Christ the King

κάνετε κλικ εδώ για Ελληνικά An historical note On the southern side of the Omayyad mosque in the heart of Damascus, in Syria, there is the following inscription in Ancient Greek: Your kingdom, Christ, is an everlasting kingdom and your sovereignty endures to all generations.  This is the 13th verse of Psalm 145 and betrays … More Christ the King

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