Ελληνικά Beauty will save the world The well-known Russian author Dostoevsky, (1821-1881), wrote somewhere in one of his works, namely in “Brothers Karamazov”, the following phrase: “Beauty shall save the world”. Indeed, if we place him in his time and in the conditions which prevailed in his country at that period, it is quite obvious … More Beauty
κάνετα κλικ εδώ για Ελληνικά Informative bulletin of the Paphos Latin parish / March 2017 Lent is a new beginning Lent is a new beginning, a path leading to the certain goal of Easter, Christ’s victory over death. This season urgently calls us to conversion. Christians are asked to return to God “with all their hearts” … More The other person is a gift
κάνετε κλικ εδώ για Ελληνικά Informative bulletin of the Paphos Latin Parish February 2017 / 3 The Mystery of the world leads us to the Mystery of God The universe is not the result of chance as some would like us to believe. Seeing the universe, we are asked to interpret something deep inside it: … More LET THERE BE LIGHT
κάνετε κλικ εδώ για Ελληνικά Informative bulletin of the Paphos Latin Parish February 2017 / 1 A Light to the Nations The Christian faith is ecumenical and universal, i.e. it is destined for all the nations, inviting all the peoples under the sun into its light. The light which bathes the Church is the Triune … More Faith ecumenical and universal
κάνετε κλικ εδώ για Ελληνικά A slow fermentation Reconciliation, justice and peace in the world are not conditions which are automatically created, but they are the result of the several efforts and interactions of various social groups, starting by the family and reaching up to the empires. Generations come and go, empires shine like shooting … More Reconciliation, justice, peace
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 The Christmas message Beyond the bright lights and the festive clatter of the commercial centres of our cities, the Christmas message is the dawn of a new world and the inversion of the human flat standards regarding life, both personal as well as social. God became man, not in order … More Peace, joy, glory
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
…with the joy of the Lord κάνετε κλικ εδώ για Ελληνικά This invitation to joy (Phil. 4, 4) has the power to move our life for, in reality, it corresponds to our innermost desire for a fulfilling and happy life full of meaning. However, if we let the force of habit and convenience take the upper … More Rejoice always…
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
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