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C OT~~ nUAIl~ TOil L TOupail, 510 T~~ onoio~ npwT~ 51~A8ev o 'ApXllY~ T~~ OWTIlPtO~ tiIlWV· npaoKuvr\oavTe~ TO TtlllOV EKOUotOV n08~ Tou Kat TrlV ~wonolov TPlrlllepaV TO<PrlV Tou . yeoolle8a i\51l T~~ nAOUotO~ TpanE~Il~ T~~ Beio~
[ BaotAetO~, BaotAeio~ aYOnIl~, OUYYVWIlIl~ Kat eiprlvll~, BaotAeio~ aveoniopau <PwT~.
' Ev ilEa", T~~ AOllnpa~ TOUTIl~ navllyUpe~ O:navTe~
co; KOTO Trl V OiKOUIlEVIlV mOTOt aVTOAAOOOOlleV TOV
aonOOlJOV T~~ Oy6nn~, OUyxwpouvTe~ Tji 'AvaOTooel navTo TO n~ 6MrlAO~ mOtOlJOTO, Kat avTAouvTe~ MVOIlIV,
r ntOTlv Kat oioto6oQav 10K T~~ VtKIl~ T~~ ~w~~ Em TOU 8av6Tou, L T~~ Oy6nn~ Em TOU IltOO~, Toil <PWT~ Em TOU OKOTO~.
"OVTW~, 65eA<pot Oyonwot Koi TEKva nepm08TjTO, 5VT~ arlllepoV 1m} rravw rrETTAtjpwTu/ </>WT6c;, ovpavOc; Te L Kof yfi Kof Ta KOTaxfJ6V10». 'H 'AVOOTOot~ TOU Kuptou OU5Ev OIllleiov T~~ KTtoew~ 6<p~Ke OKoTeloov. "EAolltjJe 51 ' Olrr~~ "",we; EV XWP<;I Kof OK/I;; 1iav6T0v». lIEv Exel nAEov 8EotV ei~
[ TrlV ~WrlV IlO~ Ii OneAntotO Kat Ii anOvvwot~. "Ooov OKOTElva Kat Ov EIl<Pavt~wVTOI TO nP6viJOTo . OooV anElAIlTtKO Kat Ov <PaiVWVTOI TO a5lE~o6a ei~ TrlV ~WrlV IlO~· tinoPXEI <pw~,
L <pw~ ei~ TO TEA~ T~~ ' [OTOptO~, ei~ TrlV TeAlKrlV EKl3aotv nuv npClyllCrrwv.
MrlVUIlO, AOtnOV, olot06ol;to~ eTvol TO npwTOV IlrlVUIlO
L nou <pEpel ti 'AvaOTOot~ TOU Kuptou n~ navTo avepwnov. MrlVUIlO, TOU onotou T6oT]V OvOyKllv Exel 0 iMlpwn~ K08e
EnOrn~, Koi 1l00IOTO 0 avepwn~ TWV lillepwv Ilo~, 0 onoi~ apxt~el nAEov 00 51OTTIOTWvn KOTO Tp6nov TpaytKOV TO a5IE~o5ov, ei~ TO onoiov TOV Exel -o51lvtlOEl Ii OilTOOOllllot~ TOU Evmrn TOU Beou, ti npooOoKtO OTt 510 T~~ TexvIK~~ KQi T~~ EnIOTrlllll~ eo E51l1l10upyel nopa5eioo~.
' H 'AvaOTOot~ TOU Kuptou llopTupei KOTO Tp6nov navllVVPIKoV nept T~~ 5uvallew~ TOU Beoil va E~6vn 10K TWV
a5Ie~66wv ~ Kat 10K TWV TO<PWV ~WrlV oiwVlov. ' 0 6vaOTO~ Kupl~'lOTOTot Ev TtV ilEa", T~~ ' [OTOptO~ ~ ti nAEov nelOTlKrl llopTupio nept TOU OTI TinDTe 5Ev eTvol a5UVOTOV ei~ TOV Beov, Kat ISTI apKei ei~ TOV Ovepwnov va eTval livWIl~ IlETO TOU Beou, 510 va KOTOpSWon TO aKOTOpSWTOV.
'AM' Ii 'AVOOTOot~ Toil Kuptou 5Ev <PEPEI 1l0VOV TO IlrlVUIlO T~~ navT06uvollio~ TOU Beou, 6M0 Koi T~~ XOPIT~ Tou ' 0 EUayyeAlOTrl~ T~~ 'AvaOTootIlDU eeto~ l\eIToupyio~, o onoi~ oulll3aivEI va elval Kat 0 EuayyeAlOTrl~ Tii~ 6y6nn~,
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l H EY0YNH THI: EKK1\m:JAI: ElI: TA nOi\ITIKA nPArMATA l
LrJlJEfwOlC: 'H OEnTry n orp!apXIKr/ 'An66EI{IC; Enf TIP ndoX9 AT/epeeiOO KaeVOTEP'1PEvwt;, 5rU.lOOIEVErOl ek; TO napOv rEVXC:X; rou neplroKoiJ pac;.
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'Yrro 'Ap)(IETTlO7<orrOV AVaTpaJ"iac; ETVAlavoii
~opq,Ee; KOIooponOnIO~OU il nOnOKOIOOp\O~OU nou J ~OPTUPOUV nwe; KOnOlO !3aOlKn nOpovOllOll E~n6610E ~ExPI c
an~Epo ~IO lKOVOnOlllTlKn Al>Oll iooppon'Oe; ~ETO~ K~IKfie; KO' EKMIlOlOOTIKfie; E~OUalOe;. 'AKO~1l KO' TO nOIKlAO VEWTEpa J axn~OTO nou aKOAOU81l0OV 01 axeOEIe; 'EKMllalOe; KO' I KpmoUC; 0 ' 'AvmoAl\ KO' Lll>Oll 6Ev E6wKOV 010 KOVEva oo!3apO ~EAETIlTn TnV EvTUnWOll OTI i3PE811KE, EOTW KOTO 1 npooEyyIOll, Ii xpuan TO~n KO' TO i6EIii6Ee; oxfi~o. ¢a'VETOI OTI ~aMov On ' OUTn TnV '16,0 Tn q,l>Oll TIiiv npawmwv, ETvOI a6UVOTOV va 61OTunw8Ei ~IO 8EWp'0 K080AIKfie; l Ono6oxfie; nou va PU~'~EI TEAEal6'KO 01.0 TO q,6~0 TIiiv OXEOEWV ' EKMllalOe; KO' nOAITE'oe;. 'H PEUOTOTIlTO TIiiv nOAlTIKIiiv 'auOTIl~mwv aq, ' Ev6c;, OMo KO' " PEUOTOTIlTO TIiiv npoownwv we; <)JaPEWV KO' OTOUe; 600 8E~0Ue; aq, ' ] ETEpou, 6Ev aq,nVEl nEpI8wpi0 ~IOe; ~ov.~ou MOEwe;, KO' ~6AIOTO K080AIKou KUpoUC;. rl' OUTO OTOV TO npOl3All~o T.8ETOI uno TO YEVIKO oxfi~o «' EKKAT)aia Kai nOAITIKrj» i\ J «' EKKAT)oia Kai nOAITEio», ETval EK TIiiv npoTEpwv 6E60~EvIl iJ OvT'PPllOll KO' a~IW~OTIKn OvTl6IK'0, 0)(1 ~0v6x0 ~ETO~ TIiiv EKTTpoownwv TIiiv 660 6IMEYO~EvWV 8E~Iiiv, OM' aKO~1l KO' ~ETO~ TIiiv <mIOTWV» EKOTEpoe; nAEupOe;. 1
'De; EK TOUTOU, TO ~OVO nou ~nopEi ~E ooq,QAElO v6 61OTunw8Ei En. TOU npoKEI~EvoU Ono nAEupOe; 'EKMllalOe;, ETvOI TO 8E~EAlw6EOTEpa ap8pa mOTEWe;, 6111.. 01 60YJ.IOTIKOi 1 MyOl nou OTOIXEI08ETOUV TnV 8Eo060Tll Eu8uVll Tfie; J ' EKKAllalOe; Eie; TO €V YEvEI KOlvwvIKo-nOAITlKO n~OTO K08E Enoxfie;· ' EK8ETOVTOe; TOUe; a~IW~OTIKOUe; OUTOUe; MyoUC; 1 Ii ' EKKAllO'O, uno TnV noM auYKEKPI~fvll Koi aKPWe; unEu8uvll ~opq,n Tfie; Ol'OAOyio~ mOTEW~, K0810TQ EK TIiiv npoTEpwv ooq,Ee; OTOV onOl06nnoTE auvo~IAllTn Tile; OTI ETval o66vmo v6 KOTOOTpOTllvnOEl Tie; 6owoTlKEe; OUTEe; aPXEe; '<oi npoiin08EOEle; Tile; xwpie; v6 ExEI npo6u\oEI oinn TnV '1610 TnV q,uOll Koi TnV OnOOToAn Tile; OTOV K~O. Koi ETvOI oAn8ElO OTI ooEe; <)JapEe; Ii ' EKKAlloio OnEq,uYE - Ono oAIYwp,o i\ EAAElljJll YEVVOIOTTlTD<; - v6 npol3Ei OnEpiq,paOTO 0 ' OUTn Tn 6Tl~00l0 6nAwOll al>T00l>VEI6I'\aio~ EvavTl TOU EKOOTOTE KO~IKOU aPXOVTD<;, TO nAl\pwoE 61TTAa: oq, ' Ev6c; ~Ev ~E TnV mKpn OnoyonTEuOll KO' Ev auVEXE'<;l 610ppon TIiiv mo YPTlYOPOUVTWV ~EAIiiv Tile;, aq, ' ETEpou 610 ~E TnV uno6ouAwOll Koi TOV E~EUTEAI~O TTle; Eie; TO onol06nnOTE KEAEU~OTO TOU KO~IKOU aPXOVTD<;.
TpEie; Kupiwe; ETvOI 01 60Y~OTIKEe; 8EoEle; nou OTOIXElo8ETOiiv TnV OnOpOypamTl E68uVll Tfie; 'EKKAllalOe; VIO: TO K01VWVIKO-nOAlTIKCr npCrvJ.tma:
(0) ' H iEpOTTlTO OAOKAIlPOU TOU KTIOTOU oU,,"OVTO~ ~ KI EnOJ.lEvWe; KI OOWV au~!3aivouv ~EOO OTOV XIiipo Koi TOV XPOVO - ETvOI 6E60~EvTl OnO TO YEYov6c; on a BEOc; EKT10E EK TOU ... .,6EVOc; TO aUllnav, Yl' olno Kat T6 np06ploE Eie; I'erOl'OP<l>wOIll, 0)(1 610 Eie; OnwAEIO KO' EK~Tl6EvI0ll·
(13) Ei61KOTEpa a OvElpwnoc; nou EKTi08Tl «KOT ' EiKOva Kuf opofwOlv BEOU» OUYKEVTPWVEI mo np6own6 TOU
6MKAIlpo TO KTIOTO aU~nov. KI EnEl6n «/lEaD<; EOTT)KE» avallEoa De DAIKO KOI TIVEU\laTIKO K6apO, EivOl KI 6 161~ 6I<1>uIl~, VI' OUTO Koi TO oIii~o TOU 0)(1 ~0v6x0 6Ev UnOTl~fuOl, OMo KO' ~ETExEl OTn npoo60Kw~EVTl avOOTOOll·
· H 6eia Euxaplaria elvOi iJ nMov ouva~"<Tl eKcppaOll n;e; ~apTupiae; Kai n;e; iepanoaro"~e; oriJv nopeia n;e; . Opeoi5ol;iae; Kai anoTeM1 TO KtVTPOV n;e; . Op8oM~ou "aTpeiae;.lt K06e 6eia lIeiToupyia oi maroi ~IWVOUV KaTa eva ~wvTavo TpOno n;v npawanKOTIlTa n;e; Baow:iae; TOO 6eoO ~t TiJv tvow~6rwoiJ TOUe; aro ~UOTlKO oW~a n;e; . EKKhlloiae;.
"O~"", eneiTO ano TllV TtMOIl T~e; 6eiae; lIeiToupyiae; aro Nao, aKo"ou6e1 ~Ia aMll MIToupyia oriJv KOIvwvia ~eTQ~u nov ouvav6pwnwv ~ae;. Men; TT1V EuxapionaKt\ 6uoia, nou npoocpepeTOI AOYlK6. Kat \lUOTIKO at Ka6e: Iuva~1l TWV ntOTWV, OUVEX[~ETOl r) aMIl Buoia, nou npoocpepe:TOI KOIVWVIKO Kat npoOWntKO XaPIV TaU ouvavepoonou 110<;, Vltl T6v anoiov 6 XPIOTOC; t6uOlao6l"JKe.
• ETOI iJ ouvtXIOll n;e; ~ovai5i~e; Kai avenav6hIlTT1TJe; 6uoiae; Kai lIeiToupyiae; ~t Tie; nohMe; KI tnavaha~~vo~evee; 6uoiee; Kai "eiTOupyiee; ~toa artiv Ka61l~epIVn ~wti, ~ae; oOllye1 arnv aneMu6tpWOll TOO aiie"cpoO ~ae;, TOO ouvav6pwnou ~ae;, ano TiJv aOiKia, TiJv tK~eT6hheuOll, TOV novo Kai TiJv ~ova~Ia Kai OIl~Ioupye1 ~Ia KOIvwvia ayaOl"Je; tv Xplarw.
· H nepiKonti TOO Euayyehiou, nou aKOO~e oriJv . EKKhlloia ~ae; TiJV KuplaKiJ TOO rJapahUTOU, ~ae; oivel TO Tt"elo napOiielwa 6uoiae; Kai MIToupyiae; npOe; TOV n"lloiov. . 0 6eov6pwnoe; ' 1IlOOOe; Xplaroe; n"IlOlo~e, Kai oivel 0"11 Tllv npaooxn Tou arov ao6e~, TOV napGhuTO, nou unocptpel Ylo noMa xpOvia. 'Avoiyel ~a~i TOU eva i5i6hoyo ayoOl"Je; Kai Te"IKa TOV 6epaneuel.
lTiJv Ko"u~~iJ6pa n;e; Bll6eoi5O, nou tntiye 0 Xpmoe; Yla va 6epaneuoel TOV napahUnKO, oi rJaTtpee; n;e; . EKKhlloiae; ~Mnouv TOV Tuno n;e; Ko"u~~ti6pae; TOO MUOTIlPiou TOO 'Ayiou Bamio~aTOe;. "On"" aKPI~ Ta vepa n;e; Ko"u~~ti6pae; n;e; BIl6eoi5O, ~t TnV tnioKe'Vll TOO 'Ayyt"ou, t6epaneuav TOV OPPWOTO nou CllnOlVE Ileoa, OnOlQoTinoTE apPOO'rELO Kt QV eIXE, eTOI Kai TO vepO n;e; Ko"u~~I'I6pae; TOO Bamio~QTOC;, ~t TiJv GKTIOTIl tvtpyela TOO 6eeO 6epafieuel TOV ~ml~o~evo Kai TOV tvow~aTwvei ~toa arl'lv . EKKhlloia. To oooui5a10 tow elvOi on ~t TiJv t v06pKWOIl TOO XpiaroO 6epaneueTOI OXI ~ovov evae;, aMa 6"01 oi ov6pwnOl, apKe1 6"01 va 6ehiJoouv va iieX600v TiJv XaPIl TOO ee:au,
Oi maroi aocpahWe; exouv TnV OIyouPIa on ~toa oriJv , EKKhlloia unapXel OiapKWe; iJ OKTIOTIl XaPIl TOO Tplai5iKoO 6eoO, nou cnevepyeT Wf; ~.1l6 KOlvwvia 6.yOTlTlC; Kai iorpeuEt oAoue; 0001 ~t niOTll TnV i5i:XOVTOI. riOTi iJ . EKKhlloia, 0XI TOOO We; KTiPIO aMo Kupi"" We; TO ~wvTavo lw~a TOO XpiaroO, elvOi ~Ia i5iapKiJe; neVTrlKOcrrri. KOTO niv cnoiav oi mOToi aVaVEWVOVTOI Kai TO
~uoriJPla oOIlYoOv oiapKWe; at 6ou~aTQ .. 0 XpiarOe;, nou elvOi 6110yoe; TOO 6eoO, TO <l>We; KOI iJ ZwiJ TWV av6pwnwv, 6ou~aToupye1 Kai oI'I~epa ~toa oriJv KOIvwvia ~ae; .. 0 6eav6pwnoe; '11l000e;, nou ~ae; tcpovtpwoe TO 'Ovo~a TOO 6eoO naTpOe; Kai TO 6t"ll~a Tou, tnevepye1 Kai oI'I~epa ot Ka6e ~~~a n;e; ~w~e; ~ae; .. 0 Kuploe;
KaT6 T~V nPOEKf..OY1K~ EKOTpaTeia TOU~, w~ n~ TOix; Of(Jl106~ TOU 'llillviKOU f..aou, KI 0)(1 va EK~auf..i~ouv TOix;
avunOijJiaOTou~ nOf..iTE~ PE aKPQlq,vw~ KOTaVaf..WTlKO
KpIT~pla Kai PE OTEipou~ Kai Oi)TOTIIK06~ 51EOviOIloix;. AUTO
TOUf..<l)(1OTOV Enlj36fJ-.EI 0)(1 pOVO TO EOVIKO oupq,Epov, """'6
Kai i) OTOlXElw51l~ EvTlpoTIl~·
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BOOK REVIEW Francis Macnab, L·/FE AFTER LOSS (Millenium 1989) l
256 pages
The feast of Pascha reminds of the reality of death in our life, as well as of the need to perceive - through and beyond death - 1 the li9
fht of resurrection. Loss is a reality" faced by people, whether .
in the orm of bereavement or, more generally, of rejection, separation and loneliness. The psychology of the liturgical calendar of our Church offers a refreshing attitude of grace and hope, yet this attitude must 1 be interpreted into the practical terms of daily life where pain must be confronted and relieved appropriately.
Very often, professionals - whether clinical therapists or clergy l - are untrained with reference to pastoral care of those stricken with loss and grief. This book, by a leading and world-renowned Australian psychologist and psychotherapist. draws upon the author's vast counselling experience and focuses on the significance of active and direct rehabilitation, rather than enduring for years any inflicted J loss. L
The book is no theological work, nor is it undertaken from the positive pOint of departure in Orthodox ascetical anthropology that J envisages pain as creative, loss as a symbol of presence and trials as a blessing from above. Yet. one must at all times remember that l
for one' to reach this point presupposes an entire process of preparation, education and psycho-somatic maturity. This book by J Dr Macnab advocates such education and communal support, and abolishes popular religi<?us understandings that suffering and loss are natural conditions which are to be tolerated and accepted. Christians would do better to relieve pain of others tangibly, rather J than increase burderls "spiritually '~
. H ~wiJ ~ae; ~toa oriJv . EKKhllaia elvOi ~Ia i5iapKiJe; npOoi5ae; npoe; TiJV 8twOll Kai nepvael ~toa ano noMa arai5ia-60u~aTo. . Apxi~el iJ nopeia ~ae; ano TiJV Ka60POll T~e; Kapi5ioe; ano TO olacpopa na6~ nou TiJv nO"IopKOOV, npoxwpe1 arav cpwno~o TOO voO Koi eiatpxeTOI ariJ 6ewpia, oriJ 6ta TOO 6eoO, nou OocpahWe; i5i:v exel Tt"Oe; .. E~e1e;. oi ovo~a~o~evOi '0p60i5a~Ol Xplarlavo~
opaye at nOlo ar6i510·600~a ~ploKo~aare aro opO~o npOe; TiJv 6tWOll, oriJv nopeia ~ae; npoe; TI;v. Baow:ia TOO 6eoO; Mt TnV npooeuxl'l "Kuple, eMf/oov», nou ouXVa M~e at K06e 6eia lIelToupyia, oe; ~IlTOO~e ano TOV no"ut"eo 6eo TO onelpo t"eoe; AUTOO Via va ovayvwpi~ou~e TO OIl~epiVa 6ou~QTa, aMa Kupi"" va Vlvc,J~aOTE oi -113101 eau~ara ~toa CTrTiv KOlvwvLa, nou 6va~tvEI va apei n;v «uysio» rile; Kat va (<TTsplrTamOSI» owcrra (' lwav. 5 :8-9).
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SUNDAY OF THE PARALYTIC (JoIm5: 1-15)
The divine Liturgy is the most dynamic expression of witness and mission in the Orthodox Church and constitutes the centre of Orthodox worship. During the Divine Eucharist the faithful experience in a very living manner the reality of God's Kingdom by incorporating themselves into a mystical union with God in the Body of the Church .
However, after the Divine Liturgy, which we celebrate at the Church, there follows another liturgy at our society among our neighbours. After the Eucharistic sacrifice, which is offered logically and mystically at every Synaxis of the faithful, there continues the other sacrifice, which is offered socially and personally for the sake of our neighbour, for whom Christ offered His life.
Thus the continuation of the unique and unrepeatable Sacrifice and Liturgy with the many and repeated sacrifices and liturgies in our daily life leads to the liberation of our brother and sister from injustice, exploitation, pain and lonliness, and creates a real communion between persons in christian love.
The gospel passage, that we hear in our Church on the Sunday of the Paralytic, offers us the perfect example of this kind of sacrifice and liturgy towards our neighbour. The GodMan Jesus Christ approaches a lonely, suffering man, who is suffering for many years. First comes the dialogue of love and friendship: "Do you want to be healed?" (John 5 : 6). And finally there comes salvation and liberation to the paralytic.
In the Pool of Bethesda, where Christ came to cure the paralytic, the Fathers of the Church see a type of the Font of the Mystery of Holy Baptism. Precisely just as the waters of the Pool of Bethesda, at the visit of the Angel, cured the suffering person who first entered into it, whatever illness he had, in the same manner the waters of the Font of the Sacrament of Baptism, by the operation of the uncreated energy of God, cures the person who is baptised and incorporates him or her in the Church. What is significant here is that with the incarnation of Christ not only one person but all people are cured, cleansed and saved, provided that they are willing to receive God's Grace.
Of course the faithful have the certitude that within the Church there always exists the uncreated Grace of the Holy Trinity, which operates as a· communion of love and cures all who accept it with faith . For the Church, not so much as a building, but mainly as the living Body of Christ, is a continued Pentecost, at which the faithful are renewed and the sacraments always lead to miracles. Christ, who is the Logos of God, the Light and the Life of the people, works wonders even today within our society. The God-Man Jesus, who has revealed taus the Name of God the Father and His divine wi ll, operates even today in every step of our life. Even today the Lord asks each one of us separately, just as He asked then the paralytic: "Do you want to be cured?" (John 5 : 6).
Our life within the Church is a continuous journey towards theosis and passes through many stages - miracles. It begins with the purification of our heart from the various passions, proceeds through the illumination of the mind and enters into the vision of God, which has no end. The question that is pertinent here is: precisely at which stage-miracle are we, who are called Orthodox Christians, in this road toward ourtheosis,
LITURGICAL REFLECTIONS The post-Paschal season commences with Bright Week
which is liturgically unprecedented and theologically unique. It is a continuous celebration lasting for seven days, each of which is almost an identical repetition of Pascha. Rather, each day becomes the same Pascha with a different tone. Time is experienced in the way God intended it to be, the way which God created but humanity spoiled. The time of the world disappears, or at least is transformed and fulfilled at Pasch a when the entire week that follows is but one day. Pascha represents the crossing over into the new life, Bright Week is the foretaste of this new earth and new heaven, while Pentecost will indicate the fullness of experience in the Church.
From Easter Sunday, a particular liturgical book is adopted, the Pentekostarlon or "ffowery triodion': since the lenten triodion is no longer used. The liturgical structure of this period includes Bright Week; the Sunday of Thomas (or ''Antipascha'J; the Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing women who, though they play no significant role during the life of Christ, are present at His grave; the Sundays of the Paralytic, the Samaritan woman, the Blind man, the Fathers of the Councils and Pentecost. The readings on these days are taken from the Gospel according to John.
Christians tend to neglect this period, or else only show interest in the feasts of the Ascension and Pentecost. Yet this season was shaped by the need to initiate those who had been baptised at Easter into the fundamental doctrines of the Church. It was a time of mystagogy. Catechumens had previously been required to leave the Church after the reading of the Gospel, and so were unfamiliar with the practise of the Eucharist and its supreme significance in the life of the Christian community. Thus the Gospel of John is used during this post-Paschal period to expound the sacraments to the neophytes: the paralytic is healed with water (= baptism), the Samaritan woman goes to the well (= the Church), the blind man receives his sight by means of water (= illumination through baptism). The one theme that runs through these Sundays is the explanation fa the sacrament of initiation, namely baptism. All these "broken " people remembered after Easter are restored and given fuiness of life in the Church. It is during these days that the neophytes would have heard the mystagogical orations of Ambrose, of Cyril of Jerusalem and of Gregory of Nyssa. Before returning to the world to proclaim the newness of life in the Resurrection, the newly baptised waited -- as the Apostles did in the upper room - until they were themselves immersed in the light and life of the Church, and then as citizens of the kingdom were commanded to ''go out" and witness to this miracle and reflect this mystery.
The post-Paschal season has a formidable liturgical and spiritual unity grounded in the reality of Christ's death and resurrection. + J.C.
in our pilgrimage towards God's Kingdom? With the brief but beautiful prayer "Lord, have mercy': which we often repeat at each Divine Liturgy, lets us fervently ask from the All-merciful God His boundless mercy, so that we may recognise today's miracles, but mainly so that we may ourselves become miracles in a society that awaits to find its "heafth"and to "walk" rightly. (John 5 : 8 - 9).
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BY GOD'S GRACE ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANllNOPLE, NEW ROME, AND ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH
TO ALL THE FAITHFUL OF THE CHURCH
l GRACE AND PEACE FROM THE GLORIOUSLY RISEN SAVIOUR CHRIST
/J"lj y the grace of the All-merciful God, we have ~ reached once again the Pascha of our Salvation,
the feast of feasts and the festival of festivals_ Having gone through the long and tiring period of Great Lent, having purified the senses by the God-given fast, having entered through the narrow gate of the Cross, through which the leader of our salvation first entered, and having paid reverence to His precious and willing suffering and to His life-giving threeday burial, we now taste of the rich Banquet of the Divine Kingdom, a Kingdom of love, forgiveness and peace, a Kingdom of light without evening.
In the midst of this bright festival all the faithful throughout the universe exchange the greeting of love, forgiving all transgressions to each other because of the resurrection, and we derive power, faith and optimism from the victory of life over death, of love over hatred, of light over darkness.
Indeed, beloved brethren and children, indeed today "all has been filled with light, the heavens and the earth and the places under the earth'~ The Resurrection of the Lord left no dark sign of the creation. Through it radiated "light in the country and the shadow of death'~ Despair and disappointment no longer have any place in our life_ No matter how dark the situation appears, no matter how threatening the impasses seem in our life, there is light in the end of History, in the final outcome of things.
The first message, therefore which the Resurrection of the Lord is a message of optimism for all people. It is a message that people of all times have such great need, especially the people of our times who already begin to ascertain in a most tragic manner the impasse, in which his independence from God has led him, the expectation that through technology and science he would create a paradise.
The Resurrection of the Lord proves most panegyrically of the power of God to derive light from the impasses and eternal life from the graves. The risen Lord stands in the midst of History as the most cogent evidence that nothing is impossible for God and that it is sufficient for men to be united with God in order to manage the impossible.
The Resurrection of the Lord brings not only the message of the great power of God but also of His grace. The evangelist of the Divine Liturgy of the Resurrection, who also happens to be the Evangelist of love, stresses, in the Gospel passage of this great day, that "from His fullness we all have received, and grace instead of grace'; and that while the law was given through Moses, ''grace and truth came through Jesus Christ'~
Grace is whatever one gives us, without owing it to us. It is a free gift of love. Grace is whatever overlooks our unworthiness and is offered inspite of it. Grace is whatever transcends the law, without abolishing it. Grace is the indispensable companion of truth without which truth is
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converted into a tyrant and into a logical figure. The Grace of God is the very person of the Risen Christ, which is offered to us as "the love of God and Father'; and is experienced as "the communion of the Holy Spirit'; namely as an ecclesial event, as a communion of love and not as an individual possesion.
All those who shout "in one mouth and in one heart" that "Christ is Risen" on this night, are indeed participants and exponents of grace. The light of our candles fills our hearts with hope and grace, a rich and unpresupposed grace
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to all people. Granting grace instead of grace to each other ] according to the measure of God's grace "in the person of Jesus Christ'; let us glorify the Risen Lord from the dead with hymns and songs, declaring everywhere that "the Lord has truly Risen"! ]
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from the first Centre of the Orthodox Christians to all people and we embrace with a festive greeting, the Leaders of the Orthodox Churches, all Bishops of our Apostolic and Patriarchal Ecumenical Throne and the entire Orthodox Church. We bless all the pious clergy and the faithful people and we address a cordial Paschal greeting to the Leaders of the other Churches and Confessions with whom we are in a dialogue of love and truth and we extend to all the rich blessing and grace of the Risen Lord for the benefit and the salvation of the whole world.
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Christ is Risen, brothers and children in the Lord! J Holy Pascha 1989,
+ THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CHURCH IN POLITICAL MATTERS
07 hroughout the entire course of the twenty christian J centuries, perhaps there existed no single field with more and greater misunderstandings than the chapter
of the relations between Church and Socio-political problems. It is not only the extreme aspects of Caesaropapism or Papocentrism which give evidence that a certain basic misunderstanding prevented to this day a satisfactory solution for a balance between secular and ecclesiastical authority. Even the various modem patterns which the relations between Church and State adopted both in the East and in the West did not give to the serious researcher the impression that even by approximation the golden way and the ideal pattern was discovered. It appears that, rather from the very nature of the problem, it is impossible to formulate a theory of universal acceptance that will finally regulate the entire spectrum of the relations between Church and State. The fluidity of the political systems on the one hand, but also the fluidity of the persons as the bearers in both institutions on the other, allows no margin for a permanent solution especially of universal validity. Therefore, when the problem is posed under the general form "Church and Politics" or "Church and State" we have in advance the given contradiction and axiomatic opposition, not only among the exponents of the two conversing institutions but also among the "faithful" of each side.
Consequently, what alone may be saJely formulated on this question as far as the Church is concerned is the most fundamental articles of the Faith, namely the doctrinal reasons that set the god-given responsibility of the Church in the general socio-political matters of every era. By setting forth these axiomatic reasons the Church, in the very concrete and extremely responsible form of the confession of Faith, makes it clear to everyone in advance that it is impossible to circumvent these doctrinal principles and presuppositions without having betrayed its very nature and mission in the world. [t is true that whenever the Church avoided - out of negligence or lack of bravery - to state explicitly this public proclamation of self-consciousness before each worldly ruler, it paid a double price: on the one hand with its bitter disappointment and the consequent leakage of its more vigilant members, and on the other hand with its enslaving and humiliation before the commands of the secular ruler.
There are three main doctrinal positions that set the inalienable responsibility of the Church in relation to sociopolitical matters:
(a) The sacredness of the entire created universe - and, therefore, of everything that happens within the space and the time - is given from the fact that God created the world out of nothinng, and, therefore, destined it for transfiguration, not for destruction· and annihilation.
(b) Man in particular, who was created "in God's image and likeness'; concentrates in his person 'the whole created universe. And because "he stands in the midst" between the material and the spiritual worlds, he is himself of two natures ,
By Archbishop StyJianos of Australia
and, therefore, his body is not underestimated but also partakes in the expected resurrection.
(c) The present life and its problems are not undervalued, but as the human body is considered to be "the temple of the Holy Spirit'; so the entire life in the world is considered to be the struggling stage, on which the position of everyone in the future life will finally depend.
Aiter these doctrinal presuppositions, it would indeed constitute betrayal for the Church to be indifferent towards "the public affairs" at the local or international level. The question, however, is what and how should the Church affect the various socio-political situations. For surely on no account do we imply that the Church should found its own party, since from its nature and mission it is not permitted either to enter politics directly or to identify itself with any party. (Needless to say here that the model which the so-called "Christian Democracy" aspired to project as the presence of christian responsibility in the post-junta Greek Parliament not only has no relation to the theological problematics of the article, but fortunately has rendered very analogous endeavour unworthy of credit foreveri)
In order to be able to have a responsible and creative say in socio-political matters, the Church must first have not only lawful independence - as its freedom is often misunderstood - but mainly ethical independence and integrity before the political ruler. Secondly, the Church must have in its central administration, namely as the auxiliary instrument of the Synod, an elementary staff from its faithful and distinguished members, specialised in matters of sociopolitical analysis, in order to follow systematically and responsibly the various relevant developments, firstly at the local level, but simultaneously also in their broader geopolitical and even universal connection. Only thus will the Church be able to express an opinion responsibly for every pre-election campaign of the particular parties, but will also be able to judge freely on any Government initiatives at least in matters of major importance.
For it is not only inconceivable, but also especially scandalous, for the Church to put to oath, in the most official and festive manner, the various governments and their particular ministerial officers - even if some of them officially declare themselves to be atheists - and then to remain silent and unparticipating in regards to the whole manner in which these gentlemen handle the public affairs. What is even unheard of, is that this whole indifference is audaciously characterised as "objective neutrality" not only by the factors of the State (who have every reason to secure such a guilty toleration of the Church), but by the very persons "who hold the first place in the Church'; sometimes naively believing that the people admire their supposedly "realistic flexibility':
Precisely at this point, however, we must indicate a blatant inconsequence and hypocrisy: when the secular ruler is a conqueror, namely a foreigner, then they all regard the role of the Church in the socio-political affairs not only lawful, but also imperative. Then, they all expect the Church not
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only to reprove the secular ruler, but also to fight him even with a struggle in arms, in which case the clergy that fight in such a struggle are considered to be the undisputed heroes of the Faith and of the Country! The question, therefore, arises: Why is it that when the secular ruler is our own -and especially, at least formally, a member of the Church - we absolve ourseelves of all responsibility? Should not the Church, precisely in this case, have increased responsibility to reprove correctively those whom it not only baptised at some stage but also recently put to oath? As for the argument that one might put forward, that the conqueror has been arbitrarily imposed from the outside, while our own political leadership is elected by the "sovereign people'; we must say that with the facts of the known methods "of force and iJ/egitimacy'; and the continually perfected systems of election frauds of the contemporary electoral cuisines, no one now knows who "was elected" and who "was forced in': Now an internal tyrant is a thousand times more sinister and more dangerous, and therefore more hateful, than the most blood·dripping invader.
We particularly emphasise the responsibility of the Church for the socio·political affairs of the Greek ' people at this time, because the impending elections apparently will affect our future as a Nation in a decisive manner. No longer is anyone entitled to invoke ignorance or in competency for the unprecedented plight into which the country has entered in all fields, not only of the public, but in many respects, unfortunately, of private life as well. For there has been absolutely no one institution unaffected in the wretched modem Greek society, from the family and the school to the Church, Law and Parliament. Now when the Church knows how to march down to the pavements with standards and icons in order to protect its own honourable interests, it is unacceptable that it should remain blissfully silent before the recently mass attempted enslavement of the entire Greek people, for whose sake it is primarily entitled to secure its freedom and property, in order to serve them as God wants. Otherwise, it gives the impression that it is not the ethical backbone of the Nation, but a partisan power or one of the many social groups in the contemporary pluralistic society. One can imagine, however, moral heartening an explicit, forceful and impartial declaration of the entire Hierarchy for the condemnation of the blatant improprieties and the imperative catharsis would offer not only to the Press that vigorously struggles for (he revelation of all kinds of scandals, but also to Greek Law that heroically endeavours to impose catharsis and order. The sporadic statements of isolated Hierarchs, even though they are not entirely incalculable, finally remain ineffective, especially when they are not entirely rid of selfishness and the intention of self· projection.
One last point, but no less substantial: Since the Greek people in their great majority are not engaged only with their peptic functions, but always suffered sacrifices and struggles for their sacred institutions (alas, if we believe that for the Greek people to fight "for altars and for homes" has already become a romantic recollection!), the Church should demand that the various parties speak a clear language, already at their pre·election campaign, concerning the institutions of the Greek people, instead of pandering the unsuspected
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citizens with purely consumer criteria and with utopian and sterile internationalisms. This is imperative not only out of national interest, but also out of elementary honesty.
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'J vevvrj6nKe nepi Ta Tehn TOU 30u aiwvo~ OTrjV KannoOoKlo, onou KOTOIKOUoav noMoi rewPYlQvol "Hrov
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· 0 naTepa~ Tn~ Za~ouhwv, euoe~ri~ Kai cpn\llo\levo~ OTpanwTIKoc;. nplv aK6~'fl vUJ.upeu8ii, eiXE CPUYEt 6n6 niv narpioo TOU KannoOoKia, Via va npoexpepll ric; uT111peoiec,; TOU m6v aUTOKpOTopa Ma~I\llavo .. H \lnTepa rn~ !wailvva ~Tav aOehCPri TOU tmoKonou ' lepOoOAUIJ,WV, rov onoio WPIOIJ,E:VOl 6vo)J6~ouv ·lou~evOAlo .. H !woilwa vevvrj6nKe Olriv naTpioo TOO Za~ouhwv. . EnelOri 6\l~ ne60vav oi vovei~ rn~ Kai acpnoav Ta Mo nOlOla 6pcpav6 Kat anpomQTEUrO, OKtq>9nKE J.lt TOV ooch<PO Tile; va nove Ola ·lepo06hu\la.
::eKivnoav \le niOln OlOV 6eo. aOlacpopwvTa~ VIa TO \laKpIVO Ta~ii51. <!>6ilvovTa~ Oli)v avia nohn, ~p~Kav KaracpuVlo OlOV vao Tii~ ·AvaOlaoe~. . 0 'Iou~evahlo~ OUVTO\la Ton0geTri9nKe OiKOVO\l~ TOO navaviou Tacpou, evw ri !wailwa \lniiKe Olriv unnpeoia T~~ euha~eoTaTn~ !apa~-Nlocpopa~, T~~ Bn6Aee\liTlooa~, nou ~Tav eKei i51aKovlooa.
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· 0 ZO~OUAWV KOTO 6toToVliv TOO OUTOKpOTOpOe; tToiJ.lOOE nohUaplBJ.lo arpaTo KOt e~EOTpOTEUOE evavTiov TOUe;. Me n; ~i)gela TOO 6eoO vi-noe TOV ex6po, aiX\laAwnoe noMou~ Kai hacpupavwvnae Ti~ nohe\lIKe~ \lnxave~. . Ava\leoa aTou~ aiX\lahwTou~ ~rav " tnavaOlaTn~ ~olhla~ Kai noMoi \leVIOlaVe~.
. 0 Ma~I\llav6~ ~pa~euae TOV OlparnVO TOU, evw TOU~ anOaraTee; KOTEOiKOOE at savaTO. Oi OiXJ.lOAWTOl ~riTlloov ana TOV Zoj3ouhwv, nplv eavaTw800v I va TOUe; ~rrriOl1 mo 6voJ.la TOO 6eoO TOU, nou TOO elxe i5W0el TOon \leVOAn Ouva\ln. KI eKeivo~ 6XI \lOVO TOU~ ~mloe, MAa \leooAQ~noe OlOV aUToKpOTOpa Kai TOUe; eheuBtpwoe. Oi veocpWTlOTOl TOTe nfjpov J.lo~i TOUe; TOV Za~ouhwv, VIa va -npu~n TOV XPIOllaVIO\lo cm;v naTpioo TOU~. . Eni Qi;Ka ri\lepe~ oi iepei~ ~ml~av TOV hao Oli~ 6x6e~ TOO nOTOJ.l.oQ r OVTOJ.lOP.
· 0 Za~ouhwv acpnae TOU~ iepei~ va ohoKhnpwoouv TO ·e:pVO TOU~ Kai 6 ·IOIO~ . KaTa Triv em6u\lia T~~ Kap6la~ TOU, niive va npooKuvrion OlOU~ . AViou~ Tonou~ Kai va \lOlpOon OlOU~ mwxou~ Ti)vneplouaia TOU . EKeiyvwpioSnKe \le TOV eniaKono · lou~evilAlo.
TOV npc.l'lv OiKOVOJ.l.O TOO navayiou Tacpou. TOTe homov ri OlaKovloaa !<ipa·Nlocpopa ;;Kave OlOV eniaKono. TrjV e~~~ nporaon: «LlcJae TryV aocMprj aou Xw06wa au~uyo Olav Za{30uAwv, Olav tv6o~o aUTO OlpaTT)AaTT), TOV oocp6 Ka; IJeocpo{30U/1eVO ov6pa, nou {3orylJryoe TOU, <lJpdYKOU, va yvwp;aouv Tav XpIOl6!»
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"Onwe; hDlnov aywvl06~Ka~e Tore OhDl ~a~i Yla va ~~v QOIKD6ei I) nOhlTlorl~ auni KhDpavo~ia ~ae;, nou Em~apTupei V'a ~Ia aKO~D cpopa Tliv aVEKa6ev aKPOICP~ tMDvlKOTDTO nie; MOKEODviac;, elOi KOI Twpa OEV npeTTet KQveic; j.lOC; va napoheiljJel T~V EnloKeljJD eie; TO Mouoeio TOU !uoveu, Australian Museum, onou tKTi6eTOI ano 20 Maiou ewe; 23 ' louAiou 1989,
ME T~V EnioKeljJ1i ~ae; aUT~ litv 66 nhouTl06ou~e ~ovo npoowOlKWC; dnoeaul-'d~oVTac; eK TOU <pUOIKOU TO aploroupvli~ara aUTO nie; npoYOVI~e; ~ae; TEXVDe;, OAha Kai 66 OWoou~e TO napOv Kai niv li9!~ ou~napaorao.; ~ae; We; eVloia OIJOytvElQ EvaVT[OV. 6"Awv tKeivwv nou tmf30u"AeuOVTQI TO onDlao~noTe E6vlKa OiKQla ~ae; ,
rlj MaKeoovla Kal TTpt;TTel va i'iIa{30ore/6n6 Ktl/le "EMryva,
NICOLAOS K. MARTIS
THE FALSIFICATION
OF MACEDONIAN mSTORY
PRIZE OF THE ACADEMY OF ATHENS
The well documented book "THE FALSIFICATION OF THE HISTORY OF MACEDONIA" by Mr. Martis, previously Minister of Northern Greece, which has received the prize of the Academy of Athens, is available at the Book Centre of the Archdiocese, 242 Cleveland St" Redfern, in both Greek and English languages, It gives a silencing answer to any effort to falsify the historical truth in reference to Macedonia and
should be read by all,
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- nOpeKa8noe mv KuplaKr'! TWV Baiwv ar6 nopaOOalaK6 tni010 veullo nic; BaOtAeIO&x; nou yiveTOl aro Yvettes, Kol KOTO niv olJlAia TOU ouvexoPl1 mv oiKovtvelo N. Movtno Kat '(to m v tcpeTetvr'} untp nic; Baaw:(aoo.; 1ic.>peo Tau~ tK $7.000 (23.4.89).
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KYPIAKH TON BAlON 23.4.89 - npwi - eela "«Taupyla ei~ ' 1. N. 'AvaaraOCCl>c; TOO XPlorou Kogarah, (8 n.jJ..). ' Eantpoe; - 'AKoAou61a TOU NUIJc.plou eie; '1. N, 'AVlwv novrwv Belmore (7 jJ..jJ..).
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30.4.1989 KYPIAKH TOY flAIXA: -~ 11 .00 n.~. 0 ElnEPINOI THI ArAnHI ar6v 'I. Na6v 'AV' r1o.VTeAetu . .lOvoc; ~ n'}v OUlJlJeToXJi TOO ' I. KA~pou n;~ n6AeW<; ~a~. ' Eontpot;: Xopoaroola OlOV navnyupi~ovTa ' I, No6v TOO 'Ay, rewpyiou Thebarton,
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KQNITANTINOynOlllI 'AvTlnpoowneia TOiv EV KavaOa · Op9oM~wv OUKpavOiv ~E EmKecpaAii<; TOV MnTponoAiTn TWV K. BooLA-eao tl>eVTQK, emoKeq>8I1KE: npoac.poro TO OiKou~eVIK6 I1OTp,apxeio Kal elxe ouvo~tAie<; oxeTlKa ~e Tliv Em9u~ia TWV nepi Kavov'Kii<; unaywYii<; TWV uno Tliv MnTEpa . EKMnoia Tii<; KwvarovTlvoun6,\ec.x;. 'H aVTLnPOOOnetO EVLve OCKTri 6n6 niv AS.n TOV OiKou~ev'Ko I1OTp,apxn KK. LlHMHTPIO.
KYnpOI - 'Aywvn EKivnoe Ii . EKMnoia 'ii<; Kunpou Kai Ii Ku~epvnon Tii<; Kunp,aKii<; Lln~OKpaTia<; EvavTiov f;m,peia<; nwAJioewv epywv TEXYn<;, Ii onoia ayopaoe ano TO 'l'eUOOKpOTO<; TOU NTevKTa<; Kai ~eTEcpepe onlv . A~ep'KIi TEooepa apxaia 'l'nCP,1iwTa, Ta onoia oi TOUPKot acpljpeoav ~Ta~u 1974 Kai 1979 ano TOV Nao 'ii<; l1avayia<; Tii<; KavaKap,a<; l\u9paYKW~n<;, TOU Sou ~.X. aiOivo<;. . H OiKn y,a Tliv liteKOiKnon TOiv ouAn9EVTWV 9pnoKeUTlKOiv aUTOiv 9noaupOiv npoKe'Tat va lite~axgei OTliv 'IvlitavanoAn TOiv H.nA., OTi<; 30 Maiou
ElEIIAIIONIKH - Tov TiTAo TOU EmTi~ou LI,ooKTopo<; anecpilOtoe TO SeoAoY'KO T~ii~a 'ii<; SeoAOY'Kii<; LxoAii<; TOU navemOTn~iou SeoaaAoviKn<; va i,"ovei~e, oTiiv A.S. MaKap,oTnm TOV naTp,apxn 'Me~avOpeia<; K.K. napgev,o r ' , Ka9W<; Kai OTOV Dr Emilio Castro, rev. rpa~~OTea TOU I1L.E., of; avayvwp,on TOU epyou TWV.
H.I1A. - . H . YnoemTpon,; 'Av9pwnivwv LI'KatW~ilTWV TOU · Opyav'o~ou . Hvw~evwv . E9vOiv KaTeOiKaoe npoocpilTW<;, ~e 23 'I'Ii<POu<; uneA 3 KaTa Kai 13 anoxe<;, Ti;v 'M~via, y,a1) napa~iaon rwv &KaIW~.l(lTWV Kat TWV OTOLxelwOWv tAeu8epIWV TOO av6pwnou, Kai eilitKwTepa y,a napa~iaon TOU litKatW~aTo<; TOU 9pnOKeue,v EAeugepw<;. 2) "APvnon ouvepyaoia<; ~e Ti;v . EmTpon,; TOU · Opyav'o~ou . Hvw~evwv . E9vOiv y,a Taav9pwmva litKatW~aTa, 3) "APvnon ~eTa~oAii<; TOU TpOnou ~emxe,pioew<; TOiv . EMJivwv 'ii<; Bopeiou . Hneipou.
BPV:EllllEI - Me tVTOAn 'ii<; . I. LUVOOOU Tii<; . EKMnoia<; 'ii<; · EMaOo<;, oi Le~. MnTponoAiTe<; NaunaKTou K . . ME~avOpo<; Kai KePKUpa<; K. T,~6geo<;, ~eTE~noav ono 3 - ·8 nap. • AnptAiou OTi<; Bpu~tAAe<; y,a va O,epeuvlioouv Ti<; OUVOTOTnTe<; ouvepyaoia<; Ti;<; . EKMnoia<; Tii<; . EMaOo<; ~t Tliv E.O.K. oxeTlKa ~e Ti;v npaOtTage,a avamu~ew<; TOU nveu~aTO<; f;v6TnTO<; TOiv AaOiv Tii<; Eupwnn<; Kai Tliv avamu~n npoypa~~aTWV tKKAl1otQOTIKOO .Kai KOIVWVIKOU tViStOcptPOVTOC;.
CONSTANTINOPLE - Representatives from the Canadian Orthodox Ukrainians headed by their Metropolitan Mgr Basil Fentak recently visited the Ecumenical Patriarchate and discussed their desire to be accepted under the canonical jurisdiction of the Mother Church of Constantinople. They were received by His All-Holiness Patriarch DIMITRIOS.
CYPRUS - The Church of Cyprus and Government of the Democracy of Cyprus initiated a lawsuit against a Company selling works of arts, which were bought from the PseudoState of Denktas and transferred to America four ancient mosaics which the Turks took between 1974 and 1979 from the Church of the Virgin Mary of Canakaria, Lythragomi of the 5th century A.D. The courtcase for these stolen religious treasures will be conducted at Indianapolis of the United States of America on the 30th of May.
THESSALONIKI - The Theological School of the University of Thessaloniki decided to grant the degree of honourary Doctor of the University of Thessaloniki to His Beatitude Patriarch of Alexandria Parthenios III as well as to Dr Emilio Castro, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, in recognition of their work .
U.S.A. - The Sub-Committee of the Human Rights of the United Nations Organisation recently condemned, by 23 votes in favour, 3 against and 13 abstentions, the country of Albania for a) Ihe violation of human rights and of basic freedom and in particular for the violation of the right of exercising religious freedom, b) for refusing cooperation with the Committee of the United Nations Organisations for Human Rights and c) for refusing to change their way of handling Greek people of Northern Epirus.
BRUSSELLES - By order of the sacred Synod of the Church of Greece. the Most Rev. MetropOlitans Alexandros of Nafpaktos and Timotheos of Kerkyra visited Brusselles between the 3rd and 8th of April 1989, in order to examine the possibilities of cooperation between the Church of Greece and the European Economic Community in regards to the endeavour of developing a spirit of unity among the peoples of Europe and the development of programs of ecclesiastical and social interests.
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