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Homily on the Sunday of All Saints (Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios)

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Today, Heaven and earth celebrate the innumerable Saints of the Church of Christ, with glory and praise.   This Feast honors all of the Saints who rejoice in God, from all parts of the world and in every age.   Many of them we know by name, and we honor them throughout the year.   However, there are many more that are unknown, and this is why the Church has set aside the Sunday after Pentecost to honor all Saints, so that they may also be venerated by all.  The choice of this particular day is also significant, because it is with the Grace of the Holy Spirit that the Saints were sanctified. According to the Synaxarion, these sanctified ones include: ...

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The Priest of the Massacre at Distomo Sends a Message to us Today

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At a time of deep divisions in societies in many parts of the world, we would do well to recall the attitude of an elderly Greek priest in the wake of the dreadful massacre at Distomo in June 1944. The following extract is taken from the book Min Odysse (My Odyssey), by the then Head of the International Red Cross in Greece, the Swede Sture Linner. We were married on June 14. Emil Santrom, chair of the Greek Committee, organized a wedding banquet for the occasion. Late in the evening he approached me and pulled me aside to a corner, away from the laughter and voices, to talk privately. He showed me a telegram he had just received: for three days, ...

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