για να διαβάσετε το κείμενο στα Ελληνικά κάνετε κλικ εδώ Informative bulletin of the Paphos Latin Parish / June 2017 / I The Son of Consolation This month we celebrate the memory of Apostle Barnabas, of Cypriot origin and co-founder of the Church in Cyprus with Saint Paul and Saint Mark the Evangelist. He … More A Precious Seed
Για Ελληνικά Eleven centuries later… In 2010 the monastic renewal of Cluny was duly celebrated as the Abbey was founded in 910. This anniversary was honoured in a variety of ways in many European countries. France issued, then,a special €10 coin, and the Holy Father Benedict XVI praised -in one of his regular catechetical homilies- … More On the world’s side
κάνετε κλικ εδώ για Ελληνικά A constant regard in depth The life of faith is a superb and unrivaled adventure, not only personal but, also, collective. In all life’s stages we need to stop and take stock of where we find ourselves to be and toward which direction we are moving. The saints experienced life … More The Mirror
κάνετε κλικ εδώ για Ελληνικά In an atmosphere of prayer Christmas is approaching and with it our many preparations for that great celebration intensify. All of us wish to be, this period, in our best form so as to spend beautiful warm days with those we love. It is generally accepted that in order to … More Before Christmas
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
Informative Bulletin of the Paphos Latin Parish November 2016 κάνετε κλικ εδώ για Ελληνικά A month full of meaning As the Greek edition of the “Informative Bulletin: completes ten years of presence and service to the community, its English counterpart has reached nine months of being part of our parish’s outreach and a faithful reading … More Thanksgiving
Exercise of desire κάνετε κλικ εδώ για Ελληνικά The Western world sometimes seems to ignore that it is rooted in our centuries old Christian tradition; its emphasis on the importance of individual desire and freedom of choice, on the community level as well as the personal, is viewed as a fundamental “right”. The Christians are … More Hope and desire
κάνετε κλικ εδώ για Ελληνικά In the Greek language the word artos (άρτος) means bread and is derived from the verb ar-ar-isko (αρ-αρ-ίσκω) i.e. to prepare, to connect; therefore, artos points to the procedure (kneading, baking) of bread making. Since artos describes the most basic human (type of) food it might belong to a linguistic sub-layer … More Bread and Wine
κάνετε κλικ εδώ για Ελληνικά …and liturgy The first day of the week is called in Greek Kyriaké, i.e. “belonging to the Lord“, from the Greek words Kyrios =Lord. The word Kyrios for the Christian –who apply it to the person of Jesus, is equivalent to a confession and a statement of faith in His … More Sunday
κάνετε κλικ εδώ για Ελληνικά Making the sign of the cross… …with the words “In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” is like opening a window to the reality of God’s presence in our life, and like inviting Him to stay with us, guiding us and … More A Sign of protection and restoration
Open Reflections 