Spiritual travels in Greece: The Akathist Hymn (a very concrete spiritual preparation for the Holy Week and Easter Services five Fridays in the Great Lent)

Παρασκευή 12 Απριλίου 2019

The Akathist Hymn (a very concrete spiritual preparation for the Holy Week and Easter Services five Fridays in the Great Lent)

"Unto you, O Theotokos, invincible General, your City, in thanksgiving ascribes the victory for the deliverance from sufferings. And having your might unassailable, free us from all dangers, so that we may cry unto you: Rejoice, O Bride Ever-Virgin".
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The Akathist Hymn (a very concrete spiritual preparation for the Holy Week and Easter Services five Fridays in the Great Lent)

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Greece is not just a land of sunlit coasts, beautiful mountainous regions or picturesque traditional villages…. Nor is it the homeland of Pericles and Aristotle, of Odysseus, Theseus and Jason. It is also a land where for 2000 years, the authentic spiritual tradition and legacy of Christianity has been preserved intact, the way it was taught by Jesus Christ, propagated to other nations by His disciples (the Apostles) and observed for 20 centuries by innumerable thousands of Christians – men, women, and even children – who attained self-awareness, profound wisdom, spiritual balance, peace and union with their fellow-man, with all the creatures of the world, and naturally with Jesus Christ Himself. Even in our day and age, one can encounter such people in Greece, provided one keeps open the eyes of their soul… (Photo: St Sofia, Monemvasia, Greece). Click on the photo.

HOLY FIRE - The Miracle of the Light of the Resurrection at the Tomb of Jesus

Seventy authors —fourteen French, nine Englishmen, seven Byzantine Greeks, six Germans, five Armenians, five Muslim Arabs, four Italians, four Persians, three Russians, three Icelanders, two Egyptians, two Chaldeans, one Syrian, one Moldavian, one Ethiopian, one Belgian, one Austrian and one Swiss— describe the greatest miracle of the Christian world: the Holy Fire (i.e., the Light of the Resurrection of Christ) which appears every Holy Saturday at the tomb of Jesus, a few hours before the celebration of his resurrection. Furthermore, the scientific measurements that were taken in the tomb of Jesus on Holy Saturday in 2008 by Associate Professor Antrey Volkov, confirm the descent of the Holy Fire and reveal three phenomena, which he himself characterizes as “incredible and entirely inexplicable.” (Click on the image)