The rose as a symbol

για Ελληνικά πατήστε εδώ During the Greek and Roman times the rose was considered a symbol of the springtime, of beauty, love and life after death. The first Christian depictions of the rose symbolise the Paradise along with the lily, peacock and deer. In the 5th century the poet Sedulius wrote an elaborate poem comparing … More The rose as a symbol

The month of Mary

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