Informative bulletin of the Paphos Latin Parish November 2018 για Ελληνικά πατήστε εδώ A life’s journey The “door of faith” (Acts 14:27) is always open for us, ushering us into the life of communion with God and offering entry into his Church. It is possible to cross that threshold when the word of God is proclaimed … More The power of holiness
για Ελληνικά πατήστε εδώ A popular prayer The Rosary -the word denotes a garland of roses, has a long tradition in the spiritual life of the Church and it is connected to Saint Dominic who lived at the end of the 12th and the beginning of the 13th century. The Rosary is a prayer which … More Pray always
για Ελληνικά πατήστε εδώ INFORMATIVE BULLETIN OF THE PAPHOS LATIN PARISH July 2018 …never forgotten It is said that “God’s colours never fade”! The meaning of this saying is quite profound despite its simplicity. God’s works, the beauty of His creation and His grace are His gifts to us, gifts which He never takes back. … More BEAUTY SEEN…
για Ελληνικά πατήστε εδώ INFORMATIVE BULLETIN OF THE PAPHOS LATIN PARISH March 2018 This is the night…we should praise… The words of our liturgy are powerful and, reverberating in the darkness of the world, disperse the obscurity and strip off sin’s and death’s hold on humanity. The Good News of Christ’s resurrection goes beyond the … More Rejoice!
Informative Bulletin of the Paphos Latin Parish / 1 July 2017 για Ελληνικά κάνετε κλικ εδώ Our joy cannot remain hidden Our world today is, more than ever before, in need of order and harmony, vis-à-vis the chaos which seems to prevail in many parts of our planet, even inside our most progressive societies. However, … More THE HOPE WITHIN US
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
κάνετε κλικ εδώ για Ελληνικά Concerns and strives of 11th century Christians The eleventh century remains a time of confrontation between the Arab and the Christian leaders in Spain, with the reconquest of Seville by El Sid, in 1094, and the partial unification of the Iberian peninsula under the Catholic king of Navarre. In the … More Embattled for the Faith and Education
…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
κάνετε κλικ εδώ για Ελληνικά …and liturgy The first day of the week is called in Greek Kyriaké, i.e. “belonging to the Lord“, from the Greek words Kyrios =Lord. The word Kyrios for the Christian –who apply it to the person of Jesus, is equivalent to a confession and a statement of faith in His … More Sunday
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