Saint Francis of Assizi

κάνετε κλικ εδώ για Ελληνικά Disarming simplicity and voluntary radical poverty for the love of Christ characterize Saint Francis of Assisi. Moreover, he worked tirelessly for the good of the Church and the spread of the Gospel to the non Christian world. A great figure among the Saints of the Church, Saint Francis of Assisi reminds … More Saint Francis of Assizi

The Stele of the Luminous religion of Da Qin

  Κάνετε κλικ εδώ για να το διαβάσετε στα Ελληνικά In the year 781 A.D. during the Tang dynasty, (618- 907 A.D.), in the S.W. region of the  province of Zhejiang, near the city of nowadays Longquan, a commemorative stele was erected in honour of the one-hundred-and-fifty years presence of the Assyrian Christian community in … More The Stele of the Luminous religion of Da Qin

Light in the darkness

κάνετε κλικ εδώ για Ελληνικά   Did you know… According to main-stream etymology, the word candle is derived from the Latin candela (from “candeo” = to shine, to burn). There is, however, the theory that candle comes from the Greek word κανδήλη (kandele, pronounced kahn-thee-lee) from the words παν+δήλος (pan + delos) (pan = all … More Light in the darkness

Patient development

κάνετε κλικ εδώ για να διαβάσετε το πρωτότυπο στα Ελληνικά THE YEAST OF FAITH This content has first appeared in the Informative Bulletin of the Latin Paphos Parish, in April 2013,  April 2015 and May 2016. From the start, the faith in Christ has been the springboard and the motive for the Church’s works of … More Patient development

Daily choices

Sanctity, a daily choice κάνετε κλικ εδώ για Ελληνικά This content has first appeared in Greek, in the September 2015 issue of the Informative Bulletin of the Paphos Latin Parish The parents of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, Louis and Zélie Martin (19th c.) were canonized on 18 October 2015, not because they are the parents of a … More Daily choices

Leisure and learning

κάνετε κλικ εδώ για να το διαβάσετε στο πρωτότυπο στα Ελληνικά The word school is derived from the ancient Greek word scholé (σχολή, Modern Greek σχόλη, schóle) which means leisure, free time! The word school has now become a noun, but in reality it was the adjective pertaining to scholé, i.e. that which is related … More Leisure and learning