
The topic of Francis of Assisi has been an ongoing discussion among Orthodox Ecumenists since the 1970s, if not longer. They claim that Francis of Assisi is a Saint, despite the fact that he was a fanatic Papist, who lived after the Latins fell away from Orthodoxy into heresy and schism. Francis is someone who practiced a romantic and emotional spirituality foreign to genuine Orthodox spiritual traditions as taught by the Holy Fathers of the Eastern Orthodox Church.