για Ελληνικά κάνετε κλικ εδώ Ιnformative Bulletin of the Paphos Latin Parish, August 2017 The “house of Mary” Since Christianity was acknowledged to be of equal status to the pre-existing religions in the Roman Empire in 313 A.D . there has been in Ephesus a church dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Only in the 12 … More Stand fast by the Faith
για Ελληνικά κάνετε κλικ εδώ Labour as a factor of virtue The 12th and 13th centuries, as we have already seen, cover the period when Christianity becomes conscious of its unity and bears its witness of Faith in all the expressions of life of the Middle Ages. Setting aside the Crusades, which were oriented “outwards” … More Cultural fertility
για Ελληνικά κάνετε κλικ εδώ Collision of two worlds In 1187 A.D. Salah ed Din (Saladin) conquers again Palestine and hence Jerusalem. So, the Third Crusade is called under Frederic I Barbarossa of Germany, Philip II August of France and Richard Lion-heart of England. Richard Lion-heart proved a most efficient military leader: in 1191 he … More Victories and tragedies
για Ελληνικά κάνετε κλικ εδώ In the Book of Revelation, chapter 12, there is a mysterious scene: a dragon vomits a torrent from his mouth, which threatens to carry into its waters the woman who brought a male child into the world. But the good earth absorbs the river and the woman and her son … More The Strength of the Church
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
κάνετε κλικ εδώ για Ελληνικά Our European culture, imbued with the spirit of Christianity, has produced throughout the centuries exquisite works of art, be it in architecture, in literature, in sculpture and in painting as well as in music and in singing. All these forms of artistic expression have been encouraged by the Church, … More Expressions of Faith
κάνετε κλικ εδώ για Ελληνικά Spiritual Motherhood The biblical exemplar of the “woman” finds its culmination in the motherhood of the Mother of God. The words of the Proto-evangelium – “I will put enmity between you and the woman” – find here a fresh confirmation. We see that through Mary – through her maternal “fiat”, … More The month of Mary
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
INFORMATIVE BULLETIN OF THE PAPHOS LATIN PARISH April 2017 Για Ελληνικά κάνετε κλικ εδώ The Resurrection is a cosmic event! For Christians, memory is too lofty and noble a sanctuary to be defiled by human sin. This is what Saint Pope John-Paul II said, among others, while he was visiting Greece, in May 2001. Indeed, … More A cosmic event!
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
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