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11 Δεκεμβρίου 2019
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The Unity which Saves (Eph. 4, 1-7) (Archimandrite Varnavas Lambropoulos)

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In his Epistle to the Hebrews, Saint Paul says that the word of God is sharper than any double-edged sword (4, 12). Today we don’t use double-edged swords so much. Most often we come across them in museum collections or as ornaments in drawing-rooms. Woe betide us if we’ve made the ‘sword of the Spirit’ into a household ornament. A modern theologian justifiably asks, ‘What’s the point of a theology which isn’t action?. And what’s the point of a theology which is brandished as a weapon against unbelievers and isn’t ptroductive in those who profess it?’ The fruits of humility This danger is what Saint Paul wishes to prevent in the second part of his Epistle to the Ephesians, which is the ...

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10 Δεκεμβρίου 2019
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It won’t fit (Saint Paisios the Athonite)

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Don’t expect spiritual understanding from people who don’t believe in God. Pray that God will forgive them and enlighten them. Don’t even bother to try to persuade people who are full of egotism and ill-will to understand (never mind if they call themselves Christians) because they’ve got no room for the truth inside them.

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9 Δεκεμβρίου 2019
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The Passion of Hypocrisy (Metropolitan Ioïl (Frangkakos) of Edessa, Pella, and Almopia)

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‘Hypocrite, doesn’t each one of you loose his ox on the Sabbath?’ On a number of occasions, the religious leaders of Israel condemned Jesus for breaking the Sabbath commandment by performing miracles on that day. ‘And for this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus and wanted to kill him: because he did these things on the Sabbath’ (John 5, 6). They had fallen into the delusion of apparently observing the commandments rigorously, or, as one commentator puts it ‘they pretended to be devoted to God’. The most likely explanation is the second version, since Christ’s enemies were consumed with envy of Him. In today’s Gospel reading, we see Christ in a synagogue, on a Sabbath, healing an infirm woman, and the leader ...

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