Orthodox, or Catholics
Sanctification "is also performed by the priests of Catholic Christians. But the water that is sanctified by their priests is no different from ordinary water. It is corrupted and decayed.
Around the 18th century, something happened in Romania that upset the Christians there. The Catholics told the Orthodox: "We have the truth, you have the error".
The Orthodox said the same thing to the Catholics.
Great conflicts broke out.
The two leaders of the Churches (the Orthodox Archbishop and the Cardinal) met and said: "We must do something to calm the spirits". Both men and women decided to have the service of Holy Communion.
They took (each one separately) the turn. They sealed the two swimming pools with "Holy Water".
The Orthodox said to the Catholic: If our Holy Communion is spoiled and yours is not, then we are in error and you are in Truth. But if yours fails, then you are wrong. "
The Catholics accepted it.
They agreed to open the "bathhouses" after forty days.
Not even ten days passed and the Virgin Mary appeared to the Orthodox Archbishop, and said: "Run! Take the Cardinal, go to the church to check on the Consecration".
They went. And what did they see? The Catholics' holy water smelled unbearable. From the Orthodox it was spotless.
This great event is depicted in a fresco in the Romanian Patriarchate in Bucharest.
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Some say, "If I don't see a miracle, I don't believe in God." You tell them: "Isn't holy water a miracle? Why doesn't it break? They say, "It's the king's fault, the priest put it on." You say to them: "Put a king in." They don't.
Translated with DeepL

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