κάνετε κλικ εδώ για Ελληνικά Concerns and strives of 11th century Christians The eleventh century remains a time of confrontation between the Arab and the Christian leaders in Spain, with the reconquest of Seville by El Sid, in 1094, and the partial unification of the Iberian peninsula under the Catholic king of Navarre. In the … More Embattled for the Faith and Education
INFORMATIVE BULLETIN OF THE PAPHOS LATIN PARISH January 2017 – Part 2 κάνετε κλικ εδώ για Ελληνικά …and they offered Him gold, frankincense and myrrh In the 4th century AD the Church began to use incense in the Eucharistic celebration, in which it came to symbolize the ascent of the prayers of the faithful and … More A year full of promise
κάνετε κλικ εδώ για Ελληνικά Insights into the Eastern Christian Iconography For the Eastern Church the icon is not a means to put the imagination into motion. The icon is not a picture; it is rather a vehicle of grace and life. It elevates and purifies the faithful by bringing him in the presence of the … More Merry Christmas
κάνετε κλικ εδώ για Ελληνικά The first Universities The first ten centuries in the Church’s history, as we have seen, are totally interwoven with the sociopolitical conditions in the Mediterranean basin and the countries near it. Ten centuries of fermentation with the Gospel in the everyday life of thousands of people brought about, at times … More Unity of faith and language
κάνετε κλικ εδώ για Ελληνικά Cluny Abbey The 10th century is a period where the Church still strives to complete the conversion of the European regions and where the secular / feudal practices intervene in her mission. In this climate, in 910 A.D. the abbey of Cluny in Burgundy (France) is founded. The Cluny Abbey … More Light in the darkness
κάνετε κλικ εδώ για Ελληνικά Charlemagne Three great men, three decisive steps into the formation of the West in the eighth century of the Christian era: Charles Martel, who stopped the Arab expansion at Poitiers in 732 A.D., his son Pepin III the Short, who supported the Church of Rome against the Lombards and who … More The Holy Roman Empire
κάνετε κλικ εδώ για Ελληνικά An historical note On the southern side of the Omayyad mosque in the heart of Damascus, in Syria, there is the following inscription in Ancient Greek: Your kingdom, Christ, is an everlasting kingdom and your sovereignty endures to all generations. This is the 13th verse of Psalm 145 and betrays … More Christ the King
The donation of Pepin κάνετε κλικ εδώ για Ελληνικά Iconoclasm, i.e. the conflict about the icons, (726-843 A.D.) had devastating consequences for Byzantium: the prestige of the emperor was damaged, the state was weakened, the art suffered, the iconography got standardized through strict rules which excluded spontaneity and new styles and its relation with … More The Church keeps her independence
click here for English Στης Φλάνδρας τα πεδία οι παπαρούνες ανθίζουν ανάμεσα στους σταυρούς, σειρά-σειρά, που δείχνουν τη θέση μας, και στον ουρανό οι κορυδαλλοί γενναία κελαηδούνε, πετούν, μόλις π’ ακούγονται ανάμεσ’ στα όπλα εδώ. Είμαστε οι Νεκροί. Λίγες μέρες πριν ζούσαμε, χαιρόμασταν την ανατολή του ήλιου και της δύσης τη λάμψη. Αγαπούσαμε κι αγαπιόμασταν … More Στης Φλάνδρας τα πεδία
A balance of powers κάνετε κλικ εδώ για Ελληνικά While in the lands of the late Western Roman Empire Christianity begins to slowly form the conscience of the peoples and to unite a disparate world under the spiritual authority and guidance of the Catholic Church, the Christian East suffers successive blows by the continual … More Wars and conflicts
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