κάνετε κλικ εδώ για Ελληνικά The first Universities The first ten centuries in the Church’s history, as we have seen, are totally interwoven with the sociopolitical conditions in the Mediterranean basin and the countries near it. Ten centuries of fermentation with the Gospel in the everyday life of thousands of people brought about, at times … More Unity of faith and language
κάνετε κλικ εδώ για Ελληνικά The Fall of the Western Roman Empire The 5th century is a agitated century with many rearrangements on Roman lands. First of all, in 402, Honorius is obliged to transfer his capital from Milan (since 293 AD Milan was the capital of the Roman Empire) to Ravenna under pressure from the … More Embattled on many fronts
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
κάνετε κλικ εδώ για Ελληνικά Making the sign of the cross… …with the words “In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” is like opening a window to the reality of God’s presence in our life, and like inviting Him to stay with us, guiding us and … More A Sign of protection and restoration
κάνετε κλικ εδώ για Ελληνικά Clarifications The fourth century of our era signals the official recognition of the Christian Faith as having equal status with the other religions which were tolerated in the Roman Empire, namely the Greek-inspired paganism and the religion of Mithra. At the beginning of the 4th century the Christian population in the Empire has … More Catholicity of Faith and heresies
κάνετε κλικ εδώ για να το διαβάσετε στα Ελληνικά …and the desire for God In the Greek language, both Modern and Ancient, truth is aletheia (αλήθεια) and this word is derived from a + Lethe (α+λήθη) which mean non-forgetfulness. In Greek thought, therefore, truth is that which cannot be forgotten. It is not forgotten because it does not … More Truth…
κάνετε κλικ εδώ για να το διαβάσετε στα Ελληνικά These remnants from the Catholic church, the Venetians built in Paphos, offer a living witness of faith of the generations that have passed through Cyprus. Although the Catholic Church was banned on the island by the Ottoman conquerors in 1571, things have very much changed since … More Freedom means “yes” to love
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