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3 Μαΐου 2020
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Monastic Conversations with Father Zacharias (Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou)

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Question: Why have they included marriage in the Sacraments of the Church, and not monasticism? Answer: Fr Sophrony said to me once: ‘Imagine that they do not accept monasticism as a sacrament of the Church, and marriage is one of the sacraments!’ Both of them should be considered sacraments because this is the way of Christ. The icons, for example, are not a sacrament, but they are a very strong vehicle transmitting the grace of God to us. Maybe they have not included monasticism in the sacraments because the monks were humble and did not wish to force their way. But now, after 2000 years, we can dare to speak. Many people do not realise that monasticism is a real, all-embracing ...

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3 Μαΐου 2020
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Homily on the Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing women (Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios)

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When reading the Holy Gospels, one of the most striking things we see is that after the Lord’s Resurrection, His Disciples were not the first to see Him.  Instead, it was the women who had anointed Jesus’ dead body with myrrh, who would receive the blessing to see the Lord first.  These pious women, who remained faithful to Him since the beginning, kept the flame of devotion constantly burning in their hearts.  They followed Jesus and the Twelve Apostles during their public ministry, and served them in the needs of daily life.  St. Luke the Evangelist notes that the women who accompanied Jesus provided for His needs from what they had (see Luke 8:3).  Some of them were wealthy, such ...

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2 Μαΐου 2020
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The Myrrh bearing Women (Metropolitan Panteleimon of Antinoes)

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The event of Christ’s Descent from the Cross and Burial is odd and praiseworthy, because it was  not looked after by His Disciples, but by two counsellors of the High Court of the Jewish nation, Joseph of Arimathaea and Nicodemus.  The Apostle St. Peter was still in tears for his denial and  the rest of the Apostles were scattered, as was foretold by their Teacher, “I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad” (Matth. 26:31). According to the Jewish law, “cursed is every one that is hanged on a tree” “(Gal. 3: 13).  The two counsellors of the High Court, moved by their philanthropic feelings for the crucified and abandoned – by – all ...

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