Dear Communion of Saints,
Alexander Men is locally venerated and there are many icons of him as "Saint" although he hasn't been formally declared so by the ROC - just a matter of time.
As do many others, I venerate him as St. Alexander privately and we are certainly entitled to call him that.
In the Latin West, there are many Saints who are so by local public acclamation only.
As an example, St Louis de Montfort venerated "Blessed Alan de la Roche" all his life, even saying Mass in his honour and mentioning him in all his writings. In fact, this Dominican preacher of the rosary was never beatified. But I digress . . .
The "semysvitchnyk" or menorah in Eastern Churches is on the Altar and those are the only lights that should be on an Eastern Church Altar.
The Roman Church at one point called Eastern Churches "Judaizers" for things like solemnizing Saturday - which we do.
The Oriental Orthodox Churches have a greater portion of the Judaic practice by far.
In ecumenical conversations, the Ethiopian Church even overtly states its commitment to "Judaism" in its traditions.
Alex
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