In light of a certain letter that recently came out, this spiritual advice is very timely and pertinent.
I do not mean, my children in the Lord, that you should be blindly and irrationally obedient as some are to those who teach and supposedly assume spiritual authority for the sake (even if only slightly) of their ego and self-interest. No!
But be careful, and if you see from us advice and counsels that are not consistent with the pure spirit of paternal discernment and the unnering prescriptions of the holy Church Fathers, you should not obey.
St. Daniel of Katounakia