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As I understand it, our procedure is different from the RC Church. We glorify our saints in a mystical rather than juridical way. When a person is accepted as having been distinguished by asceticism, holiness of life, how they have edified others, and where there have been miracles (perhaps before and after repose), and where the people venerate the person as a saint already, then that person is glorified during a special liturgy. Elder Sophrony, like Elders Paisios, Joseph, and Porphyrios, and some others, are obvious candidates.