Celebrating Pascha

για Ελληνικά πατήστε εδώ Easter and its significance The Hebrew word for Easter is Pesach (in Latin and Greek Pascha) and means Passover, i.e. passing over.  In the Old Testament the feast of the Pesach was the commemoration of the passing of the Israelites  through the Red Sea over to the other side, when Moses … More Celebrating Pascha

Come Holy Spirit

για Ελληνικά πατήστε εδώ Our life’s protagonist On Pentecost Day the Apostles, not only cease to be fearful and remain hidden, but with great courage they preach, to whomever wishes to listen to them, the Good News of Christ’s resurrection and the forgiveness of sins in His name. This outward “movement” of the Church, which … More Come Holy Spirit

Bread and Wine

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