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19 Ιουλίου 2020
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The People of God are the Light of the World (Metropolitan Ioïl (Frangkakos) of Edessa, Pella, and Almopia)

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Today our Church celebrates the Fathers who took part in the Fourth Ecumenical Synod which deliberated and concluded definitively concerning the two natures of Christ. The Gospel extract which is read in churches is dedicated to them and is from our Lord’s sermon on the mount. Christ, as God and human, calls his disciples the light of the world. Let us look at Christ’s words more closely. What does the example of light imply? The Lord used the example of salt (Matth. 5, 13) and light for His disciples. The example of light is more sublime. According to Saint John Chrysostom, when He talks about the city on the hill, which can’t be hidden, He means ‘a strict way of living, a ...

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19 Ιουλίου 2020
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Let us love one another (Archimandrite Nikon Koutsidis)

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During the Divine Liturgy, just before the recitation of the Creed, the priest urges the faithful: ‘Let us love one another, that with one mind we may confess’. Confess what? The people reply (through the singers): ‘Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Trinity consubstantial and undivided’. In other words, our faith in the one true God, the Holy Trinity. Therefore, a confession of faith without love isn’t pleasing to God. *** Photo: Rafail Georgiadis At the same time, within the sanctuary, the priests are embracing, kissing each other on the cheek and saying: ‘Christ is in the midst of us’. ‘He is and will be’. So He can see that we’re sincere in our expression of love, which is the embrace. In former times, this embrace was also given outside ...

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