A love story

Old as the Creation, new like each dawn κάνετε κλικ εδώ για Ελληνικά (The content has been first published in Greek, in the September 2009 issue of the Informative Bulletin of the Paphos Latin Parish). It has been said that the Holy Scripture is the love story between God and His People. Indeed, the sacred texts, … More A love story

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

Sunday

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

Saint Francis of Assizi

κάνετε κλικ εδώ για Ελληνικά Disarming simplicity and voluntary radical poverty for the love of Christ characterize Saint Francis of Assisi. Moreover, he worked tirelessly for the good of the Church and the spread of the Gospel to the non Christian world. A great figure among the Saints of the Church, Saint Francis of Assisi reminds … More Saint Francis of Assizi