relatively satisfactory number of masses and other ceremonies, which is of course what is appreciated and what dear God wants to see of us, and what is expected of us, to spread the love and word of God. By introducing more than one liturgy during the week, which is more than now, I must note that Ruskan Rite is nearing completion, which means that the rite used many years ago will be present again, with the blessing of the High Pontiff and our God. SANCTUS AMBULACRIS HOLY WALKS In addition to all the above, I am pleased to emphasize that our patriarchate is introducing Holy Walks. These walks are a solemn, conciliar procession of believers, led by clergymen with crosses, banners and icons of significance, which are performed for the bliss of our Kingdom and its entire territory, encompassing all possible reachable corners of the kingdom and showing the piousness of the people and its faith. Holy Walks will be held every four years, at the end of the week, followed by the Holy Liturgy. During these walks, we know that we have various shrines all around our territories, each of which represents one Saint of our Holy Mother Church, which means that the people as well as the clergy will be able to stop next to each shrine during the walk, praying for the Saint who contributed to our Church with their pious and blissful deeds. GODANI JEST WIELKI ☦ Cardinal St. Tylos, Patriarch of the Kingdom of Haense & Norland, Prelate of the Clergy

"With people like Cardinal Pelagius, I don't fear for our Holy Mother Church.", Alfred remarks, putting the copy of the ALBAROSA missive to the section with other excellent works from his brothers in God.

"You're right.. as always.", the elder priest says.

"Wait. That's illegal." Alfred exclaims from his bedridden state, finishing his rum coctail.

[!] A letter with response would get you after nearly a day, sealed with Jorenus stamp in the middle of the envelope: @DAENGIE Most esteemed King of Norland, I would like to begin with my satisfaction with your quick reply, in which I can see that you have read the content of what I have stated on one simple piece of paper. First of all, I am glad for the honest answer. The other thing is that I still realized that there is a loose aura around the two of us, which we will, I hope, solve. Like you said, you have full confidence in your High Keeper's actions, which of course is to be expected. If, in my original letter, I did follow the line of attack, do not be mistaken. I keep to myself that everything I do is done in an honest and right way, which is the real value of my work and effort. I must also clarify the part where you stated that I am being deceived by some who claim that your people kill if taxes are not paid. I will not talk about taxes or any nonsense here, but I will just mention that I also have full confidence in the people I work with, who are there whenever I need them and who advise me. Their opinion and their decision may not be accurate and clear sometimes, as it may be in this situation, but what to do. Everyone sins, sometimes a little and sometimes a lot, so do we, and so do you and everyone else. As always, I am, and now I will be the one who understands and the one who wants a good outcome in the end, so I hope the same from your side. The current situation requires no one else's presence and decisions, but only mine and yours. I see, you mentioned that High Keeper is playing a role in these negotiations, so let it stay that way. I'm not alone on this side either, as far as that's concerned, so it will stay as it is. I have no power in other dioceses but only in my patriarchate, which means that I guarantee that my faithful brethren by God will not interfere in these negotiations. Your suggestion, with the exemption of our priests from the tax, is the answer I wanted to hear, so of course I agree, with the proviso that our clergy will not make incidents, as befits the faithful of God. Of course, after good negotiations comes a satisfactory result. In order to smooth over the tensions that exist between the two northern kingdoms regarding religious issues, it would be ideal to agree on exempting our clergy from taxes, with our priests respecting your code, law and constitution. Mentioning this, I would also like to see a way for the clergy of Jorenus to be stationed somewhere in the territory of your kingdom, without occupying too large a region and without doing anything that goes against what I have just stated above. I further argue that religion, whatever it may be, should unite the peoples of this world, not separate them. I will try to stick to this idea, because that is the only way we can deal with any problem, but until then, I expect a quick answer from you.

A LETTER TO THE NORTH Capital City of Karosgrad, 362 ES ☦ Your Majesty @DAENGIE, The time in which we live, in which we try to make everything we do just the way we want, is not the best. Various problems surround us, numerous requests and questions are before us, and we have very few answers to offer. In any case, this letter is not intended to express my dissatisfaction with this wonderful world. Our two nations are in an alliance that contributes to each other, and in a nice way. Frequent training of our two armies contributes to quality and responsibility, which is very commendable. Trade agreements, like the import and export of various goods between our two kingdoms is something that contributes greatly to the people, as it should be. However, we do not share the same opinion in the perhaps crucial field of our kingdoms, and that is religion. Let me be clear right away, no one needs a conflict right now, because I hope we are all fed up with bloodshed and the loss of innocent lives, whatever the occasion. As Patriarch, encompassing our two kingdoms, one of my duties is to encourage people to believe and to be believers, but it seems that now I have to smooth out some tensions. What your high representatives have done is, to be honest, totally unacceptable, and that is that our clergy have an obligation to pay a tax so that they might not lose their lives if they were just somewhere in your kingdom. Like I said, I'm here to solve the problem, so I'll try to do that. What I am proposing, Your Majesty, is that the tax be abolished, for the reason that I sincerely believe that an alliance with the Kingdom of Haense means at least something to you, and in that alliance, the clergy is not excluded. The followers of your faith do not have to adapt to our ways and our faith, but I just want the connection between us and the relationship between our two clergy to be neutral. Although I am currently in poor health which brought me to the bedridden state, I expect that we will exchange more letters to eliminate this problem as soon as possible. Your opinion will be more than welcome, so I am patiently waiting for your answer and possible suggestions. I am open to suggestions, so as dear God commands, so will I act. Sincerely, Alfred Cardinal St. Tylos, Patriarch of the Kingdom of Haense & Norland, Prelate of the Clergy

Alfred Patriarch Jorenus, Prelate of the Clergy, puts the seal on the document, nodding approvingly.

"God bless you, dear friend @thesmellypocket. What you've said can be understood as a fair opinion, though, I must add something. You surely once again wonder what I mean by voluntary and involuntary sin. Let's say we have committed a sin, which is indeed involuntary, but at a given moment we do not notice it, or we are simply aware of the sin but for some reason we continue to commit that sin, which a believer must not allow himself. But those people are all around us, on all sides. It is true that without consent there can be sin, indeed. This is an issue that needs to be delved into in order to truly understand the word of God and the thoughts that He wants us to understand. Either way, I have briefly tried to explain to you what I specifically mean when I say voluntary and involuntary sin, and because of my current condition I cannot delve deeper into the subject. May God guide you, Alfred Patriarch Jorenus"

PATRIARCHAL STUDY ON GOD’S WILL Issued by Alfred Patriarch Jorenus Capital City of Karosgrad, 361 ES Dear faithful people, It is very difficult to understand some things, and it is even more difficult to delve into and figure out what God's will really is - only if we do not want it. Consider the following example: in front of us is a sheet of paper, on which a dot is placed in an invisible way. Can we immediately, without having any information, so to speak, "by the touch of a finger", determine the location of that point? Naturally we can't. However, if around that invisible point a few visible points are drawn in a circle, then relying on them, we can most likely find the required point as the center of the circle. Are there such "visible points" in our lives by which we can recognize God's will? Since. What are those points? These are some approaches to addressing God, the experience of the Church and our soul on the human path of knowing God's will. But each of these approaches is not enough in itself. When there are several of these approaches, and when they are represented and united to the necessary extent, only then do we - with the heart ! - we can know what God really expects from us. What are the difficulties along the way? What makes our Holy Scrolls truly the greatest is its universality. However, the opposite of universality is the impossibility of an unambiguous interpretation of the Scrolls in every concrete life situation outside the vast spiritual experience of life in God. And I'm sorry that doesn't apply to us… But despite everything, the point still exists… Some specific temptations are connected with the teachings of the priests and the elders from the books. The point is that in most cases, the advice of the elderly refers to a specific person in specific circumstances of his life and can be changed based on the change of those circumstances. We talked about how God's Providence for man's salvation can be different. And why is that so? Because, as a rule, due to his impotence - even laziness, a person does not follow a direct path - the path of perfection. For example, today he did not fulfill what he was supposed to fulfill. And what does he have left? To die? Not! In that case, the God determines for him another, perhaps more thorny and longer, but absolute path of salvation. If he has sinned, and the violation of God's will is always a voluntary or involuntary sin, then that path of salvation necessarily lies through repentance. For example, today an old man says, "You should do this and that." And man is removed from fulfilling the spiritual command. And then he comes to the old man again for advice. And then the old man, if he sees repentance in him, tells him how he should act in the new situation. Maybe something is telling him that is contrary to the previous advice, because the man did not fulfill the previous advice, he acted on his own, and that radically changed the situation, and created new - primarily spiritual - circumstances. In this way, we see that the individuality of the advice of the elders in specific life cases is an objective obstacle to what could be said more simply: "Read the advice of the elders, follow them and you will live according to God's will." I often have the opportunity to hear: "Father, how to live according to God's will?". They ask, they indeed ask and they do not want to live according to His will. That is why it is terrible to know God's will - because then we should live according to it, and we often do not want that at all. Not a while ago, I had an opportunity to hear very saddened words from a truly gracious old man, whose name I cannot remember now: “They trade in my blessings! Everyone asks me, "What should I do?" And everyone says they live by my blessings, but almost no one fulfills what I tell them.” You see, that's terrible. It turns out that "knowing the will of God" and "living according to the will of God" are not the same thing at all. It is possible to know God's will - the Church has left us a great experience of such knowledge. And living according to God's will is a personal feat. And a frivolous relationship is inadmissible here. Unfortunately, very little is understood. Moans are heard from all sides: “Give us! Show us! Show us how to do God's will? ” And when you tell them, "God bless you to do this and that," they do as they please. That's what happens - "Tell me God's will, but I will live the way I want." But, my dear faithful people, there will come a moment when God's righteousness, burdened with our sins, will be forced to transcend God's mercy, and when we will have to answer for everything - both for indulging our passions and for "playing with God's will." This issue should be taken very seriously. It is essentially a matter of life and salvation. Whose will - Savior or tempter - do we choose at every moment of our lives? Here you need to be reasonable, sober and honest. You should not "play with the knowledge of God's will" running from priest to priest for advice until you hear from someone that "will of God" that suits you, because in that way your own self-will is obviously justified, and then there is no room for saving repentance. It is better to say honestly: “Forgive me Lord! Of course, Your will is holy and high, but I cannot do it due to my impotence. Have mercy on me, a sinner! Grant me forgiveness for my weaknesses and grant me a path on which I would not perish, but could come to You! ” "That is why we, from the day we hear, do not stop praying to God for you and asking you to be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual reason, to behave worthy of the Lord by pleasing Him in everything, and to be fruitful in every good deed, and to grow in the knowledge of God…". These words must be kept near the heart, as the presence of the God enlightens and blesses, which is, I can surely say - God’s will. GODANI JEST WIELKI ☦ Cardinal Alfred St. Tylos Patriarch of Jorenus, encompassing Kingdom of Haense & Norland, Prelate of the Clergy of the Church of the Canon

Prelate Alfred would gesture to the acolyte to put a stamp on the thesis, before taking his medicine for headache.

From his bedridden state, Alfred smirks upon the news about the new Lady Palatine, his very cousin Marcella, "God blessed this family, to be prosperous.. I can't be more happy..", the older man says with a light cough, offering a grin before turning to the side to sleep again.

Reading Father Basil's @Basil Moroul very informative letter, Patriarch Alfred nodded several times from his bedridden state before taking his pen to write the answer, his hand still trembling a little at the illness he had contracted. " Father Basil, brother first of all, greetings and God help you. Reading your sentences rich in blissful meanings, I sympathize completely. The times have come that I feared, but also sidelined because I thought our “faithful” rulers and nations were aware enough to see the problem and solve it. However, I see that this is not the case. As a patriarch, including the Kingdom of Norland, I want us to have patience. I am currently compiling a very informative text, which will solve this problem, slowly but surely. Until then, may GOD help us to be alive and healthy. "